The Las Vegas Thread

[10$ Ferret]

If anyone think the clubs don't organise their own travel or tell the NRL what they want are kidding themselves.

 

[Canard]

This quote (which PVL has repeated in other media):

We have 25 million in Australia. When we were looking at Amazon and Apple and all those big players, they kept saying to me, why would we be interested in you when there’s 40 million people in California? We have 25 million in Australia. When we were looking at Amazon and Apple and all those big players, they kept saying to me, why would we be interested in you when there’s 40 million people in California?

The thing is we haven't even really attempted to capture the 25 Million in Australia yet though.

That should be a major focus for our game in the next decade.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Who says it isn't?

You can do more than 1 thing at a time.

 

[final say]

This quote (which PVL has repeated in other media):



The thing is we haven't even really attempted to capture the 25 Million in Australia yet though.

That should be a major focus for our game in the next decade.

No.
We can be certain that only a percentage of the population will take to Rugby league. Most Women won't follow sport at all, some men don't like sport, some don't have time and some appreciate a completely different skill set. Not to mention the present of other sports in which they're are already engaged with.
After over a hundred years of presents, the NRL are likely close to tapping out on those possible supporters in Australia.

 

[Canard]

No.
We can be certain that only a percentage of the population will take to Rugby league. Most Women won't follow sport at all, some men don't like sport, some don't have time and some appreciate a completely different skill set. Not to mention the present of other sports in which they're are already engaged with.
After over a hundred years of presents, the NRL are likely close to tapping out on those possible supporters in Australia.

We've got no team west of Melbourne.

There is no way the NRL is tapped out the Australian sports market yet.

 

[Iamback]

We've got no team west of Melbourne.

There is no way the NRL is tapped out the Australian sports market yet.

And what is the population West of Melbourne?

 

[Iamback]

No.
We can be certain that only a percentage of the population will take to Rugby league. Most Women won't follow sport at all, some men don't like sport, some don't have time and some appreciate a completely different skill set. Not to mention the present of other sports in which they're are already engaged with.
After over a hundred years of presents, the NRL are likely close to tapping out on those possible supporters in Australia.

Correct, Somewhere like Adelaide will struggle to have 100k RL fans

 

[ACTPanthers]

No.
We can be certain that only a percentage of the population will take to Rugby league. Most Women won't follow sport at all, some men don't like sport, some don't have time and some appreciate a completely different skill set. Not to mention the present of other sports in which they're are already engaged with.
After over a hundred years of presents, the NRL are likely close to tapping out on those possible supporters in Australia.

100 years of presents!?! That's a lot of presents...

I think you meant presence

 

[Canard]

And what is the population West of Melbourne?

About 4.5M

 

[Jamberoo]

We've got no team west of Melbourne.

There is no way the NRL is tapped out the Australian sports market yet.

RL is doing well at grass roots level in the western suburbs and also the outer south east suburbs of Melbourne. Both have easy access to AAMI for Storm games - it is not like travelling from Western Sydney to Moore Park. 30 - 60 minutes drive or PT. A team in the west is not needed. If there was to be a second team here in the long term future, the southeast (maybe Dandenong or Casey) would be the go. Compared to Melbourne’s west, it is twice the distance from the CBD and has twice the population.

 

[Iamback]

About 4.5M

RL realistically can get 10% of them as fans that pay money. So the market even with a National comp bottoms out at some stage into the future

 

[Canard]

RL is doing well at grass roots level in the western suburbs and also the outer south east suburbs of Melbourne. Both have easy access to AAMI for Storm games - it is not like travelling from Western Sydney to Moore Park. 30 - 60 minutes drive or PT. A team in the west is not needed. If there was to be a second team here in the long term future, the southeast (maybe Dandenong or Casey) would be the go. Compared to Melbourne’s west, it is twice the distance from the CBD and has twice the population.

You missed the context of my post.

To clarify I mean there is no team west of the VIC/NSW/QLD border, not West Melbourne.

 

[Chimp]

No.
We can be certain that only a percentage of the population will take to Rugby league. Most Women won't follow sport at all, some men don't like sport, some don't have time and some appreciate a completely different skill set. Not to mention the present of other sports in which they're are already engaged with.
After over a hundred years of presents, the NRL are likely close to tapping out on those possible supporters in Australia.

There is definitely something in this from a ‘diminishing returns’ perspective. Is the amount of time and money required to try and ‘max out Australia’ really going to provide bang for buck - the vast majority of people in Australia will already know what NRL is, and what it’s all about, and sure, having new teams in some areas might bring in some new fans, it’s not going to be a game changer. PVL said something recently about the Dolphins brining 17k new fans to the NRL - that’s hardly going to provide a huge leap in revenue. All that being said, expansion into wider areas of Australia and surrounding nations should still be on the radar, but the truth is, to really shift the dial and get a big win, the American market is the golden goose, so it’s worth a crack.
My personal view is still that whilst PVL is talking WatchNRL viewers and future international TV deals, I’m still convinced the gaming market is the real target of the Vegas venture, but they’re now talking about everything else a bit more to hide the fact it’s a cash grab from a morally bankrupt industry. But…. If they can cover the costs (or even make a profit) from the gaming industry over this 5 year period, and have a free swing at the American TV market as a by-product, then that makes great business sense. And it doesn’t appear to be happening at the expense of anything else (such as grassroots funding), so it’s really a no lose (or minimal loss) opportunity. If it doesn’t work out, it’s not broke the bank or caused any major issues, if it all goes absolutely perfect (which is unlikely), then it’s rivers of gold forever more.

 

[MugaB]

100 years of presents!?! That's a lot of presents...

I think you meant presence

The new team = Adelaide City Santas
Black red and white, ho ho ho

 

[Harry O]

Maybe she could perform in Vegas also? Thoughts????

 

[Hoofhearted]

Just for reference, the game below had 29k. If we've already sold 20k+ you would think there will be a small surge in sales the week of the game so I'd say we'll have something like this minimum but hopefully more.

 

[Canard]

Just for reference, the game below had 29k. If we've already sold 20k+ you would think there will be a small surge in sales the week of the game so I'd say we'll have something like this minimum but hopefully more.

If the NRL can outdraw the Mexican Soccer team playing in the USA, that would be a pretty awesome result.

I hope they are limiting sales to the lower bowl there, to give it a good atmosphere.

EDIT:The below blue dots show the currently available seats (I assume the upperbowl hasn't been opened up fully).

 

[Harry O]

If the NRL can outdraw the Mexican Soccer team playing in the USA, that would be a pretty awesome result.

I hope they are limiting sales to the lower bowl there, to give it a good atmosphere.

EDIT:The below blue dots show the currently available seats (I assume the upperbowl hasn't been opened up fully).

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Gee that's alot of blue seats, they need to advertise from now, not last minute

 

[Captain Apollo]

Gee that's alot of blue seats, they need to advertise from now, not last minute

Until the Superbowl is concluded next Monday (our time), I doubt any advertising for much else will penetrate through that.

 

[Perth Red]

They're going for the casual sports fan next who happens to be in Vegas in the next advertising youd think. First sales surge was ex pats and Aussies going on holiday to see it. Last surge will be hoping to pick up casual sports fan who might be a bit interested and make last minute calls on what shall we do this weekend, thats where the 2:1 deals and giveaways are most effective.