Good Friday footy - what's the pass mark for the crowd?

[Golden_6]

How many seats aren't available to the members or public though ?

A lot. There was something like 43k at the Dogs/Swans game the other night and the only areas empty were the medallion club/second level corporate. The club's supporters can't do anything about that.

 

[Nightrain]

Who wants to see a match which has
Potential Premier vs Potential Wooden Spooner

In fairness to Kangaroos they have been competitive and ok to watch but no one wants to see a 60 pt win by Bulldogs

I understand what you mean but the very same argument could have (and probably was) been made for the Blues-Tigers openers over the past 5-odd years.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

North have been banging on about this for ages.
Now they finally get their chance to prove to the football world that they aren't as irrelevant as most people think.

Etihad has a capacity of around 54,000

Surely North will be able to pull a crowd of 50,000 - minimum


Only game in town

Public Holiday


No Excuses - would be the message from Gill

Snippy Essendon supporter, drugs, etc.

 

[sverik25]

A lot. There was something like 43k at the Dogs/Swans game the other night and the only areas empty were the medallion club/second level corporate. The club's supporters can't do anything about that.

There aren't nearly as many as 12,000 seats allocated to the medallion club and corporates. While your crowd against the Swans was a very good crowd, it could have been bigger without those areas needing to be filled.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

There aren't nearly as many as 12,000 seats allocated to the medallion club and corporates. While your crowd against the Swans was a very good crowd, it could have been bigger without those areas needing to be filled.

What is your estimate\how much is there?

 

[sverik25]

What is your estimate\how much is there?

About 6-7,000 at a guess.

 

[gillo94]

I understand what you mean but the very same argument could have (and probably was) been made for the Blues-Tigers openers over the past 5-odd years.

The Blues - Tigers opener has been around for a while now. When both teams were at the top, created excitement and great matchups. Been around because it worked. Top marquee events are created when both teams are capable of drawing a crowd and proven to be sustainable over 20 years. Wait another 3 years when both teams back higher on the ladder and excitement will build again

Kanagroos struggle to build a crowd. Bulldogs not a big club themselves so in a way might struggle too in the long run. Only time will tell if these 2 teams can make it work. But next argument is whether lot of excitement is there which honestly isn't ATM. Bulldogs playing an Away game technically and Kangaroos Home games being 0-3 to start off the season

 

[Tas]

Will many neutrals go?

Will you be able to buy beer without purchasing food?

I would be surprised if there was a lot of room for neutrals at Docklands outside of the stadium owned reserve.

Can't answer the beer question, probably been 10 years since I have bought watered down stadium beer.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Will many neutrals go?

Will you be able to buy beer without purchasing food?

from the licencing commission:

Trading hour restrictions apply to all licensed liquor and gaming premises on Good Friday.

Licensed premises may only commence trade, supplying alcohol and gaming services, from midday on Good Friday.

Late night trading venues such as nightclubs, pubs and bars across the state that would normally trade between 3am and midday are required to cease the supply of alcohol at 3am on Good Friday.

Licensed premises can trade, supplying liquor and gaming services, at their usual opening times for the remainder of the Easter long weekend.

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[Tas]

North have been banging on about this for ages.
Now they finally get their chance to prove to the football world that they aren't as irrelevant as most people think.

Etihad has a capacity of around 54,000

Surely North will be able to pull a crowd of 50,000 - minimum


Only game in town

Public Holiday


No Excuses - would be the message from Gill

Yes, because we have the power to make the corporations that purchased 10k reserved seats to make sure they utilise all their seats, even though it has never hit its theoretical capacity before.

Collingwood and Essendon do not fill out the stadium.

Perhaps you can raise the bar of unreasonable expectation higher so you can be convinced it was a failure no matter what the outcome. Why not go for 70k. If Jesus could resurrect, surely we could exceed capacity, right?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Melbourne - Richmond draws about 60K on Anzac eve. They'd want to nearly fill Etihad.

 

[gillo94]

Melbourne - Richmond draws about 60K on Anzac eve. They'd want to nearly fill Etihad.

Tigers are bigger club that can draw big numbers and Demons supporters this year should help bump up the numbers
Can't compare both sets of supporter bases as 1 set can get the numbers

 

[GUMBLETRON]

I'd actually love North and Essendon to have something similar. That's how traditions and rivalries are built.

We have enough rivalries already, thanks.

 

[underthestars]

should really get into the occasion - only meat available is fish, only red wine or water, open with a catholic mass, the siren should sound 'amen', incense baskets waving in the stands, goal umps in church robes. be great!
missing the saints and demons though?

 

[Great8]

I suppose it depends on the parish but my local church has mass in the middle of the afternoon on good friday

What % of people are actually church goers though?
Reckon it would be a fairly small minority

 

[Cam1967]

Dogs deserve next year as the HOME side no matter what happens on Friday. Should get 40K plus this Friday.

 

[Great8]

Also disappointing people haven't leapt on the very obvious tin rattling jokes to be made.

BigFooty is losing its edge.

With equalisation and propping up from the AFL there is no need for tin rattling anymore

 

[Bulldog1954]

Dogs deserve next year as the HOME side no matter what happens on Friday. Should get 40K plus this Friday.

I imagine the home team will rotate each year.

 

[flamethrower]

Anything over 40K would be a pass....most people I know go away for Easter, and often the only Easter game that draws well in Melbourne is the Geelong v Hawthorn game on Monday.

 

[Reservoir tiger]

Melbourne - Richmond draws about 60K on Anzac eve. They'd want to nearly fill Etihad.

Anzac eve will get 70k plus this year without a doubt

 

[La Dispute]

On at 4:20? Shame it wasn't scheduled for next Thursday

 

[Matt Slade]

From reading this thread, I see that most of the noise seems to be coming from Carlton, Essendon and Richmond supporters; gloating about their own club's and/or slagging off North Melbourne.

Give it a rest. You guys have enough marquee timeslots as it is, so please let's give North and the Bulldogs one. I hope it takes off for both those clubs.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

114,000 attempted to attend the first Anzac day game. It should sell out year one no questions asked.

There were 114k people at St Kilda/Melbourne in 1960?

 

[Demonic Ascent]

It's at such a shit time though. For any religious fans, church/mass/whatever you wnat to call it, will clash. I'm going to go to the footy because I'm not overly religious but there will be other things on at the same time that people may favour. Still hoping for 45k but i can see it being disappointing

Better than Easter Sunday when a lot of people have family lunches on

 

[Andy_Mac]

Anything under 40,000 is an embarrassment, and should lock the clubs out from future stand alone fixtures.