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That'd be great for the growth of the game nationally. It would likely kick South Australia into gear as well and I'd be shocked if they didn't find a way to upgrade the Adelaide Oval to 60k if it meant they could be in the running to host an AFL GF. As we've seen from the addition of opening round to the schedule, temporarily taking big games away from Victoria creates such a huge demand that we've seen the all-time attendance record for a single round broken two years in a row and I reckon taking the GF away from Victoria every third or fourth year to share it around the rest of the country would create such a huge buzz the following year when it returns to Victoria.In terms of growth in Queensland specifically, I think right now it's about building momentum on top of momentum so it continues to snowball. The Lions have set a really solid foundation for AFL support in Queensland over the last 5-6 years and I suspect the Suns are about to add to it by opening a finals window of their own this year (fingers crossed!). The next step after that would be to add a second team in Brisbane so it guarantees a home game in the Brisbane market every week and it also mitigates the risk of things dropping away dramatically when the Lions eventually drop away on field because you have another team there that can potentially keep the market active in terms of exciting matches / finals participation.There's no doubt the AFL have already had discussions like these about what they will do if footy in certain areas of Australia continues to grow at an impressive rate. It's go time for the AFL in Queensland and I really think they should be doing everything they possibly can to take advantage of this opportunity because it's not often you get a chance to make huge inroads in a traditional rugby league dominated market like Brisbane / Queensland. The potential up here is massive if they get it right.
That'd be great for the growth of the game nationally. It would likely kick South Australia into gear as well and I'd be shocked if they didn't find a way to upgrade the Adelaide Oval to 60k if it meant they could be in the running to host an AFL GF. As we've seen from the addition of opening round to the schedule, temporarily taking big games away from Victoria creates such a huge demand that we've seen the all-time attendance record for a single round broken two years in a row and I reckon taking the GF away from Victoria every third or fourth year to share it around the rest of the country would create such a huge buzz the following year when it returns to Victoria.
In terms of growth in Queensland specifically, I think right now it's about building momentum on top of momentum so it continues to snowball. The Lions have set a really solid foundation for AFL support in Queensland over the last 5-6 years and I suspect the Suns are about to add to it by opening a finals window of their own this year (fingers crossed!). The next step after that would be to add a second team in Brisbane so it guarantees a home game in the Brisbane market every week and it also mitigates the risk of things dropping away dramatically when the Lions eventually drop away on field because you have another team there that can potentially keep the market active in terms of exciting matches / finals participation.
There's no doubt the AFL have already had discussions like these about what they will do if footy in certain areas of Australia continues to grow at an impressive rate. It's go time for the AFL in Queensland and I really think they should be doing everything they possibly can to take advantage of this opportunity because it's not often you get a chance to make huge inroads in a traditional rugby league dominated market like Brisbane / Queensland. The potential up here is massive if they get it right.
