Don’t think Thursday night is a big issue, but yeah H2H with a big AFL match at the G always makes our crowd suffer a littleMelbourne’s pre-sales look strong enough for a 20k+ crowd tonight. Just a matter of how many are put off by the weather, the MCG AFL game and/or Thursday night.
Currently holds 13,000Shark Park is officially sold out: https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2025/03/20/sell-out-confirmed-for-blockbuster-opening-home-game/
Hopefully they'll be naming closer to 15K than 12K.
They updated their capacity on their website on January 12 to state that it now can hold approximately 15,000Currently holds 13,000
Not too bad all things considered, albeit being a grand final rematch helped.