2026 Crowd Watch

[Mother Nature's Son]

I've always found Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing to be relatively 'dumb' compared to say platforms like Amazon. Amazon's algorithm arguably looks at order demands, inventory, competitors and browser behaviour to help determine whether it should adjust the pricing and will look to adjust both ways.

I've never seen Ticketmaster adjust pricing down dynamically, it's always taken manual intervention. Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing works based upon available inventory across the stadium, but is heavily skewed by what is available in a bay. The problem will that approach is if only part of a bay is released (which is what's happened in 101, 102, 111, 112, as these bays are predominately taken up by members & corporates) it will push the price up, even if there hasn't been any significant demand.

So for the Cowboys v Storm game, it has gone, 'strong sales across the event' + ' very limited tickets in these bays' and has decided that a ticket that usually retails for $112.79 should now be priced at $229.85 which is a ridiculous increase. If the system was smart, it would have at least partially corrected by now and lowered the price a bit, especially considering none of the seats in those bays have moved for 5+ days.

Thank you Yak, as per usual, your posts are not only well written but informative.

 

[horrie hastings]

Just watching the weather ftom the Ensemble Theatre bar at Kirribilli , if it hasnt already Brookvale Oval is about to get pummelled, pity any poor soul who has tickets for the hill.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Thursday night- Thunderstorm night

massive storm just went over the top of the Northen Beaches

 

[Wb1234]

Just watching the weather ftom the Ensemble Theatre bar at Kirribilli , if it hasnt already Brookvale Oval is about to get pummelled, pity any poor soul who has tickets for the hill.

 

[horrie hastings]

Amazing storm, wonder how long they can delay until the game would have to be postponed, that is if they get power back on for the lights.

 

[newc18]

Barr blames 'extraordinary' storm for stadium woes, floats surprise fix

Chief Minister Andrew Barr says Manuka Oval - or "other rectangular football venues" - are capable of hosting elite sport in the capital if the ageing Canberra Stadium is deemed no longer fit for purpose.

Who didn't see this coming.

Whoops wrong thread.

 

[yakstorm]

Ticket map for Optus Oval double header. Definitely been some changes, especially in the eastern sections.

View attachment 111070

So the reason all the eastern tickets have gone off sale is the Bears are doing $30 tickets for 48 hours via this link:

https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/25006449C7CA4401?did=30

 

[storm1999]

Ticket map for Optus Oval

Optus Stadium.
Optus Oval was the former name of Ikon Park (Princes Park) in Carlton.

 

[Frank Burge]

Optus Stadium.
Optus Oval was the former name of Ikon Park (Princes Park) in Carlton.

Only a real rugby league fan would know that

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[drcmuch]

16,082 at Brookvale (ABC radio, via the website)

edit: LU news, quick off the mark

 

[It's Been Done]

Not bad considering that huge storm that swept across Sydney before the gates opened

 

[storm1999]

Only a real rugby league fan would know that

True, because Melbourne Storm used to host pre-season games there, and their administration was based there whilst AAMI Park was under construction. Balmain Tigers also hosted 2 home games there in the 1994 ARL competition.

 

[t-ba]

That's an amazing crowd considering how dogshit the weather is and probably the last good one of the year lol.

 

[League Unlimited News]

True, because Melbourne Storm used to host pre-season games there, and their administration was based there whilst AAMI Park was under construction. Balmain Tigers also hosted 2 home games there in the 1994 ARL competition.

In addition to this, the second test of the 1992 Ashes Series was played there. The Storm also snuck in a NSW Cup game in 2010 just before AAMI Park's opening game:

Competition	Round	Date	Home		Away		Venue	Crowd
Ashes Series 1992	Game 2	Jun 26​	Australia	10	Great Britain	33	Princes Park	31,005
NSWRL Reserve Grade 1994	Round 7	Apr 23​	Brisbane	14	Balmain	18	Optus Oval
NSWRL 1994	Round 7	23​	Brisbane	36	Balmain	14	Optus Oval	14,672
NSWRL 1994	Round 13	Jun 25​	Illawarra	22	Balmain	6	Optus Oval	6,118
NSW Cup 2010	Round 2	Mar 20​	Melbourne	16	Canterbury	26	Visy Park

 

[newc18]

Lets be honest, if that was Shark Park or Kogarah, that crowd is probably under 10k. Good on the Manly fans.

 

[storm1999]

Lets be honest, if that was Shark Park or Kogarah, that crowd is probably under 10k.

Shark Park and Kogarah shouldn't qualify as home venues in an elite national competition.

 

[Ian Douglas]

Lets be honest, if that was Shark Park or Kogarah, that crowd is probably under 10k. Good on the Manly fans.

Sharks just get a little over 10k now so probably more like sub 5k.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

That’s a fantastic crowd at Brookvale considering the weather.

It wasn’t that long ago that Brookie would have only drawn 6k in that sort of weather.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Big day today with two sold out crowds in store!!

What’s your take for a crowd guesstimate for Suncorp @SLRBRONCOS ?