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…
The Northern Territory will launch a bold bid to establish an AFL team when the league grants its next licence. The team would be based in Darwin with plans already drawn up for a new stadium to be built in the city’s CBD. Games would also be played in Alice Springs, with options for matches…
Fairfax media reports today that the Bulldogs are on the lookout for a major sponsor to contribute a seven figure sum into the club after parting ways with major sponsor Jaycar. The club says its going in another direction at the end of the season.
Rugby Australia reported a loss of 4.53m for 2021 on revenue of 98.583m. Broadcast revenue rose from 25 to 40m, sponsorship from 15 to 22m. RA’s revenue for 2021 increased by $32.6m or 49% primarily due to a $14m increase in broadcast revenue, a $8mincrease in match revenue and a $7m increase in sponsorship revenue….
Friday Television The NRL match between Canterbury and Parramatta pulled in 783k with Metro: 499k (Syd 317k Bri 142k Mel 21k Ade 3k Per 10k) and Reg: 284k. A further 212k watched on Foxtel. The SuperRugby last night saw 65k watched the Waratahs take on the Highlanders, and another 52k watched the Hurricanes play the…
On October 7, 2016 the AFL confirmed that it had finalised its purchase of Etihad stadium for an unspecified amount of money, however a number of reports guess the figure to be at between $150 million to $200 million. As a result of the purchase the league and clubs expect to be able to offer…
Domain.com.au is reported in The West Australian as being rather unhappy with the Eagles being sponsored by realestate.com.au. Domain has naming rights to Subiaco worth $600,000 per year, with its name displayed in large lettering at three high-profile points inside the stadium and also on the outside of the venue, while the Eagles deal is worth…
Domestic Comp Venue Usage in 2023 Calendar Year (excluding next ALM/ALW/AFLW/BBL/WBBL seasons, as either not released or announced today) Venues with more than 10 matches
Another year of the AFLW is now complete with the Lions winning their first premiership in their third attempt, running out victors in front of 22,934 people at Adelaide Oval. 14 teams420 players9 home-and-away rounds3 weeks of finals120,000 attendees13 sell outsRecord memberships sold A game moved to a different state within 12 hours, a game…
Soccer ACL 2017 – Adelaide v Jiangsu Suning at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Attendance: 41,033 Wed STV #AFCChampionsLeague #JIAvADE #FoxSports 23k Football Federation Australia will prioritise clubs playing in the Asian Champions League when scheduling next season’s draw by making fixtures flexible to account for travel loads and continental competition. AFL The Australian reports that…
Supercars has thanked its fans, who braved some of the worst conditions ever faced at Mount Panorama to support this year’s Repco Bathurst 1000. A crowd of 195,578 attended this year’s event, the first since COVID restrictions were placed on the 2020 and 2021 events. Despite the heavy rain, campers filled over 7000 campsites on…
AFL JLT Series: Sydney Swans d St Kilda: Crowd: 6,893 @ Lavington Sports Ground AFL Sun (JLT Series) – Geelong v Essendon crowd: 8,391 at Queen Elizabeth Oval Sun AFLW – Pies v GWS – Official Estimated crowd: 2,700 at Olympic Park Sun AFL (JLT Series) – Port v Hawthorn Official crowd: 5,628 at Hickinbotham…
Port Adelaide chairman David Koch today announced the club has recorded an operating profit in consecutive years for the first time in almost a decade. The 2016 profit of $14,840 after depreciation represents a strong financial performance in a challenging on field year, and while it was down on the previous year’s result of $211,302,…
The Geelong Football Club has announced a statutory net profit of $1.8 million for the 2022 financial year, from an operating profit before interest, amortisation and depreciation of $4.4 million. The strong financial result was underpinned by the AFL Premiership success and crowds returning to the football in season 2022. Most pleasing was the on-going…
Source: News Litd The Heraldsun reports that former Channel Nine boss Jeff Browne is firming up to take a position on the AFL Commission and eventually succeed Mike Fitzpatrick as AFL Chairman. Browne has historically been involved previously with the Oval during the creation of the Salary Cap and Draft, as well as serving as…
90,084 people attended the match at the MCG – the 8th match this season to attract more than 80,000 and the third to attract more than 90,000 (behind AFL ANZAC Day, and Dustin Martins 300th for Richmond). Origin II is now the second highest average rating program for the year, behind Origin I with an…
The Australian reports that Aleague pay negotiations have apparently concluded with no resolution, after the clubs and players failed to agree before the CBA ran out on June 30th. The Clubs are apparently now talking about going around the players union. Note: articles from the Australian are hidden behind a paywall. Simply copy the article…
News Limited is reporting that the NRL may try to sign its next media deal two years early, which will evidently give it some advantage over the AFL.