Will a Crows vs GWS gf sell out?

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GF is a GF. It might not get the 99-100k figure but it'll be a sell-out and end up around 95-97k I suspect.

Ratings might also be worth watching. Grand Finals from 2003-2016 highest ratings
1. Sydney v West Coast 2005, 3,386,000
2. Sydney v Hawthorn 2012, 3,196,000
3. Sydney v West Coast 2006, 3,145,000
4. Sydney v Western Bulldogs 2016, 3,030,000
5. Brisbane v Collingwood 2003, 2,965,600
6. Geelong v St Kilda 2009, 2,878,000
7. Sydney v Hawthorn 2014, 2,813,000
8. Port Adelaide v Brisbane 2004, 2,796,000
9. Collingwood v St Kilda 2010 Game 1, 2,768,000
10. Hawthorn v Fremantle 2013, 2,717,000
11. Collingwood v St Kilda 2010 Game 2, 2,687,000
12. Geelong v Collingwood 2011, 2,641,000
13. Hawthorn v West Coast 2015, 2,640,000
14. Geelong v Port Adelaide 2007, 2,563,000
15. Hawthorn v Geelong 2008, 2,491,000

5 of the top 7 rating games according to what I found on wiki have been Sydney Grand Finals. We might have 4-8k less at the ground (probably just less corporates anyway, so who cares) but I very much doubt there'll be a whole lot less interest than normal, it'll reach heavily into Sydney. They as a city, just like with rugby and A-league, have much better 'success' with ratings than attendances. I expect it'd probably fall short of the 2016 GF but be around the 3 million mark.

If it's a Richmond GF then the ticket rush will be crazy but I doubt it'd destroy those numbers ratings-wise.
 
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Yeah nah. We have had the WAFL since 1885. We have a history of AFL played in Perth since then. GWS didn't exist and has no backing bar the 13 14000 odd that turned up to the Preliminary Final. That is the worst turnout since 1916. To compare our draft concessions to their's is taking the piss.

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Yeah nah. We have had the WAFL since 1885. We have a history of AFL played in Perth since then. GWS didn't exist and has no backing bar the 13 14000 odd that turned up to the Preliminary Final. That is the worst turnout since 1916. To compare our draft concessions to their's is taking the piss.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but not every showdown has been a sellout
Only one I can think of is the 2nd showdown this year only getting around 45k. Do however recall that prior to the match as well as during it, SA had been experiencing torrential rain (which had resulted in flooding in some parts of the state). Still a decent crowd tally however considering
 
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I see what you did there. But yeah the GWS have been given by far the best support of any expansion club ever. To the extent that they have starved other clubs of draft picks. Giants are fast becoming my most hated team.

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Incorrect. It's the highest ever AFL crowd at Adelaide Oval. The record is 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final. That will never be beaten because there's simply not enough room.
Actually, that figure is in dispute as they threw the gates open and it was an estimated Crowd. they had spectators inside the boundary
 

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There's some ambiguity there. The rules of the sport were different so to what extent is it the same sport? Crow Throws for instance. And totally different positions such as Full Forward. Also when you kicked a goal the white guy waved flags and you get 6 points. Instead of the new system where the video is passed on to a demographer to determine whether Sydney likes the scoreline.
 

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There's some ambiguity there. The rules of the sport were different so to what extent is it the same sport? Crow Throws for instance. And totally different positions such as Full Forward. Also when you kicked a goal the white guy waved flags and you get 6 points. Instead of the new system where the video is passed on to a demographer to determine whether Sydney likes the scoreline.
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It would 'sell out', but a lot of the walk-ups who are entitled to a GF seat at the expense of competing club members would not turn up.

The lowest GF crowd since the redevelopment (excluding the 2010 replay) was 97,431 in 2006. That was a rematch between two non-Victorian teams, one of those was an old VFL side and one was a big WA team from a long distance away. We are a smaller club than West Coast but it's so much easier for Adelaideans to make the trip than it is for Perthites. Don't know how many of GWS' fans would show up. But without a doubt a fair few of the AFL/MCC Reserve walk-ups would stay away given that the last Crows-GWS game was a blowout. It's early days, but the weather is looking like high teens with showers.

Ultimately you'd probably have 95-98,000 rocking up.
 

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I know we are all getting swept up onto the tiggy train, but what happens if GWS win tomorrow? Does the AFL expect a Crows v Giants sellout at the G?

The crows are playing infront of the biggest ever Adelaide oval crowd at 56k, so you would have to assume that is the absolute max the crows could even consider as being able to attend the game at the G. Where does the other 40k come from?
Some of the 40k might be people who missed out on a prelim ticket when they sold out in minutes.

54,000 is the limit of supply, not demand. Every game sold out this year, and all attendance membership packages available were taken. I'm still on the waitlist.

If tickets were available, Crows supporters would fill the MCG by themselves.
 

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and will this matter? plenty will have dubious associations to 'free' tickets and wanting to hang around and perpetuate
the myth that every grand final matters...

but it will disappointing if it is less than 70,000 and I guess it will still be a rock solid entertainment factor for
Vic people no matter what.. the G is our ground and we welcome everyone no matter who and where it all comes from..

Don't let us down..
 

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and will this matter? plenty will have dubious associations to 'free' tickets and wanting to hang around and perpetuate
the myth that every grand final matters...

but it will disappointing if it is less than 70,000 and I guess it will still be a rock solid entertainment factor for
Vic people no matter what.. the G is our ground and we welcome everyone no matter who and where it all comes from..

Don't let us down..
No chance it'll be less than 70k
 
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