Why are we so worried about attendances?
Periodically we see some concern over the state of certain attendance figures in Australia's various football codes, and it's time some of these critics…
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I dont see how anyone thought it was going to go another way.
The AFL wanted 300 million for Etihad alone, and clubs had their hands out for their own venues too. In addition grassroots needed funding for womens facilities. Then there is the fact that the Southern Stand was always going to need a rebuild before the contract was up.
What did you think the Victorian Government was going to ask for in order to hand over 300m to the AFL and its clubs?
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans
Someone has to be grounded in reality and not pie in the sky ideals
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans
didnt even mention the stadium. Its not like the MCG stands arent being upgraded every 20 years or so…no wait they are.
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans
The notion that its not already truly national is ridiculous. Every expansion in the last 30 years has been non victorian. Half the AFL Commission is non victorian in origin. Half the AFL CEOs since 1993 have been South Australians. There are at least two professional AFL sides in 5 different states, with at least 6-7 matches a year played in the other one, and 2-3 matches a year played in the two territorys.
Not a national game. Spare me.
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans
Moving the Grand Final – in fact any finals – was never a condition of the license fee.
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans
Even the MCC pays up for the grand final – $250+ for each person in the members on the day, and between 16-20,000 of them alone. That alone is worth $4-5m to the league.
Thats without the 23,000 AFL members who pay for the privelige, and would likely have access to the Grand Final regardless of where its held.
5,000 AXXESS ONE members from Etihad Stadium are entitled to entry to the Grand Final – cant see that changing unless the AFL makes them AFL members under its stadium ownership.
Then the MCG has a LOT of corporate boxes and seating that isnt matched anywhere else, except maybe ANZ.
Then the 50,000 odd club members who pay a minimum $180 to go plus reserved seating fees.
Then the attendance bonus for 100,000 people from the MCC if the AFL meets its quota for the year. This can be worth between $1.50 to $3.00 per head if footy brings in more than 2.1m patrons in a year. (last year 2.35m patrons through the gate would have been an extra $150,000 from the grand final alone)
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans
the clubs listed above are fully integrated leagues/football clubs
The billion-dollar world of AFL clubs
Gaming Revenue
Canterbury – $74,390,104
Penrith – $65,374,000
Eastern Suburbs – $44,965,581
Parramatta – $41,172,597
North Queensland – $11,218,900
Cronulla – $8,407,201
The billion-dollar world of AFL clubs
also raw data and source material
The billion-dollar world of AFL clubs
Also: Eleven AFL clubs took $134 million in revenue from their pokie venues. Nine clubs reported $22.19 million in venue profits, while Hawthorn and Geelong didnt divulge venue costs. Hawthorn generally making several million in profit, while Geelong are actively reducing the number of pokies they have at hand.
The billion-dollar world of AFL clubs
The AFL doesnt hand out that data for the mens comp either – well not in the last 20 years.
AFLW is not worthy of all the hype
it’ll be settled in the end. just like Osullivan and Rehns cases were.
Close case set to present a legal headache for the AFL
The AFL will “takeover” – or you know, just rent, publicly available stadiums that governments and stadium managers are more than happy to rent them. You want exlusive use of a stadium? Buy the damn thing.
It's time for the FFA to step up - or stand aside
thats the funny thing about the Hindmarsh stadium issue – there was a two day break between AFLX and Adelaide United ad the ground turned up rubbish. Allianz had AFLX the night before and was fine. People want to blame anything, they should be blaming the ground maintenance and ground managers.
Its not unknown for the MCG or Etihad to stage 3 AFL games across a weekend, and its not unknown for “AFL grounds” to have soccer fixtures played on them mid AFL season, or an origin match midweek. Theres no exclusivity for these places.
Five quick takes from AFLX
No such thing as an A-league ground. Ground used by the A-league maybe, but as all these stadiums are public venues – except Docklands, which is fully owned by the AFL – then the Government or ground manager (the same in the case of Hindmarsh stadium) can rent it to whoever they like.
Five quick takes from AFLX
“The crowd at the Sydney edition of AFLX really drove the point home – this is supposed to be the AFL’s tool for expanding into the land of the rectangular stadium, but you could get a bigger AFLX crowd by hosting the tournament in my backyard.”
There was nearly 10,000 at the game – reflected in photos taken in the shade on the broadcast side of the stadium, as opposed to the very sparsely populated sunny non broadcast side visible on television.
Five quick takes from AFLX
171,000 on a secondary channel isnt bad at all. 82,000 on Fox is well ahead of most AFL preseason ratings.
AFL X-cess: That's too much, man
“mindlessly zealous”
God forbid anyone should think positively about anything.
AFL X-cess: That's too much, man
You should check to see what else was on during the match compared to last year.
AFLW is its own game that needs to evolve naturally
Ikon Park is also the training facility for Carltons mens side, Northern Blues, and Carlton VFLW. Whitten Oval, Casey and Olympic Park have similar usage needs. Norwood Oval is used for SANFL games, and as Norwoods senior, reserves and under 19s training facility.
Dockers defeat cold Pies in front of record AFLW crowd
Cat, The AFL is directly responsible for the state footy in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Northern territory – each of these are direct subsidary bodies of the AFL
AFLW is its own game that needs to evolve naturally
No it didnt. Its going to be closer to 12-13 million. Half of that 25 million from the league its entitled to under its franchise agreement – just like every other club in the league.
The A-League needs expansion before it's too late
Never is a long time. The Swans took 30 years to be successful. The AFL wont have forgotten that – which is probably why they announced a generational, 20 year plan at the start. Not a 6 year or bust plan.
The A-League needs expansion before it's too late
The AFL isnt a charity, and if it makes less money it has to charge fans more, give clubs less and cut distribuitions to state leagues.
Theres a bigger picture here.
The AFL's grand final plan is a slap in the face to 45% of fans