I am also going to go out on a limb to say that 7.5k for the opening match of the a league season is a bad crowd.
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- Jul 5, 2012
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Wow. A tenth of what the AFL would expect. The Sleeping Giant has slept in again.
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That is the smart way to grow the crowds. Also may get more people staying for the NRL games.
Now be fair - it wasn’t as if the season opener was that big and important a game - it was only the Grand Final replay!
- May 13, 2012
- 15,812
- 5,965
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I'm not one to rub it in, but sheez, 7,501 for the opening game, for a grand final replay, from two Melbourne teams! (and yes, it was played in Melbourne)
After 17 years of the A-League, with the Socceroos on the verge of a 5th consecutive WC appearance (yes, incredibly, they're about to make 5 consecutive appearances), the gap between the A-League and AFL has never been starker than it is right now.
That beanstalk the giant needs to climb definitely heads into the clouds as far as the A-League is concerned.
On the positive side, it's likely SFC will get a decent crowd in their first appearance at the new stadium, might even get over 30k.
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I actually reckon with how Qantas/Jetstar are viewed atm from a PR perspective, if Bonza were to just focus on the basics, good customer service and decent routes, not cancelling flights as little as possible, they could go alright carving out a slice of the market.
- Nov 21, 2013
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England's women soccer team play in front of over 76,000 at Wembley on Friday night UK time and beat the word Champions the US 2-1
Looks like there's going to be * all people at the T20 tomorrow at Optus.....and it's against England too
No promotion, but just as importantly overpriced tickets. If you wanted to go i'd just buy the shitty tickets facing the sun and move to an empty expensive area.
No promotion, but just as importantly overpriced tickets. If you wanted to go i'd just buy the shitty tickets facing the sun and move to an empty expensive area.
The cheapest is $30, which would be fine, but that's limited to a small area in the sun. You'd be an idiot to want to sit there.
The same part of the ground on the other side is $75. Decent seats are $95, although some of them are facing the sun too.
If they want to charge prices like that it needs to be accompanied by a big promotional campaign. I had no idea it was on until yesterday, and that's when I saw a report of England training in Perth. I certainly haven't seen any ads.
- Jul 5, 2012
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Pretty amazing, but as I said a few pages back, it doesn't yet seem to be filtering through to the Womens' Super League, which has an astonishingly low average crowd figure of only 1,000.
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Wildcats would average about 11,000 per game in recent non covid affected years.
Kings do ok crowd wise too.
Round 1
| Code | Week | Day | Date | Time | Home | Away | Venue | Crowd | Capacity | %Capacity |
| NBL | 1 | Sat | 1/10 | 1800 | SE Melbourne | Tasmania | John Cain Arena | 5,728 | 10,300 | 55.61% |
| NBL | 1 | Sat | 1/10 | 2000 | Illawarra | Sydney | WIN Entertainment Centre | 4,008 | 5,673 | 70.65% |
| NBL | 1 | Sun | 2/10 | 1400 | Melbourne | NZ | John Cain Arena | 7,236 | 10,300 | 70.25% |
| NBL | 1 | Sun | 2/10 | 1300 | Perth | Brisbane | RAC Arena | 11,083 | 14,500 | 76.43% |
| NBL | 1 | Mon | 3/10 | 1930 | Tasmania | Cairns | Mystate Bank Arena | 4,231 | 4,800 | 88.15% |
| Total | 32,286 | 45,573 | 70.84% | |||||||
| Average | 6,457 |
Round 2 so far
| Code | Week | Day | Date | Time | Home | Away | Venue | Crowd | Capacity | %Capacity |
| NBL | 2 | Thu | 6/10 | 1930 | Illawarra | SE Melbourne | Win Entertainment Centre | 2,806 | 5,673 | 49.46% |
| NBL | 2 | Fri | 7/10 | 1930 | NZ | Tasmania | Spark Arnea | 5,340 | 8,000 | 66.75% |
| NBL | 2 | Fri | 7/10 | 1930 | Sydney | Brisbane | Qudos Bank Arena | 11,478 | 17,471 | 65.70% |
| NBL | 2 | Sat | 8/10 | 1730 | SE Melbourne | Cairns | John Cain Arena | 4,953 | 10,300 | 48.09% |
| NBL | 2 | Sat | 8/10 | 1700 | Perth | Illawarra | RAC Arena | 10,816 | 14,500 | 74.59% |
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The game itself sold out in 24 hours. That's impressive by anybody standards
Lionesses v USA the fastest-selling England game at new Wembley
The Lionesses’ showdown with the world champions, the USA, on Friday was the fastest-selling England game – men’s or women’s – at the new Wembley
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No typo. same crowd.
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Yeah that's about 10k more than I expected TBH.
The game itself sold out in 24 hours. That's impressive by anybody standards
Lionesses v USA the fastest-selling England game at new Wembley
The Lionesses’ showdown with the world champions, the USA, on Friday was the fastest-selling England game – men’s or women’s – at the new Wembleywww.theguardian.com
The Lionesses had recently won the UEFA Women's cup for 2022. So playing the World champion US team at Wembley was a huge attraction for the success starved UK sports public.
- Nov 21, 2013
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Over 61,000 people at Tottenham Hotspurs football ground on Sunday afternoon UK time for a NFL game and what's even more impressive is that there were 3 premier league games In London in the same afternoon
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NY Giants 27-22 Green Bay Packers - Rodgers and co BEATEN in London!
PETER CARLINE AT THE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM: In the 32nd game staged in the capital the Packers became the 32nd and final NFL team to play in London, sacrificing a home game to do so.
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But it's below break even point which I think is 30k.
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It's about time some mods started being fair
Seemingly more people watch NFL than rugby league on BBC.
Also a significant number of participants.
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The last 2 NFL games in London have been shown on the TV channel ITV and so will the next game in London on 30th October.
What sort of crowd would a AFL game get in London if it was up against 3 premier league games in the same afternoon?
What sort of crowd would a AFL game get in London if it was up against 3 premier league games in the same afternoon?
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NFL games tend to be around prime time in Europe and since the NFL has got serious about promotion it has done extremely well.
I don't think it would have gathered much support from the soccer fraternity but professionalism and glitz would appeal to the tackle football
community and newcomers to boot. NFL makes full use of the modern rectangular stadiums.
It is one sport that is truly booming in England in comparison to the failing rugbies.
It's been a while since any demonstration games have been held in London.
Unlike NFL, AFl doesn't have a great choice of locations to choose from so attendances would have to be capped.
If attendances are to be capped then that makes for a demonstration-style game rather than the preferred premiership game.
It's debatable whether the profile of Australian Football has changed.
It might even be less now that that the biffo and barge promotions are now frowned upon but significant participation growth
has caused the Great Britain League to split into English, Welsh and Scotish leagues as well as social and serious football leagues.
on top of that women's Australian football is booming.
Any AFL game would be boosted by these new participants.
IMO a AFLW game would be more suitable for the grounds and the likely attendance.
AFL doesn't have the luxury of media exposure or convenient viewing times but wherever people see Australian Football
the game usually appeals to them. That has always been the problem - exposure.
I was actually watching the NFL last night and the receiver took a great grab and the commentators went ballistic.
It was a great grab but something that occurs more frequently in AFL and AFL doesn't have the incessant stoppages of NFL.
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