jabroni said:
AAMI has a capacity of 30K, so they're getting 40%, we've got a capacity of supposedly 23K from the aus stadiums site, so we're at just over 50%.
AAMI has seating capacity, Brookie has standing capacity. Big difference ! The two stands hold about 7k at Brookie.
The 23k Brookie number was before the Southern Stand was built, which also took away a good quarter of the Hill. The height was reduced and we used to walk under it on the SE corner, now its a walkway.
Now Public Liability Insurance has two walkways also fenced off on the Hill.
The Away Fans at Brookie can easily counted too. The most would be the Dogs Fans, about 2k and that is only since the 2012 defection.
Local Stadiums basically have home Team fans.
Maybe thats why the NRL are pushing the neutral stadiums,( although I believe its more to do with the setup costs for the Broadcasters). But it aint working as the atmosphere can not be transferred without a near capacity crowd.
The falling attendances will continue to be a headache for the powers that be.
Newcastle are complaining in one of the papers today about our next Gosford game taking away from their identically scheduled game. NRL need geography lessons :dodgy: