Super Rugby - The Future
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@canefan said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby - The Future:
I underestimated the size of a basektball arena. Still much smaller than every team except for the homeless Moana Pasifika. It doesn't change the argument that Super Rugby is generally still more popular than all options except for the warriors
Fair call. It's still a lot less than it was say 10 years ago. The olds used to attend all Hurricanes home games, there was a waitlist for season tickets, and they used to get crowds of 25K+. Maybe Mr Fish is right, most fans can't be bothered heading to the ground to watch games live
10 or so years ago we'd also get big crowds to horse racing events and suburban pubs would be full on a thursday night. Demographics and people's tastes change. Sky Stadium is a shitty place to go. For a good few years it would have been new, and way better than athletic park. From my perspective, without trains running a 20 minute trip takes potentially an hour. The beer is $13 a pop, and the food is shit. It isn't the fault of the rugby. It is all the steps and issues around it. Wellington city for example, probably isn't the rugby city it used to be. The rugby fans are out in the Hutt, northern suburbs and Porirua. It is very niggly to get to and from the stadium from those locations.
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Fans of NH teams go to games in larger numbers, they pay more for their tickets, they spend more on food and merchandise, they generate more noise and atmosphere. It's no surprise that the TV companies want to focus on their competitions and eventually all the top players will be playing in their leagues.
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Without a doubt the stadium experience is an issue, compounded by travelling time and effort.
There's a reason why I'm prepared to travel 30mins to Suncorp and not to Bruce Stadium.
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From Reddit:
Reds: 15,525. 4 games, High 17,782. Low 13,000.
Chiefs: 13,118. 4 games. High 16,119. Low 10,375.
Waratahs: 12,777. 4 games. High 13,533. Low 11,445.
Highlanders 12,358. 3 games. High 13,024. Low 11,556.
I'd expect the Blues, Hurricanes, and Crusaders to get more.
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@sparky said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Fans of NH teams go to games in larger numbers, they pay more for their tickets, they spend more on food and merchandise, they generate more noise and atmosphere. It's no surprise that the TV companies want to focus on their competitions and eventually all the top players will be playing in their leagues.
The soccer clubs there are starting to lose local fans chasing the bigger money and taking back season tickets for locals. I saw a segment last week where it was 200 quid for a season seat for youngsters (maybe under 25) last year, now up to over 500 and the youngsters aren't going anymore. I dunno that it's roses over there.
I think it's different in NZ anyway, because how many people can get to the games by foot or via trustworthy public transport?
I very very rarely go to games in NZ for the simple reason that its a shitty experience. It's cold, the food is shit, the drinks are shit and exponentially more expensive than what they are worth, and half the time you end up getting wet or abused by some fuckwit (or both). It doesn't compare with watching it at home and there is no atmosphere at the games now that drinks are so incredibly expensive.
In Japan, its not quite as much fun as it used to be, but you can go by public transport, everything is clean, the food is OK, the beer is proper beer and often served by hot young girls in short skirts, and they don't care if you have too many as long as you keep yourself under control.
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@Tim said in Super Rugby - The Future:
From Reddit:
Reds: 15,525. 4 games, High 17,782. Low 13,000.
Chiefs: 13,118. 4 games. High 16,119. Low 10,375.
Obviously not current. The last game against the Hurricanes was said to be a sellout but there were some empty seats. The crowd would have been 20K+.
As to the game experience, I don't buy food or drink at the FMG Stadium. Only the rugby for me.
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby - The Future:
said to be a sellout but there were some empty seats
that often seems the case, have to assume the empty seats are usually sponsor or free ones not taken up?
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby - The Future:
said to be a sellout but there were some empty seats
that often seems the case, have to assume the empty seats are usually sponsor or free ones not taken up?
or season ticket holders not showing up
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@nzzp said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby - The Future:
said to be a sellout but there were some empty seats
that often seems the case, have to assume the empty seats are usually sponsor or free ones not taken up?
or season ticket holders not showing up
this but also dont forget there is often a stack of people going to the loo, getting a drink or food etc
@canefan said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby - The Future:
I underestimated the size of a basektball arena. Still much smaller than every team except for the homeless Moana Pasifika. It doesn't change the argument that Super Rugby is generally still more popular than all options except for the warriors
Fair call. It's still a lot less than it was say 10 years ago. The olds used to attend all Hurricanes home games, there was a waitlist for season tickets, and they used to get crowds of 25K+. Maybe Mr Fish is right, most fans can't be bothered heading to the ground to watch games live
in 2014 the canes were regularly getting +25k? the whole stadium over 75% full? sure we're not thinking 2004?
