Crowd Watch 2011

[Raiderdave]

The cost of having 20,000 people at the stadium is a lot more than having 10,000 there. So financially, it's could be better to have 10,000 at $20 each.

the cost is more to who ?

the stadium hire fees usually don't go up or down based on the size of your crowd
& if the stadium or its owner takes care of the catering & pourage ... well its they that foot the cost of more staff to handle a bigger crowd

theres usually no extra cost to the football team
it looks better on TV & adds atmosphere at the ground .. you expose your product & brand to a lot more people so sponsors want in
nuh
bigger match day crowds are better even if you don't increase the actual gate reciepts.

 

[Timmah]

At what stadium?

F&B and merch sales alone from having an extra 10k at a ground is surely worth it?



As for last night, I've been to Brookvale a few times and that looked far more than 14,623. Hill was packed, more than I've seen it in quite a while.

Tigers at the SFS - 18/19k from memory is what the SYD/BNE Good Friday game gets so I'm not unimpressed. IMO would've drawn 22-25k at ANZ but that's the Tigers' decision to move away from their core fanbase.

 

[bobmar28]

The cost of having 20,000 people at the stadium is a lot more than having 10,000 there. So financially, it's could be better to have 10,000 at $20 each.

Why? The food outlets would make twice as much with 20,000 there and it looks better on TV which is where the money comes from.

 

[Raiderdave]

At what stadium?

F&B and merch sales alone from having an extra 10k at a ground is surely worth it?


As for last night, I've been to Brookvale a few times and that looked far more than 14,623. Hill was packed, more than I've seen it in quite a while.

Tigers at the SFS - 18/19k from memory is what the SYD/BNE Good Friday game gets so I'm not unimpressed. IMO would've drawn 22-25k at ANZ but that's the Tigers' decision to move away from their core fanbase.

I dunno .. looked at about right to me , I've been there planty of times too & I picked it at 15K pretty soon after the telecast started .... both ends of the hill while well patronised weren't packed
areas behind the goal post at the nthn end weren't packed

I've been to some 17K plus crowds there in the last 5 years ..& last night wasn't as packed as it was for those games.
it seems brookie has lost a lot of its capacity ... it looks like it would struggle to get 20K in there
yet I attended a game there in 1994... & there was 26,500 there that day.:?

 

[Brutus]

I thought the SFS was over 20k for sure last night. the lower tier where the players run out was basically full. So were the corporate boxes above them. The nose bleed section above that was half-full. My kid got in for free and they didn't count him

 

[CC_Roosters]

I thought the SFS was over 20k for sure last night. the lower tier where the players run out was basically full. So were the corporate boxes above them. The nose bleed section above that was half-full.

na what was reported was right. There were way less sfs members there than usual, the Roosters V Tigers crowd was comparable in size in every section except the stadium members so doubt it was wrong

 

[BunniesMan]

Bulldogs-Souths will be 30k+.

 

[dogz08]

not if it rains

 

[DIOGENES]

This shows the interest in crowds shown by reporters. According to the ABC on-line there were less than 14,500 at the SFS

 

[Panther_Daz]

I am going along with a few other neutrals to tonight's game. I expect at least 20k Dogs fans there.

 

[dangerousdave]

At what stadium?

As for last night, I've been to Brookvale a few times and that looked far more than 14,623. Hill was packed, more than I've seen it in quite a while.

Tigers at the SFS - 18/19k from memory is what the SYD/BNE Good Friday game gets so I'm not unimpressed. IMO would've drawn 22-25k at ANZ but that's the Tigers' decision to move away from their core fanbase.

Agreed on both notes. I though Brookie looked to be 16k plus

And as for the Tigpies it just seems completely nonsensical to play a non-sydney team in the eastern suburbs

 

[Coaster]

Why? The food outlets would make twice as much with 20,000 there and it looks better on TV which is where the money comes from.

Food is handled by a 3rd party, nothing to do with the club. And TV coverage has nothing to do with crowd size, the only thing is merchandise.

 

[CC_Roosters]

I don't think the dogs game will get over 25k, just a feeling souths fans wont turn up

 

[beave]

whose home game is it tonight????

 

[BunniesMan]

whose home game is it tonight????

Dogs, but under an agreement with ANZ Souths members can get in for free as if it was a Souths home game.

 

[DC_fan]

whose home game is it tonight????

Its the Dogs home game. But Souths ticketed members can get in for free tonight.

 

[docbrown]

Its the Dogs home game. But Souths ticketed members can get in for free tonight.

If it doesn't get 30,000+ then we need to start answering some of these major f**king questions that we keep asking ourselves.

 

[ByRd]

Well its been raining here for the last few hours but starting to clear up now so hopefully the rain stays away for the rest of the day and a good crowd rolls in.

 

[Moffo]

About 14k here already

 

[cleary89]

What you reckon in the shire? 10? 12?