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Ideas to boost crowds

Canard

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What about a NRL season membership which guarantees entrance to any NRL game?

That and Ricky Stuart volunteers to allow fans to line up and kick him in the balls at halftime of every Raiders game, home and away.
 

Timmah

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Would charging away members half price GA tickets boost attendances? Or would the same number just be half as much ticket sales to the home team?

Would it boost memberships if members could get half-price GA tickets at away games?

Do clubs put on free(?) buses to and from away games? Should the NRL help/pay for this? Would that help if the bus finished at the LC and the players mixed with members at the post-match function?

Some, most or all of this may happen to varying degrees from club to club, IDK as I'm not from Sydney.
The first idea - away tickets for members - has been done in one form or another for around a decade.

Clubs and buses varies club to club and whether they're at cost is another question.
 

King hit

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Can't help but think some of the rules have turned people away. No fights, 10 minutes for slapping, inconsistent bunker, favouritism to players. It's different from when I was a kid watching the game.
 

Canard

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Can't help but think some of the rules have turned people away. No fights, 10 minutes for slapping, inconsistent bunker, favouritism to players. It's different from when I was a kid watching the game.

Every old codger says that about every facet of modern life especially sports though.
 

Nice Beaver

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What about a NRL season membership which guarantees entrance to any NRL game?

That and Ricky Stuart volunteers to allow fans to line up and kick him in the balls at halftime of every Raiders game, home and away.

I guess it could be a ticket sold directly by the NRL and then the clubs get paid something every time one of the passes is scanned at their game.
 

Perth Red

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Family Sunday double header at anz every week, all full ticketed nrl members can get in for free
Adults Friday night Sydney blockbuster at Allianz, nrl pays for amazing game day entertainment around the precinct tomake a night of it

All tickets same price across the nrl $30 best seats, $20 GA kids $5
Thursday night games capped at $10 entry any seat

Reduce comp to 22 games. 10 home games per club plus one on the road to non nrl club city

Sydney clubs to all play each other twice every season, same for qland clubs

Expand the game to bring in Perth and brisbane2

Take some games to png
 

Timmah

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Every old codger says that about every facet of modern life especially sports though.
Not to mention the average crowds now are higher than they ever were during that era
 

Cumberland Throw

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Ticket prices .. food .. parking .. all bullshit

Give us atmosphere .. I want it to feel like it did when I was a kid when I walked into an opening day sold out parra stad with 26k sold out .. and went wow

Make people say wow ..

That's what drives crowds .
 

Vozzy

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A lot the reasons why crowds are low to me is due to people working on weekends more then say 20 years ago.
For me I work every Sunday 6am to 4pm cos it pays really well and I have a mortgage to pay off. My team Wests tigers this year probably had like 10 sunday games where I had to rush home just to make the kick off on time.

My days off are Friday and Saturday and I don't see my wife a lot during the week so we spend Friday together and I go to games if they are on a Saturday.

That's my problem and it's probably the same for a lot of people in such a busy city these days.
 

Souths Till I Die

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A lot the reasons why crowds are low to me is due to people working on weekends more then say 20 years ago.
For me I work every Sunday 6am to 4pm cos it pays really well and I have a mortgage to pay off. My team Wests tigers this year probably had like 10 sunday games where I had to rush home just to make the kick off on time.

My days off are Friday and Saturday and I don't see my wife a lot during the week so we spend Friday together and I go to games if they are on a Saturday.

That's my problem and it's probably the same for a lot of people in such a busy city these days.

I understand this but as a Souths supporter I have a problem with the Friday night games. Getting to a Friday night game at ANZ when you finish work at 6-7 is a joke.
 

fourplay

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Get rid of the half an hour gap before the main game and play reserve grade before it. I used to go to games to watch the 2nd half of reserve grade then the main game. Now I don't because of the long drawn out 30 minute gap. I just don't see the need why players have to have an entire skills session out on the field including goal kicking, bomb catching, and a ball work session while the crowd waits. Is there a stadium that doesn't have a warm up area next to it?
 

Last Week

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Get rid of the half an hour gap before the main game and play reserve grade before it. I used to go to games to watch the 2nd half of reserve grade then the main game. Now I don't because of the long drawn out 30 minute gap. I just don't see the need why players have to have an entire skills session out on the field including goal kicking, bomb catching, and a ball work session while the crowd waits. Is there a stadium that doesn't have a warm up area next to it?

ANZ?
 

M2D2

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Thursday night football after April. Gone. Replaced with either Saturday or Sunday.
Friday 6pm gone and replaced with Sunday 6pm
Those two alone will shift averages.
 

cleary89

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So members pay full price while members of another team get half price?

Sounds pretty f**king stupid to me.

Become a member of another club then so you can get half price tickets?

Either way, it encourages members to go to away games for 1.5x the cost instead of 2x the cost.

Should be encouraging away fans to travel to games.
 

OldPanther

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A lot the reasons why crowds are low to me is due to people working on weekends more then say 20 years ago.
For me I work every Sunday 6am to 4pm cos it pays really well and I have a mortgage to pay off. My team Wests tigers this year probably had like 10 sunday games where I had to rush home just to make the kick off on time.

My days off are Friday and Saturday and I don't see my wife a lot during the week so we spend Friday together and I go to games if they are on a Saturday.

That's my problem and it's probably the same for a lot of people in such a busy city these days.

That's my exact situation as well.
 

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