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@Kiwiwomble said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@nzzp said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby - The Future:
said to be a sellout but there were some empty seats
that often seems the case, have to assume the empty seats are usually sponsor or free ones not taken up?
or season ticket holders not showing up
this but also dont forget there is often a stack of people going to the loo, getting a drink or food etc
@canefan said in Super Rugby - The Future:
@SouthernMann said in Super Rugby - The Future:
I underestimated the size of a basektball arena. Still much smaller than every team except for the homeless Moana Pasifika. It doesn't change the argument that Super Rugby is generally still more popular than all options except for the warriors
Fair call. It's still a lot less than it was say 10 years ago. The olds used to attend all Hurricanes home games, there was a waitlist for season tickets, and they used to get crowds of 25K+. Maybe Mr Fish is right, most fans can't be bothered heading to the ground to watch games live
in 2014 the canes were regularly getting +25k? the whole stadium over 75% full? sure we're not thinking 2004?
lol i thought the same thing, at least a decade out
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Could someone smarter than me explain why food and drink is so outrageously expensive inside a stadium? When shops right outside sell the same stuff for half the price? As that's a big put off for a lot of people, especially families, the cost of tickets is already really high.
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@No-Quarter said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Could someone smarter than me explain why food and drink is so outrageously expensive inside a stadium? When shops right outside sell the same stuff for half the price? As that's a big put off for a lot of people, especially families, the cost of tickets is already really high.
To make up for the empty seats
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@No-Quarter said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Could someone smarter than me explain why food and drink is so outrageously expensive inside a stadium? When shops right outside sell the same stuff for half the price? As that's a big put off for a lot of people, especially families, the cost of tickets is already really high.
purely too make money from a largely captured audience, we all complain about it....but there are always queues....so plenty of people are still spending...so they have little motivation to drop the prices
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@No-Quarter assume the stadium charge a premium rate to be able to sell your food/drink there as well and can pick and choose who they let in so likely dont have issues getting 'tenants' given the 'short term' nature, captive audience etc, not to mention I expect if they have staff they probably pay them slightly higher given they are being asked to work for 3 hours on a Friday/Saturday night?
Then, on nights when it is pissing with rain, or bitterly cold, punters arent spending as much, but the cost to the vendor the same?
All that being said, cheaper product would typically mean higher turnover...
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This was from a paywalled Gregor Paul article. His prediction of what will happen
NZR will finalise its competitions and elite pathways review that will most likely end up with Super Rugby clubs taking control of all aspects of player development. The National Provincial Championship would be shifted to a new, slimmed-down format and possibly even to a new place in the calendar where it runs concurrently with Super Rugby Pacific. -
@No-Quarter said in Super Rugby - The Future:
Could someone smarter than me explain why food and drink is so outrageously expensive inside a stadium? When shops right outside sell the same stuff for half the price? As that's a big put off for a lot of people, especially families, the cost of tickets is already really high.
I have no issue with the cost. It does reflect what similar products may cost at pubs. It is just the lines, quality of product, options and stupid rules that annoy me. I've been to some games where beer limits have been dropped to one per customer by halftime. I don't care about $50 bucks for four beers as long as I have visit the dunny, grab my beers and be back in my seat within five minutes.
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@Duluth said in Super Rugby - The Future:
This was from a paywalled Gregor Paul article. His prediction of what will happen
NZR will finalise its competitions and elite pathways review that will most likely end up with Super Rugby clubs taking control of all aspects of player development. The National Provincial Championship would be shifted to a new, slimmed-down format and possibly even to a new place in the calendar where it runs concurrently with Super Rugby Pacific.I wonder if that means an expanded Super Rugby length of season wise
