The Daily Telegraph reports that rugby league will head to Las Vegas in the rudest of health after it emerged that the ARL Commission would post record revenue in excess of $740 million for 2024 and a surplus of more than $60 million.
- the game now boasts more than $320 million in net assets
- The ARL commission’s latest financial reports will reveal the game had revenue of just over $744 million
- a surplus of $62 million at the same time the clubs received record grants from head office.
It should be noted that both December Hotel purchases and the PNG license fees will be in the 2025 report
According to Media Reports, NRL HQ Revenue has risen 6.11% in 2024 (around 43m) to 744m. Over the last ten years revenue has effectively doubled (+98.85%).
If these reports are both true, then NRL revenue sits at about 72% of AFL Revenue, with about $288m between them – this is the second biggest gap since 2017 (the AFL went for its new rights deal a year before the NRL).
