Fairfax reports that the ACT Government will look at having a one size fits all venues membership ticket for its Canberra venues. Such a membership would include games played by Union, League, AFL and potentially cricket at GIO Stadium and Manuka Oval. The Government is unhappy with crowds this year and would like night matches…
Fairfax reports that there are about 8,000 empty seats at Subiaco each weekend and as many as 14,000, having only reached capacity once since 2010.
Fairfax reports that the AFL is expecting a crowd of around 12-13,000 for its ANZAC Day clash in Wellington between St Kilda and Carlton. The league is expecting about 2,000 Australians to make the journey over, and a thousand more to make the journey from around New Zealand. Harmon confirmed that the late-purchasing event culture…
The Gold Coast Bulletin is reporting that Stadiums Queensland has closed one of the Grandstands for the Titans clash with Penrith reducing the capacity of the Robina stadium by 6,000 and forcing the club to tell its members and supporters that seating will be unavailable. “The request came from the stadium itself and from Stadiums…
Michael Cockerill wries in Fairfax that the Victory continue to be the light at the end of the Aleague tunnel, again dominating crowds and finances in the competition. As we head towards the climax of a season that will leave more questions than answers, the Victory have once again comfortably drawn the biggest crowds (average…
AFL Fairfax media says that AFL fans have had mixed reactions to club initiatives designed to make the game more entertaining to the crowds, with the Fans Assocation saying that food prices and lighting were winners, but there were still issues with ticketing at Hawthorn v Geelong. The Age reports that Hawthorn have broken its…
Fairfax media reports that the AFL is trying all thing to get fans back to matches ahead of the tv rights negotiations due to begin at the end of this year. Adelaide: Members will get colour-coded hats depending on where they sit, to stripe the stadium blue, red and yellow. There’ll also be live music…
Jake Niall in the Age writes that the AFL needs a vibrant Richmond side, as its bandwagon gets up and moving yet again, if its plans to increase attendances at matches are to work.
The Telegraph reports that NRL Crowds are down over 12 years, supported by good data. Its worth noting that the figures for this year are down only 2% on last year. It should be noted that the fixture changes with several smaller games this year that were played at bigger venues last season. Article here:…
Source: News Limited News Limited reports that while the average price of going to the footy may have risen 120% in the last 20 years, the percentage of income required to pay for a ticket has remained more or less the same. in 1994 the $11 cost of a general admission AFL ticket was 1.7…
Source: News Limited The Gold Coast Titans are currently in negotiations to secure 700 car parks on vacant land at Robina Town Centre (shopping centre) in Robina according to Titans CEO Graham Annesley, who believes that the car park will be operating in the second half of the season, but said that with planning required…
Source: Fairfax Media A Wellington Councillor has been reported by Fairfax as saying that the drop in crowds was no suprise given how close ANZAC Day was to Easter, and that despite the drop off in attendance, local hotels were still at 85% occupancy on what is apparently the quietist weekend of the year. ”It…
Source: Sports Business Insider Sydney FC have announced their second successive record breaking year for attendances at the close of the 2014 season. Average crowds for the 2013/14 season topped 18,682 at their home of Allianz Stadium, compared to 18,367 in the previous year.
Source: Canberra Times On April 7th, 2014, ACT Sports Minister Andrew Barr claimed that sports crowds in Canberra were exaggerated in the past. I think the crowd figures have been inflated in previous years, often by 2000,” Barr said. “If you were to go back and look at what the actual numbers were before the…