Magic Weekend 2019 - Suncorp

[I Bleed Maroon]

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Magic Round is one and done judging by the casualty ward

 

[edabomb]

Suncorp is starting to resemble the beach.

 

[Timmah]

It's arguable that it's boosting it.

Yesterday gets more at the 3 normal venues IMO

Thu 17,113
Fri 41,388
Sat 41,612

100,113 for the three days so far. Anything around 35-40k is a fantastic result for this round of games.

This exercise might've been done before but taking the most recent home crowd figures for each game at their home venues:

Titans v Sharks @ Cbus (2018 R8) - 12,713
Tigers v Panthers @ C'town (2017 R2) - 12,232
Manly v Broncos @ Brookie (2014 R21) - 12,873
Bulldogs v Knights @ Belmore (2017 R18) - 13,103
Storm v Eels @ AAMI (2018 R23) - 12,136
Warriors v Dragons @ Mt Smart (2018 R7) - 18,295
Souths v Cowboys @ ANZ (2015 R6) - 13,866
Roosters v Raiders @ SFS (2015 R4) - 9,582

Granted - Manly have been taking the Broncos game to Suncorp for years, and Souths-Cowboys is played in Cairns most years now; but for this selection of games, there was a good opportunity and IMO they did the right thing.

 

[edabomb]

ACL count to 3? Nope a cork hopefully.

 

[DC_fan]

Suncorp is starting to resemble the beach.

How big are the waves?

 

[T-Boon]

How? What will it matter to a Brisbane tv audience once the round is over?

I don't know about the TV audience but the Brisbane people that turned up to more than one game might realise a game every 2 weeks is not enough and start demanding a second team so there is at least 1 game every weekend they can go to.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Long term thinking... Put in a second bris team try get these crowds at suncorp every weekend..

Short term thinking .. magic round

 

[T-Boon]

Pretty cool this might be the first round of football where overall the NRL crowds have looked better than the AFL crowds. Look at the horror in Melbourne between Hawthawn and Giants. Empty seats = ugly.

 

[8Ball]

The more I see of this concept the more I like it, possible ground issues/injuries notwithstanding. Stack all the lesser drawing games in one weekend and turn it into a carnival like event.

Looks great on TV..financial windfall for clubs..something else for the NRL to take on the road...plenty of room to grow it with marketing, promotional activities etc. Why the hell not?

 

[franklin2323]

It's arguable that it's boosting it.

Yesterday gets more at the 3 normal venues IMO

It will boost it due to the way the NRL are announcing crowds but divide the crowd by the amount of games than worse than most rounds

 

[Perth Red]

It will boost it due to the way the NRL are announcing crowds but divide the crowd by the amount of games than worse than most rounds

No it’s not, it’s a better avg than most rounds.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

The more I see of this concept the more I like it, possible ground issues/injuries notwithstanding. Stack all the lesser drawing games in one weekend and turn it into a carnival like event.

Looks great on TV..financial windfall for clubs..something else for the NRL to take on the road...plenty of room to grow it with marketing, promotional activities etc. Why the hell not?

Could be case for making it a travelling roadshow. Alternate between Sydney and Brissie. Maybe send it to Perth next year? With only two AFL teams in town there might be a weekend where there’s no game on?

 

[Perth Red]

Could be case for making it a travelling roadshow. Alternate between Sydney and Brissie. Maybe send it to Perth next year? With only two AFL teams in town there might be a weekend where there’s no game on?

Nope, wouldn’t work in Perth.
Not enough RL fans here to have 130k people turn out over 4 days. What we need to be getting is one DH at Optus and at least one game at bankwest park each year.

 

[greenBV4]

Nope, wouldn’t work in Perth.
Not enough RL fans here to have 130k people turn out over 4 days. What we need to be getting is one Fake at Optus and at least one game at bankwest park each year.

Whats fake? Is DH a not allowed word?

 

[greenBV4]

Whats fake? Is Fake a not allowed word?

wow i guess it is

 

[T-Boon]

Nope, wouldn’t work in Perth.
Not enough RL fans here to have 130k people turn out over 4 days. What we need to be getting is one Fake at Optus and at least one game at bankwest park each year.

See how the abbreviation for double header converts to "fake". I use that abbreviation for dummy half and it converts to fake. What is the deal.

 

[T-Boon]

Nope, wouldn’t work in Perth.
Not enough RL fans here to have 130k people turn out over 4 days. What we need to be getting is one Fake at Optus and at least one game at bankwest park each year.

How much is the WA government paying for Origin?

 

[Pedge1971]

Haven't Titans and Storm also taken their home games, against the Broncos to Brisbane, in the past few years? How do the Broncos keep overcoming such adversity?

They spent money signing a gun coach. Seibs will take them to the promise land.

 

[Spot On]

I don't get why us fans can't question this concept without being called negative nancies..

It has worked ok first time.. but it seems like a lazy short term fix to the NRL crowd problems..

We want the NRL to come up with strategies so that St George v Warriors can be a stand alone game in Sydney and draw 20-25k in a good looking stadium...

And this concept cannot be replicated in Perth Adelaide Melbourne or anywhere other than maybe NZ .. it's just a one off short term sugar hit.. and if you do it every year in Bris fatigue will guarantee set in after 3 years . Like the auckland nine's..

We are constantly selling the game short.. and this is another example.. but let's all talk the game up..

You can question it. And what you have pointed out re the nines concept is true.

Couldn't agree more.

Well said.

 

[Perth Red]

How much is the WA government paying for Origin?

It was part of a 3 event bundle. Test match, double header and origin. I’ve heard $10million but not officially announced.