VFL Crowds plummeting after just 3 rnds

[Raiderdave]

I know for a fact the SCG redevelopment is hurting the Swans. General admission tickets are always sold out come game day and walk ups are expected to pay $70 for entry. Just ask KE

Someone else I know had to pay $70 for entry yesterday too. It's ridiculous and the Swans ought to get compensation from the SCG Trust as this is the second redevelopment of the ground during the AFL season that is adversely affecting our gate receipts.

... so not enough $2.50 jobs eh ?
15,000 empty seats yesterday .. its usually 20,000 .. so its not an argument.
try getting near the SCG's present capacity before putting yr hand out .....

[Raiderdave]

Total up. More games played in new markets like WS and Hobart.
Err and about 1/3rd of the scg stands are missing.

The AFL aren't worried about some arbitrary figure like crowd averages. Why would they? You would never expand if that was the case. But they have and now more people than ever are watching the game across all parts of the country. =D> =D> =D>

but but butting along is Xman
the VFL arn't worried eh ?
the VFL W@nk themselves silly .. proclaiming to the world it has the 3rd highest average attendance in the world for professional sport
that'll be lucky to be top 10 the way its going
who said they HAD to expand
they hit the limit of places they could go effectively ... in their very limited world ... & they never had the talent pool to do it anyway with more cr@p teams then ever
they are now just making it up as they go along ... excusing this ... excusing that
the VFL's time has passed ... its ova
popular in Victoria ... meh in the other **** states ... hardly rating a raised eye brow in the Nthn states

Total way up! :D

NRLs total down steadily for the last 6 yrs. :D

4 extra games .. & 60,000 is way up is it


NRL doing nicely ... VFL struggling

[Xman]

but but butting along is Xman
the VFL arn't worried eh ?
the VFL W@nk themselves silly .. proclaiming to the world it has the 3rd highest average attendance in the world for professional sport
that'll be lucky to be top 10 the way its going
who said they HAD to expand
they hit the limit of places they could go effectively ... in their very limited world ... & they never had the talent pool to do it anyway with more cr@p teams then ever
they are now just making it up as they go along ... excusing this ... excusing that
the VFL's time has passed ... its ova
popular in Victoria ... meh in the other **** states ... hardly rating a raised eye brow in the Nthn states

Total way up! :D

NRLs total down steadily for the last 6 yrs. :D

4 extra games .. & 60,000 is way up is it


NRL doing nicely ... VFL struggling

Ah no maths whizz

The AFL are up 116k! =D> =D> They are 1,282,001 compared to 1,165,841 in 2011

[Raiderdave]

Total way up! :D

NRLs total down steadily for the last 6 yrs. :D

4 extra games .. & 60,000 is way up is it


NRL doing nicely ... VFL struggling

Ah no maths whizz

The AFL are up 116k! =D> =D> They are 1,282,001 compared to 1,165,841 in 2011

only played 31 games after 4 rounds in 2011
36 in 2012

so its less then 80,000 up ... not 116K

so its even worse
5 extra games ... & under 80,000 up

hows them maths for ya ...

[Beaussie]

More Australians are watching Australia's game than ever before.

Well done Australia =D> =D> =D>

[Xman]

4 extra games .. & 60,000 is way up is it


NRL doing nicely ... VFL struggling

Ah no maths whizz

The AFL are up 116k! =D> =D> They are 1,282,001 compared to 1,165,841 in 2011

only played 31 games after 4 rounds in 2011
36 in 2012

so its less then 80,000 up ... not 116K

so its even worse
5 extra games ... & under 80,000 up

hows them maths for ya ...

The advantage of a bigger competition chump.

[Beaussie]

I know for a fact the SCG redevelopment is hurting the Swans. General admission tickets are always sold out come game day and walk ups are expected to pay $70 for entry. Just ask KE

Someone else I know had to pay $70 for entry yesterday too. It's ridiculous and the Swans ought to get compensation from the SCG Trust as this is the second redevelopment of the ground during the AFL season that is adversely affecting our gate receipts.

My mistake. Seems the SCG Trust is providing compensation for lost revenue from gate receipts. All good.

