NRL crowds a disaster - Smith to review

[Xman]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl...-1226868690352

NRL chief executive Dave Smith has promised to review match-day ticket prices, food and beverage costs and membership packages after only 14,902 fans turned up for the grand final replay between the Sydney Roosters and Manly on Friday night.

At Wollongong, St George Illawarra and Brisbane attracted an embarrassing attendance of 10,526.

The NRL’s ability to draw crowds continues to be a major issue for the code, with averages down on last season.

It led Smith to concede the NRL had work to do to reach a personal target of an average of 16,500 people per game this season, with the objective of an average of 20,000 by 2017.

“We’ve got to get the price point right, particularly for families because we want more and more families coming to the game,’’ Smith told 2GB’s Continuous Call Team.

“We’ve got to make it so that when they do come to the game it’s an experience that they enjoy from the minute they leave their door.

“Price point isn’t lost on me, if you want to increase volume we’ve got to make sure when they come they have an enjoyable experience and it’s safe and it’s fun.

“The football this season has been fantastic, so it’s nothing to do with the football. At the same time we’ve got to make sure the facilities are good and they’ve got a choice.’’

Smith maintains the NRL’s stadium policy, where the majority of matches are played at a major ground — predominantly ANZ and Allianz — is the way of the future."

[Cracker]

It's not. Price doesn't matter. Many fans just will not travel and need to be encouraged to do so. ANZ and Allianz are not good enough for this purpose.

[adamj1300]

It's not. Price doesn't matter. Many fans just will not travel and need to be encouraged to do so. ANZ and Allianz are not good enough for this purpose.

how much better stadiums do you want in Sydney. Allianz was a purpose built NRL STADIUM.
how much more of a better stadium do they need, lounge chairs, that are heated, free wifi, free food and beer,? all for the $15 entry fee?
the NRL has never had decent crowds and never will, no matter how good you build the stadium. its popularity is vastly over rated.
look at, crowds, league & club revenue, membership & membership revenue, sponsorship, the NRL is patheticly behind the AFL,

the NRL has purpose built stadiums, endless excuses, games scheduled at wrong times, wet weather, its to hot, ticket prices to high! there is an excuse each weekend to explain the poor attendance. look at the history of the NRL crowds at the end of every season they have always had shit crowd averages,but no ends of rubbish excuses.
http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/summary.html

[ParraEelsNRL]

Allianz, whats wrong with that stadium?

[adamj1300]

Allianz, whats wrong with that stadium?

nothing ask cracker?
apparently its not good enough

[ParraEelsNRL]

It's not. Price doesn't matter. Many fans just will not travel and need to be encouraged to do so. ANZ and Allianz are not good enough for this purpose.

how much better stadiums do you want in Sydney. Allianz was a purpose built NRL STADIUM.
how much more of a better stadium do they need, lounge chairs, that are heated, free wifi, free food and beer,? all for the $15 entry fee?
the NRL has never had decent crowds and never will, no matter how good you build the stadium. its popularity is vastly over rated.
look at, crowds, league & club revenue, membership & membership revenue, sponsorship, the NRL is patheticly behind the AFL,

the NRL has purpose built stadiums, endless excuses, games scheduled at wrong times, wet weather, its to hot, ticket prices to high! there is an excuse each weekend to explain the poor attendance. look at the history of the NRL crowds at the end of every season they have always had shit crowd averages,but no ends of rubbish excuses.
http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/summary.html

Aye dopey, the NRL crowds are world class, just because the victorian game has double means jack, they are world class crowds too.

We are not doing too bad for a 20 million population.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Allianz, whats wrong with that stadium?

nothing ask cracker?
apparently its not good enough

Should've been built at Parra.

[Xman]

It's not. Price doesn't matter. Many fans just will not travel and need to be encouraged to do so. ANZ and Allianz are not good enough for this purpose.

how much better stadiums do you want in Sydney. Allianz was a purpose built NRL STADIUM.
how much more of a better stadium do they need, lounge chairs, that are heated, free wifi, free food and beer,? all for the $15 entry fee?
the NRL has never had decent crowds and never will, no matter how good you build the stadium. its popularity is vastly over rated.
look at, crowds, league & club revenue, membership & membership revenue, sponsorship, the NRL is patheticly behind the AFL,

the NRL has purpose built stadiums, endless excuses, games scheduled at wrong times, wet weather, its to hot, ticket prices to high! there is an excuse each weekend to explain the poor attendance. look at the history of the NRL crowds at the end of every season they have always had shit crowd averages,but no ends of rubbish excuses.
http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/summary.html

Aye dopey, the NRL crowds are world class, just because the victorian game has double means jack, they are world class crowds too.

We are not doing too bad for a 20 million population.

It doesn't mean jack. It means the AFL is a more popular game in Australia

[Cracker]

Allianz, whats wrong with that stadium?

It's too small in capacity and it's terrible in the wet weather, making it not much better than most suburban venues. The capacity needs to be more than doubled and have a roof placed on it just like Etihad Stadium has.

[cos789]

It doesn;t draw any where near capacity atm.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Broncos and eels game was decent.

[Xman]

Broncos and eels game was decent.

32k is decent for a team representing 2 million people is it? Adelaide will get more today and they have 2 teams in 1.2 million people

[cos789]

Aye dopey, the NRL crowds are world class, just because the victorian game has double means jack, they are world class crowds too.

You said something intelligent nrl crowds aren't too bad by world standards it's just that the Australian game attracts so many.

We are not doing too bad for a 20 million population.

?? that's the population of Australia silly not "heartlands".

[cos789]

Allianz, whats wrong with that stadium?

nothing ask cracker?
apparently its not good enough

Should've been built at Parra.

Another intelligent post. You off the home brew or something?

[adamj1300]

Allianz, whats wrong with that stadium?

It's too small in capacity and it's terrible in the wet weather, making it not much better than most suburban venues. The capacity needs to be more than doubled and have a roof placed on it just like Etihad Stadium has.

and who is going to pay for it, it will cost 700 million plus.
etihad stadium was built because the AFL is paying it off and will take ownership of it in 2025.

if you want to talk about bad weather being an excuse for bad crowds in the NRL, the folk of Melbourne and Adelaide say hello.

the excuse the Sydney needs a better stadium is crap, the NRL has always has crap crowds and will always have crap crowds, ANZ and allianz stadiums a good enough, no stadium will ever be perfect, people who attend games already each free pubic transport, & wifi, what more do they need to try and attract people.