Crowd Watch 2012 Mk II

[Timmah]

The promotion only appears bad because it named a figure, rather than encouraging people to come. 34,000 is a superb regular season crowd in Sydney regardless of the original target.

 

[Teddyboy]

Advertising a game and advertising that tickets are cheaper are not the same thing.
Those tickets should be the prices for every game and not for only 24 hours.
Stick to talking up your waste of space team.

Agree.

 

[cleary89]

$33 for ga tickets at canberra, no wonder no one comes.

 

[Ziggy the God]

This. x 12108310947304972304.

The Round 6 match (Easter weekend) raked in 35k because it was HEAVILY marketed, public transport included and Easter Show tickets offered cheaply on the side. They also used it as stand-alone Good Friday afternoon footy, a genius idea.

The following clash (in Round 13, arguably a better match between two teams who had improved greatly since the previous clash) was barely mentioned, stuffed into a Saturday 7:30pm timeslot at the start of winter. No transport options were available and no marketing apart from the limited resources of the home club.

Someone's gotta take better responsibility for marketing our big games.

I agree that the marketing for games needs to improve.

Unless I read it the wrong way, didn't the Sydney clubs get together recently and address this as something they are looking at for next year?

I will go further to say that some games for each club should be Sunday games. For us, that includes both home and away against the Roosters for example. Playing those on Monday nights is really bad scheduling.

 

[The.X.Factor9]

This. x 12108310947304972304.

The Round 6 match (Easter weekend) raked in 35k because it was HEAVILY marketed, public transport included and Easter Show tickets offered cheaply on the side. They also used it as stand-alone Good Friday afternoon footy, a genius idea.

The following clash (in Round 13, arguably a better match between two teams who had improved greatly since the previous clash) was barely mentioned, stuffed into a Saturday 7:30pm timeslot at the start of winter. No transport options were available and no marketing apart from the limited resources of the home club.

Someone's gotta take better responsibility for marketing our big games.

qft.

 

[otori]

$33 for ga tickets at canberra, no wonder no one comes.

This. The stadium is shithouse, it's freezing cold and they expect people to fork out $33. The Raiders should do a similar deal with the Civic Pub to the Brumbies where you can get crap tickets for $10. Discriminatory pricing is awesome because it means everyone can pay what they feel is reasonable for a game but still get to see it and put some money down.

The guys that are talking about marketing in Sydney: I agree but I don't think it really applies to a lot of other cities. Canberra and GC have issues with crowds because they charge an arm and a leg IMO. At least on the coast you get the benefit of not sitting in an ice bowl with crap facilities.

 

[DC_fan]

Glad we agree, marketing and cheaper tickets will lead to bigger crowds. Knew we'd get there eventually!

Obviously it's easier to market a team in a one team market like Brisbane then it is Sydney with nine teams.

 

[mattyg]

Should be some decent crowds this week...don't wanna get too excited about the Titans crowd though even though they have been in some good form...

Fri 7.30pm - Tigers v Bulldogs @ Allianz - 28,000 (woulda been 32-35k if Tigers were still hot)
Sat 5.30pm - Storm v Raiders @ AAMI - 13,000
Sat 7.30pm - Titans v Warriors @ Skilled - 15,000
Sun 2.00pm - Souths v Knights @ ANZ - 14,000
Sun 3.00pm - Manly v Eels @ Brookvale - 19,000
Mon 7.00pm - Sharks v Roosters @ Toyota - 13,000

Total - 102k
Average - 17k

 

[Brutus]

Should be some decent crowds this week...don't wanna get too excited about the Titans crowd though even though they have been in some good form...

Fri 7.30pm - Tigers v Bulldogs @ Allianz - 28,000 (woulda been 32-35k if Tigers were still hot)

Not at Allianz.

 

[Brutus]

$33 for ga tickets at canberra, no wonder no one comes.

That is criminal.

 

[cleary89]

2 degrees on a monday night and $33 to sit behind the posts.... Such a joke.

Crowd was 10 something. 10,432?

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Tigers v dogs. 24 k IMHO

Sfs on a Friday is tough for Campbelltown v Bankstown

 

[DIOGENES]

Over 76 K for the round compared to 72+ K last year. The two years must be just about even.

 

[undertaker]

2 degrees on a monday night and $33 to sit behind the posts.... Such a joke.

Crowd was 10 something. 10,432?

3 degrees at kickoff, 0.2 degrees (technically -2.8 degrees when factoring in the windchill) by the time the game finished. Probably would have to be one of the coldest conditions an NRL match has been played in this year (would be interesting to know what the coldest ever game, temperature-wise, has been). Must take my hat off to the ten thousand odd-so people who turned up in those conditions.

 

[Ziggy the God]

3 degrees at kickoff, 0.2 degrees (technically -2.8 degrees when factoring in the windchill) by the time the game finished. Probably would have to be one of the coldest conditions an NRL match has been played in this year (would be interesting to know what the coldest ever game, temperature-wise, has been). Must take my hat off to the ten thousand odd-so people who turned up in those conditions.

Had to be the game in 2000 when the Raiders played the Tigers in the snow.

 

[undertaker]

Had to be the game in 2000 when the Raiders played the Tigers in the snow.

I agree that that match was played in bloody cold conditions but given that match was on a Sunday arvo and not at night, was it colder in terms of temperature? Has there ever been any first-grade matches that have been played in sub-zero temperatures (maybe a question for another thread)?

 

[Brutus]

Tigers v dogs. 24 k IMHO

Sfs on a Friday is tough for Campbelltown v Bankstown

Agree. SFS is such a stupid venue for this game.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I agree that that match was played in bloody cold conditions but given that match was on a Sunday arvo and not at night, was it colder in terms of temperature? Has there ever been any first-grade matches that have been played in sub-zero temperatures (maybe a question for another thread)?

I watched Canberra play the Cowboys on a Saturday night back in about 2006 and that was the coldest game I've ever experienced at Canberra. We went the full thermals, coats, blankets and still froze our arses off. It would have been -5 or so.

Seriously, Canberra should only afternoon games at home through June and July.

And some genius should sell like green blankets at the gate.

 

[Teddyboy]

Tigers v dogs. 24 k IMHO

Sfs on a Friday is tough for Campbelltown v Bankstown

Why are those 2 team's playing out of the SFS ?.

Really who are the dumb merkin's who run the scheduling for games and also TV as these merkin's don't have a clue of Sport.
A bit like the UFC in Sydney and the NRL hand it over to a semi contact sport i.e.AFL.

 

[Timmah]

Tigers v dogs. 24 k IMHO

Sfs on a Friday is tough for Campbelltown v Bankstown

Do you actually think fans come from core areas en masse anymore?

Fans of every Sydney club live everywhere in Sydney - fact.

Why are those 2 team's playing out of the SFS ?.

Really who are the dumb merkin's who run the scheduling for games and also TV as these merkin's don't have a clue of Sport.
A bit like the UFC in Sydney and the NRL hand it over to a semi contact sport i.e.AFL.

Nothing to do with scheduling of games or "TV merkins".

The Tigers choose (stupidly IMO) to play games at Allianz. Nothing to do with people in charge of the NRL.