Crowd Watch 2011

[BDGS]

Owen Park's capacity is 37,000 apparently

http://taupovenues.co.nz/odp/home/

Looks, like the whole ground is all grass except for one tiny little stand.

My prediction is 18k.

How the hell is that NRL standard?

 

[beave]

What the hell????

What is the other side of the ground like??

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

id say theres nothing.

its gunna be like a country carnival day with mobile bunji's and other stuff.

be like the dubbo city country games etc.

 

[beave]

Well hopefully the crowd turns up, will be a good day for the locals I guess.

 

[Cheesie-the-Pirate]

What the hell????

What is the other side of the ground like??

Grass hill. And a scoreboard!

 

[beave]

Footy, old school style!!!

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

yep

anyway we should make some money out of it (150k up front). hopefully the locals come have a look. the warriors will be desperate to win too.

and hopefully we win, and get a big crowd vs manly

 

[beave]

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

what a joke

 

[Panther_Daz]

Wikipedia suggests it is 30k for Concerts, 20k for Rugby and 15K for Cricket.

 

[beave]

Surely the sharks know what they are in for with this stadium???? You would hope someone either flew over and checked it out or or got online and had a peek. Hopefully the lights are up to standard, especially with the way the NZ weather is, the lights get put on at Mt Smart for day games all the time.

 

[Serc]

30,000 max for this game I think.

Yeah been posted on a few sources that its 30k capacity for this game, then the full 33k in the coming weeks.

Ausgrid Stadium's page on fb is a pretty good source of info (and pics, they update every couple of days!) I've found.

 

[Chook Norris]

Yeah been posted on a few sources that its 30k capacity for this game, then the full 33k in the coming weeks.

Ausgrid Stadium's page on fb is a pretty good source of info (and pics, they update every couple of days!) I've found.

very nice link for the updates on the knights stadium cheers

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Surely the sharks know what they are in for with this stadium???? You would hope someone either flew over and checked it out or or got online and had a peek. Hopefully the lights are up to standard, especially with the way the NZ weather is, the lights get put on at Mt Smart for day games all the time.

Yeah

we sent people over last year. i think also david peachey has something to do with it.

either his missus lives over there or something.

in any case, hopefully we do some country carnival stuff in the lead up..training sessions for the public and stuff to maximise the opportunity.

i questioned the decision at the time given the ground however the NRL has approved what were doing so they must have done a bit of research/lead up work.

annesly was over there last year sussing stuff as well.

 

[BDGS]

Apparently their there uncovered and covered grandstand sitting area according to ticktek.

http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=SHARKSWA11

 

[BDGS]

Yeah

we sent people over last year. i think also david peachey has something to do with it.

either his missus lives over there or something.

in any case, hopefully we do some country carnival stuff in the lead up..training sessions for the public and stuff to maximise the opportunity.

i questioned the decision at the time given the ground however the NRL has approved what were doing so they must have done a bit of research/lead up work.

annesly was over there last year sussing stuff as well.

He plays union over there.

 

[Serc]

very nice link for the updates on the knights stadium cheers

No probs

Here's some more info re: Newcastle this weekend:

Ticket sales by close of business on Tuesday were the highest numbers recorded in at least five years for the Knights.

http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/...-supporters-to-get-in-early-for-dragons-clash

Edit: So using that as an indicator...the 'highest crowd since 2003' figure on Austadiums.com lists 26,198 on 11/3/06 which is exactly just over 5 years ago...so I'd be guessing that we may very well have a fair crack at this weeks capacity of 30k! Surely 28k at a minimum.

 

[CC_Roosters]

Honestly i think Greymouth has a better ground than Taupo. This might have been answered before, but why if they wanted a game in NZ didn't they look at Wellington or North Harbour or Hamilton or Dunedin instead of the field with two posts?

 

[docbrown]

Edit: So using that as an indicator...the 'highest crowd since 2003' figure on Austadiums.com lists 26,198 on 11/3/06 which is exactly just over 5 years ago...so I'd be guessing that we may very well have a fair crack at this weeks capacity of 30k! Surely 28k at a minimum.

I've been looking forward to it for eight months now.

 

[Perth Red]

Wikipedia suggests it is 30k for Concerts, 20k for Rugby and 15K for Cricket.

I'm guessing health and safety isn't such an issue in NZ! Amazes after the crushing disaters in Europe that grass hills are deemed safe. Great image for the game playing a supposed top level sport in a local park.