Adelaide Crowd?

[Hollow Knight]

The Western Australian is a mighty species, worthy of much admiration, respect and quiet awe.

 

[Aucklander]

...and as for the Swans final, unless Collingwood make the Preliminary Final I fear 50k is about all they can hope for the Swans final (it'll be going head to head with the Manly-Melbourne Preliminary final...a big grudge match in the NRL)

That game is in Melbourne, so you'd expect over 60k+ for a Pies game and 50k odd for a West Coast game.

 

[Harry Yorkie]

Adelaide supporters dropped their bottom lip due to their performance from the week before, bandwagoners.

 

[Oneiros]

The Western Australian is a mighty being, worthy of much admiration, respect and quiet awe.

Sarcasm noted.

 

[Hawkk]

That game is in Melbourne, so you'd expect over 60k+ for a Pies game and 50k odd for a West Coast game.

It should get 60k+, in '02 and '03 Collingwood would draw 75k to this type of fixture.

It was only back in the 1990's that North Melbourne and the Bulldogs both drew 60k+ to Semi and Preliminary Final games against non Victorian clubs. Back in those days, North and the Dogs used to draw 20k against non Victorian clubs and significantly greater numbers to finals, the Pies and Hawks by contrast both drew 50k to 60k to a home and away games against non Victorian clubs this season (albeit both against West Coast). The surge in home and away attendance (on the back of membership boom) has not translated into finals attendance, in fact finals attendance is going backwards.

If a home and away fixture can draw 75k+ surely a final should draw greater number of fans through the gate. IMO the AFL is pricing its finals out being 'big ticket' items which is a great shame to the league.

 

[Gaben]

You guys have NFI if you think any other clubs would get a better crowd in similar circumstances. Not many people can afford to go to two finals in six days with the show on at the same time.

Um, there's at least half a dozen clubs that would've had no problem getting a better crowd in the exact same circumstances.

 

[livnixon9]

A lot of supporters hedge their bets in finals. Last night, a lot of Adelaide supporters would have decided to spend the money on flights to Melbourne for the Preliminary Final on the basis that they got through and it would be too expensive to attend both games.

Ticket prices are too high and South Australia's economy is in a very poor state. For the average joe, the AFL is becoming out of reach.

Give it a few years when Western Australia's resource boom busts (it already is) and WA supporters will face the same situation.

 

[dagriggstar]

You all ignore the obvious.

The game finished at 11pm. AAMI stadium is located in the middle of *** nowhere. You get home after midnight.

A whole bunch of people just said "screw that, I'll watch it on the tele". The crowd suffered because the AFL made the assumption that it was a guaranteed sell out, no matter what time the game was.

This was the second friday night game played at AAMI this season. It was also the 5th Adelaide home night game this season. Port only had 2 night games for the entire season. There is a damn good reason that out of 22 H+A games played at AAMI only 5 were night games (One night game was a showdown).

Night games in Adelaide are fundamentally stupid, because of the location of AAMI stadium. Why do you think moving to Adelaide Oval is such a good idea ?

 

[Martyn_30_]

Surely people aren't serious in saying that the show being on reduced the crowd, the Melbourne show is on every year in September and i have not once heard that as a reason not go to a final. If the bulldogs, North or Melbourne got that crowd there would be plenty of calls for a merger maybe Adelaide and Port should merge as it seems the city can't support 2 teams.

 

[Coaster2012]

A lot of supporters hedge their bets in finals. Last night, a lot of Adelaide supporters would have decided to spend the money on flights to Melbourne for the Preliminary Final on the basis that they got through and it would be too expensive to attend both games.

Ticket prices are too high and South Australia's economy is in a very poor state. For the average joe, the AFL is becoming out of reach.

Give it a few years when Western Australia's resource boom busts (it already is) and WA supporters will face the same situation.

Based on what evidence? Crows aren't in the same league as West Coast with support, so why would it be the same outcome for us?

 

[Hollow Knight]

You all ignore the obvious.

The game finished at 11pm. AAMI stadium is located in the middle of *** nowhere. You get home after midnight.

A whole bunch of people just said "screw that, I'll watch it on the tele". The crowd suffered because the AFL made the assumption that it was a guaranteed sell out, no matter what time the game was.

This was the second friday night game played at AAMI this season. It was also the 5th Adelaide home night game this season. Port only had 2 night games for the entire season. There is a damn good reason that out of 22 H+A games played at AAMI only 5 were night games (One night game was a showdown).

Night games in Adelaide are fundamentally stupid, because of the location of AAMI stadium. Why do you think moving to Adelaide Oval is such a good idea ?

