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Solution: build the Lions a 60k stadium...
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Solution: build the Lions a 60k stadium...
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Warriors v Raiders has been sold out for a couple of weeks now (correction, one member seat has been put on re-sale) and the weather is set to be fine on Sunday in Auckland, so hopefully that crowd should push into the 24K+ realm.
Agree. Panthers v Knights would have been a better pick for Thursday night. Bathurst still would have sold out, but at least would have allowed Bulldogs to draw another 5-10K on Saturday.
Couldn’t agree more re regional venues.
To me those games should be played at the sunshine coast rather than at Redcliffe.
The nrl should be lobbying the qld gov to make the new stadium multipurpose with a decent rectangular configuration & have the dolphins play there.
Everyone knows that makes complete sense. A 60k capacity crowd, rectangular should see NRL move 3 state of origins there every 2 yrs plus an NRL GF every 3 yrs or so and magic round to sweeten the deal.
I could be wrong but it seems to me that they don't include the corporate tickets. The NFL game for example is listed at 51, 707 on your tweet, but when you look up the crowd for the event, its listed at 61, 352.
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I could be wrong but it seems to me that they don't include the corporate tickets. The NFL game for example is listed at 51, 707 on your tweet, but when you look up the crowd for the event, its listed at 61, 352.
Chargers 34-20 Raiders (6 Jan, 2025) Final Score - ESPN (AU)
Game summary of the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Las Vegas Raiders NFL game, final score 34-20, from 6 January 2025 on ESPN (AU).
Unsure if you'll have much luck with the quote, but has happened consistently for almost every event on the LV Stadium Authority Quarterly Report. Makes me pretty confident that it's different reporting criteria. Far too consistent and across too many different sports not to be.
Not good for fans travelling 3, 4 hours though on a school/work night.
The point is that lots of fans dont turn up on thursday night anyway even if they have a season ticket. The ones who do travel from the city out to the regional area for the game should take the friday off work and hang around the town.
What about Albury-Wodonga? That is 100k population. Is that a lost cause for RL? That would be a good spot for an annual Raiders v Storm game. The NRL should help fund a proper ground there.
Albury-Wodonga would be a great option for a game, and there are a few venues there which are adequate, including Lavington Oval (12K) & Albury Sports Ground (8K)l the later hosted a Storm v Knights trial in 2021.
