The Las Vegas Thread

[Vee]

Any Australian sports fan knows that the NFL and CFL are similar but different sports.

I'm one. I didn't.

Never even heard of the CFL.

 

[Chins get the wins]

I'm one. I didn't.

Never even heard of the CFL.

Well now you do all it took was to read about it once......

 

[Vee]

Well now you do all it took was to read about it once......

Still don't know what it is or how it differs from NFL.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Argue for arguments sake. What a shit read ruined by the same muppets thread after thread.

 

[Maximus]

I know it and you do.......all NFL fans do

So people who are already fans know the difference? That doesn't help the point you think you were making.

 

[Chins get the wins]

So people who are already fans know the difference? That doesn't help the point you think you were making.

Seems I overestimated the intelligence of Australians

 

[Fangs]

Far more important than any of the crap posted over the last few pages is the quality of the match on gameday.

We want fit teams playing attacking football. No racist comments on field. And a referee who doesn't try and make the game about them.

 

[Iamback]

Far more important than any of the crap posted over the last few pages is the quality of the match on gameday.

We want fit teams playing attacking football. No racist comments on field. And a referee who doesn't try and make the game about them.

So new NRL refs then?

 

[Fangs]

So new NRL refs then?

Bring over an English one.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Bring over an English one.

We did that. His name is Ashley Klein.

 

[Chins get the wins]

We did that. His name is Ashley Klein.

f**k you

 

[Foreign Legion]

 

[Canard]

Far more important than any of the crap posted over the last few pages is the quality of the match on gameday.

We want fit teams playing attacking football. No racist comments on field. And a referee who doesn't try and make the game about them.

The reality is that 95% of the crowd and TV audience is existing NRL fans, BUT it did shit me how little attempt there was to appeal, and explain, to new viewers in the TV broadcast.

 

[Iamback]

The reality is that 95% of the crowd and TV audience is existing NRL fans, BUT it did shit me how little attempt there was to appeal, and explain, to new viewers in the TV broadcast.

That is because the whole broadcast was flown over from here. They need to get a yank even a D grade celebrity in the box to ask the questions those at home would be thinking

 

[Coastbloke]

Rugby League will never ever make a decent dent in the American sporting scene. Not in a country already saturated with NFL, NBA, Baseball and Hockey..

By all means keep coming to Vegas for Rd1 and bring in a couple English teams (or Catalan) etc. It’s a great concept. I hope to go one day (so I can infiltrate Area 51 lol) The Missus would love a few days in Vegas.

But don’t ever think rugby league (or the other code for that matter) will ever be even semi-big in the USofA!!

 

[Canard]

Rugby League will never ever make a decent dent in the American sporting scene. Not in a country already saturated with NFL, NBA, Baseball and Hockey..

By all means keep coming to Vegas for Rd1 and bring in a couple English teams (or Catalan) etc. It’s a great concept. I hope to go one day (so I can infiltrate Area 51 lol) The Missus would love a few days in Vegas.

But don’t ever think rugby league (or the other code for that matter) will ever be even semi-big in the USofA!!

I tend to agree, and it seems the NRL have this season, as they have clearly pivoted to how much of a bang this gives the season start in Australia.

Which, if they can keep idoing it without much cost, is fine.

Attendance next year, will be the big test

 

[ColdWetPanther]

So you agree that the names should be recognisable, memorable and searchable (so, the need to be unique)

Just not the brand of the sport itself…..?

and you think it is better that people should go searching based on club names?

I can see how my post was slightly unclear. It was a response to people searching for rugby America and not getting info on the NRL. My point was that if you search Rugby and then any of the other words you do get info on league, and that is what people are likely to search for if they spend 2 hours watching the game.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

“If you are confused about our confusing brand, f**k you we don’t even want you”

I think the problem in the debate is that you lot cant get your head out of your own ass and imagine it from someone who has NEVER seen a second of the game.

“Ohhh, nah we dont want them. They arent real fans”

That's not remotely close to what I said at all. The people that aren't interested enough to google and find out there aren't two types of Rugby are probably not interested in either code and maybe not sport at all.

I can guarantee you that true sports fans in Vic, SA, WA and TAS even if they don't like the NRL know enough to understand there are two types of Rugby.

Those interested enough to go searching are the market we want to target.

 

[nko11]

28.12.24 - 11.01.25


For comparison these are the images I could find from last year:
06.02.24 - Credit @Canard



18.02.24 - Credit @Canard



28.02.24 - Credit @yakstorm


01.03.24 - Credit @ouwet


As you can see far ahead of where we were last year. Only concern would be the higher priced lower bowl seats and whether we'll see these sold at current prices. Can't quite remember the pricing model from last year, but I'm not sure how many of those sold in between 18.02 and 28.02, were actually sold at premium prices or if these were all the $19 seats. If the cheaper seats sell similar to last year in the last two weeks - could see level 4 opened up for sale, which from the maps I've seen will be put up at the $29 price point.

 

[Wb1234]