Fair point. Hopefully not one lost amongst all the chest thumping and "our supporter base as a whole is appreciably superior to yours.... Lols bandwagoners" rubbish in this thread.

Sounds like there was a bit of a perfect storm of factors that hurt the crowd... a strangely late game in a geographically inconvenient location, clashing with an annual traditional event, inflated ticket pricing two weeks in a row... it all adds up.

 

[PLATTS44]

25% of the supporter base are in the country. May explain but lack of children was a concern. Not as many families.

Believe it or not, Crows will have 20,000 of it's support base at the "G" next week.

Expect a crowd between 60k to 70k.

i very much doubt 20k crows fans at the G next week considering your poor home final support...........lets be honest id say 5k.

 

[Disgustipated]

There's other things to do in Adelaide on a Friday night. Can someone name me one?

 

[Righteo]

i very much doubt 20k crows fans at the G next week considering your poor home final support...........lets be honest id say 5k.

Won't be 20k but it will definitely be more than 5k, Crows fans usually travel in large numbers to Melbourne.

 

[Kram]

Fair point. Hopefully not one lost amongst all the chest thumping and "our supporter base as a whole is appreciably superior to yours.... Lols bandwagoners" rubbish in this thread.

Sounds like there was a bit of a perfect storm of factors that hurt the crowd... a strangely late game in a geographically inconvenient location, clashing with an annual traditional event, inflated ticket pricing two weeks in a row... it all adds up.

Make all the lame excuses you want, it was still a terrible attendance.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Make all the lame excuses you want, it was still a terrible attendance.

Not sure why you feel I'd need to be making excuses. As far as I recall, I am not a Crows supporter.

I agree that it is a terrible crowd attendance, largely due to reasons already listed.

 

[Masto]

AD will give them another soft draw until the crowds come back.

 

[BigLefty]

You all ignore the obvious.

The game finished at 11pm. AAMI stadium is located in the middle of *** nowhere. You get home after midnight.

A whole bunch of people just said "screw that, I'll watch it on the tele". The crowd suffered because the AFL made the assumption that it was a guaranteed sell out, no matter what time the game was.

This was the second friday night game played at AAMI this season. It was also the 5th Adelaide home night game this season. Port only had 2 night games for the entire season. There is a damn good reason that out of 22 H+A games played at AAMI only 5 were night games (One night game was a showdown).

Night games in Adelaide are fundamentally stupid, because of the location of AAMI stadium. Why do you think moving to Adelaide Oval is such a good idea ?

only when they get scheduled at a time that suits everybody except those attending. Friday night footy in Melbourne starts at 7:30ish, i'm guessing WA Friday night footy starts at about 6:30 or 7 local time, yet Night games in Adelaide get an 8:10 start just so it suits Channel 7's viewers in Victoria and Perth.

if they catered more for the punters attending games and less for people sitting in their living rooms they'd get better attendances.

 

[ApplecrossWC]

Why do people care so much about crowds these days? Same with the finances of the AFL. Back in the day did people even discuss this kind of crap?

 

[blue harvest]

Couldn't they have borrowed some of those big tarps from Port?

 

[blaze036]

Couldn't they have borrowed some of those big tarps from Port?

couldnt afford to, after all the adelaie show was on that weekend

 

[Purple_Passion]

What I don't understand is the AFL said they had sold 42,000 tickets on Thursday night. That means some 10,000 people paid for tickets and did not rock up. Those 10,000 people must be really struggling...

 

[Moonwatcher]

I got home at 12:40am catching the footy express home. Obviously a family couldn't keep their kids out that late.

 

[MightyHawks]

So what are you putting all your effort in trying to prove then? That WCE can't sell out finals games? That WC fan's aren't that passionate about their footy? what are you trying to achieve?

You do realise nothing you quoted there backed up the point your trying to make (if there is a point) we were surprised it didn't sell out in half an hour, and that's a valid argument for saying we can't sell out a final.

Eagles fans having a go at other states for not filling stadiums is ridiculous

My point was in response to those fans

The Eagles v North turnout does nothing to suggest you'd fill the stadium for a final against North if it was 51,000 like Footy Park is or 60,000 like your new stadium will be

 

[Coaster2012]

Eagles fans having a go at other states for not filling stadiums is ridiculous

My point was in response to those fans

The Eagles v North turnout does nothing to suggest you'd fill the stadium for a final against North if it was 51,000 like Footy Park is or 60,000 like your new stadium will be

Yet our highest membership statistic outside Victoria doesn't?