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The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

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bazza

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Desert Qlder said:
Now that cricket has abandoned Brisbane in November, it will further strengthen opportunities for international Rugby League at this time.

The Matildas are also capitalising and will be filling Suncorp and Cbus Stadiums next week.
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will be interested to see what crowds they get. If they are good it might put some pressure on a few other cities to improve their rectangular facilities to get games - Canberra, Perth and Adelaide
 
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Just looking at tickets for the Perth origin game and the stadium map seems to indicate that the extra 5k 'drop in' seats along the sidelines are on sale and going to be used.

Is anyone able to confirm this? Would it be the first time they have all been used and does rugby league have a shot at getting the crowd record this year?

Unlikely the AFL would agree to them on the pitch during their season but maybe it is something that has been agreed during the ongoing negotiations with the government for an NRL club?

Those 5k extra seats could bring a minimum of $500k extra revenue.
 
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If we are talking cricket pitches than sure.

These stands may not be so bad. The front row of the bottom tier is raised about 2.5 or 3 metres above the field for oval sports, where these drop in stands add about 10 rows that are closer to the rectangular playing field.

Of course it won't be as good as suncorp/allianz sideline seats, but if they are to be used, they would be premium priced and a nice little bump in revenue for the ARLC.
 
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NWQRabbit said:
Just looking at tickets for the Perth origin game and the stadium map seems to indicate that the extra 5k 'drop in' seats along the sidelines are on sale and going to be used.

Is anyone able to confirm this? Would it be the first time they have all been used and does rugby league have a shot at getting the crowd record this year?

Unlikely the AFL would agree to them on the pitch during their season but maybe it is something that has been agreed during the ongoing negotiations with the government for an NRL club?

Those 5k extra seats could bring a minimum of $500k extra revenue.
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It's not the first time they've brought in the 'drop-in' seats mid-season, they did it for one of the Rugby Championship matches played at the venue (which would have been around August) as per the photo below.

The WA Government will want to try and sell as many tickets as possible for the match (considering the fee they put up to win the rights).

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yakstorm said:
It's not the first time they've brought in the 'drop-in' seats mid-season, they did it for one of the Rugby Championship matches played at the venue (which would have been around August) as per the photo below.

The WA Government will want to try and sell as many tickets as possible for the match (considering the fee they put up to win the rights).

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looks like @Desert Qlder was right
 
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yakstorm said:
It's not the first time they've brought in the 'drop-in' seats mid-season, they did it for one of the Rugby Championship matches played at the venue (which would have been around August) as per the photo below.

The WA Government will want to try and sell as many tickets as possible for the match (considering the fee they put up to win the rights).

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And for the first double header they had the stands on 3 sides, like the rugby game, which I had forgotten about.

They have never had all 4 sides installed that I know of and looking at that picture it seems they barely go past the boundary line, so the afl have nothing to complain about.

Does the WA government take the ticket sales revenue?
I just assumed it was like the GF deal and the NRL did.
The government makes the money back through interstate tourists.
 
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NWQRabbit said:
Just looking at tickets for the Perth origin game and the stadium map seems to indicate that the extra 5k 'drop in' seats along the sidelines are on sale and going to be used.

Is anyone able to confirm this? Would it be the first time they have all been used and does rugby league have a shot at getting the crowd record this year?

Unlikely the AFL would agree to them on the pitch during their season but maybe it is something that has been agreed during the ongoing negotiations with the government for an NRL club?

Those 5k extra seats could bring a minimum of $500k extra revenue.
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From memory they were used at the opening game in 2018 for NRl double header. they've also been used for Union test, that holds the ground record at 61.5k.
Dont think weve ever had the 4 stand drop in 5000 seats like was originally promised.
 
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NWQRabbit said:
Just looking at tickets for the Perth origin game and the stadium map seems to indicate that the extra 5k 'drop in' seats along the sidelines are on sale and going to be used.

Is anyone able to confirm this? Would it be the first time they have all been used and does rugby league have a shot at getting the crowd record this year?

Unlikely the AFL would agree to them on the pitch during their season but maybe it is something that has been agreed during the ongoing negotiations with the government for an NRL club?

Those 5k extra seats could bring a minimum of $500k extra revenue.
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Yes, the ticket map shows that the infill seats will be used on all four sides. Very surprising given there is an AFL game the very next day. This game could break the all time stadium and Perth crowd record. A big win for the NRL.
 
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Yeh that’s an awful ground to watch rugby league at
NWQRabbit said:
And for the first double header they had the stands on 3 sides, like the rugby game, which I had forgotten about.

They have never had all 4 sides installed that I know of and looking at that picture it seems they barely go past the boundary line, so the afl have nothing to complain about.

Does the WA government take the ticket sales revenue?
I just assumed it was like the GF deal and the NRL did.
The government makes the money back through interstate tourists.
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No the wa govt make no money from ticket sales

Dunno why it was posted that way before
 
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NWQRabbit said:
Just looking at tickets for the Perth origin game and the stadium map seems to indicate that the extra 5k 'drop in' seats along the sidelines are on sale and going to be used.

Is anyone able to confirm this? Would it be the first time they have all been used and does rugby league have a shot at getting the crowd record this year?

Unlikely the AFL would agree to them on the pitch during their season but maybe it is something that has been agreed during the ongoing negotiations with the government for an NRL club?

Those 5k extra seats could bring a minimum of $500k extra revenue.
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The AFL don't own the ground so we don't need their approval to do it
 
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Diesel said:
Even with drop in it still looks like a shitty mcg. No way we should be playing in oval stadiums. These afl states need to realise if they build rectangle grounds you get RL, RU, soccer, American football/NFL. You build oval, you get cricket and some shit sport played in Melbourne
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Optus has had all them bar American football.
 
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