The SCG Trust will compensate the Swans financially but the reduced ground capacity effects the club's ability to cater for new members and fans at a time when it is destined for on-field success through its great crop of young talent.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/the-1 ... 6236208559

[Beaussie]

I know for a fact the SCG redevelopment is hurting the Swans. General admission tickets are always sold out come game day and walk ups are expected to pay $70 for entry. Just ask KE

Someone else I know had to pay $70 for entry yesterday too. It's ridiculous and the Swans ought to get compensation from the SCG Trust as this is the second redevelopment of the ground during the AFL season that is adversely affecting our gate receipts.

Swans made a loss last year

You fool.

The Sydney Swans have announced a profit for the 2011 financial year

The Sydney Swans today announced a profit of $114,956 for the 2011 financial year.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/tabid/710 ... sid=127049

[Raiderdave]

Ah no maths whizz

The AFL are up 116k! =D> =D> They are 1,282,001 compared to 1,165,841 in 2011

only played 31 games after 4 rounds in 2011
36 in 2012

so its less then 80,000 up ... not 116K

so its even worse
5 extra games ... & under 80,000 up

hows them maths for ya ...

The advantage of a bigger competition chump.

advantage ?

average crowd bottoming out
more woeful teams
blow outs
quality down across the board

keep bigger
we'll settle for better .............

[Xman]

Bottoming out?


The total fans that have attended the AFL is already 100s of thousands of fans ahead of the nRL despite being 3 rounds behind!

With the suns and giants due to be decent sides in 4-5 years the crowds will only increase from here too.

[justanotherleaguefan]

LOL@ victorias game

[eelofwest]

I know for a fact the SCG redevelopment is hurting the Swans. General admission tickets are always sold out come game day and walk ups are expected to pay $70 for entry. Just ask KE

Someone else I know had to pay $70 for entry yesterday too. It's ridiculous and the Swans ought to get compensation from the SCG Trust as this is the second redevelopment of the ground during the AFL season that is adversely affecting our gate receipts.

Swans made a loss last year

You fool.

The Sydney Swans have announced a profit for the 2011 financial year

The Sydney Swans today announced a profit of $114,956 for the 2011 financial year.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/tabid/710 ... sid=127049

Whos the fool lol the Swans had to liquidate there club in kings cross to make a profit in 2011.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6059219923

Lol selling assets to make it look like it made profit isn't profit guys, but nice try Beaussie

[Beaussie]

Swans made a loss last year

You fool.

The Sydney Swans have announced a profit for the 2011 financial year

The Sydney Swans today announced a profit of $114,956 for the 2011 financial year.

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/tabid/710 ... sid=127049

Whos the fool lol the Swans had to liquidate there club in kings cross to make a profit in 2011.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6059219923

Lol selling assets to make it look like it made profit isn't profit guys, but nice try Beaussie

So your answer is to keep loss making assets in order to not make a profit. Oh dear.

[eelofwest]

You fool.

Whos the fool lol the Swans had to liquidate there club in kings cross to make a profit in 2011.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6059219923

Lol selling assets to make it look like it made profit isn't profit guys, but nice try Beaussie

So your answer is to keep loss making assets in order to not make a profit. Oh dear.

Ah no they sold an asset to offset there losses you dope, that is a loss not matter how you spin it.

[piesman2011]

37 games down and the AFL crowd average is now above last years average at about 37000. Suprising what 1 extra game can do. As for the averages going down, this is how it works if you introduce 2 new teams whos stadia capacity is about 12000 less (metricon and skooda when it it finished) then the AFL average crowd, then the average crowd will go down. If the NRL added two new teams with with two new stadia with a max capacity of 10,000 then their crowd average would go down as well. On top of this two clubs are playing 6 or more games in tasmania (not sure exact numbers) in small stadia and with more games in Canberra as well. The AFL would average close to 50,000 a game with bigger stadia in Perth, Adelaide and two MCG sized grounds in Melbourne, however crowd sizes are limited by the small sizes of the grounds. This would be true for NRL as well to some extent.