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Crowd Figures

Posted by sixtiesboy on July 26, 2015 at 5:18pm

I've always been perplexed by announced crowd figures. The roosters often announce SFS crowd figures that beggar belief. Obvious 5000 to 7000 crowds are often announced as crowds of 10000 plus.My latest confusion is about Brookvale and Belmore, however it concerns past crowds. Whilst realising that safety limits now apply, Belmore looks very full at 17000 sell out, yet they have a record crowd of 27000. Can anyone see how an extra 10000 could fit in there? (The record crowd, and many other crowds in the 24000 to 26000 figures were posted with the current stand in place. I know that they are not using a small area at the end of the ground but that would only account for a small number.Similarly, many Parra and Manly clashes drew announced crowds up to 25000 at Brookvale and now it's full around 17000. I don't know how they could fit another 8000 into a ground of similar configuration.Someone told porkies along the way.

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parraman July 26, 2015 at 6:40pm

I have often asked the same question over the years.Something dosnt add up. The only answer can be that in the past they way over inflated the figures especially after super league.
sixtiesboy July 26, 2015 at 6:51pm

At times I'm sure that we dropped our figures, especially before the hills were closed. The stadium was originally built to hold 30k, with around 17000 seats and 6500 on each hill. We had some packed out crowds that were never listed over 25000. It made me wonder where the extra 5000 would go.
Ace Eel July 26, 2015 at 6:51pm

The current poxy nrl..couldn't give a rats about the average nrl crowd game..it's current & future revenue is based on state of origin & tv income...the rest means nothing....