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Thursday Industry News – March 21, 2024
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Privately Owned Sports Stadiums in Australia
So today, the A-leagues noted that the upcoming stadium in Tarneit would be the “first privately owned stadium” in Australia. This is not entirely true – the following venues are used by the major professional competitions in the country and are all privately held. Ballymore Stadium – Brisbane, QLD Owned by the Queensland Rugby Union…
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Weekend attendances 27-29/10/2023 – A record 59,155 see the Matildas play at Optus Stadium and A-league R2, AFLW R9, NBL R5, Pacific Championships Wk3
A-league Men Round 2 of the 2023-24 Aleague Mens season was attended by 52,731 at an average of 8,789 per game (28% cap) This season 107,025 have attended at an average of 8,919 per game. This is down 3% on the first two rounds of the 2022-23 season AFLW Round 9 of the 2023-24 #AFLW…
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The Mclachlan Years
Background After 20 odd years of involvement with the AFL at headquarters in one position or another, Gillon Mclachlan has finally stood down as AFL CEO a year after it was first announced. Here we take a brief look at his accomplishments and whether or not the league has been better for his appointment. In…
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The Leichardt Oval Developments and Masterplan
On April 29, 2022 Peter V’landys urged the NSW Government to develop suburban grounds around the state instead of using the money on Accor Stadium at Homebush, stating that rugby league needs the ‘tribalism’ that the smaller grounds present. A handshake deal was allegedly done at this time, pending formal paperwork by both organisations. The…
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NBL broadcasts up 40%, attendances up 17% after Round 3
Three weeks into the new season, the Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) is as hot as ever, with broadcast numbers, attendances, and digital engagement continuing to rise at unprecedented rates. Broadcast audience has increased by more than 40% year-on-year, with more people locked into the NBL on ESPN. The international footprint of the NBL’s…
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Record 2023 Womens World Cup attendances on the way
Crowds at this Womens world cup so far total 1.065m….and will pass France19 by the end of the group stage in 2 days time, will overtake China 2007 by the end of the first weekend (on aggregate not average), and hurtle USA 1999 at Accor Stadium on Monday night (again on aggregate not average) when…
24.07.2023 – Weekend TV and Attendance – Womens World Cup, AFL, NRL and Ashes
A massive weekend in sport with the first Womens World Cup in play and we enter the back end of the AFL and NRL seasons. AFL Round 19 #AFLCrowds totalled 320,653 at an average of 35,628 per game, using 61% of available capacity. Round 19 was up 16% on the same round in 2022, while…
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AFL Club Membership breaks all-time record, AFL Attendance keeps on track to break record
AFL CEO-Elect Andrew Dillon has today announced a new all-time AFL Club membership record of 1,198,833* members (year to date). The 1,198,833 number surpasses the record of 1,190,671 that was set in 2022. One in 22 Australians is a member of an AFL club. AFL club membership has increased 30 times in the past 32 years, with the exceptions…
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Matildas World Cup Opener reaches 4.88m viewers – Viewing records tumble in Australia and New Zealand
The Matildas’ opening match against Ireland in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ was an out-of-the-park hit with viewers, reaching 4.88 million people across the screens of the Seven Network. The tense game, which saw the much-loved Matildas triumph over Ireland 1-0 in front of a sold-out crowd of 76,000 at Stadium Australia, attracted an average audience…
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WBBL TV Ratings have overtaken AFLW
TV ratings for the Women’s Big Bash League overtook AFLW in 2021 despite a decline for the cricket league last year when it coincided with the men’s T20 World Cup. According to The Age, the WBBL attracted an average audience per free-to-air match of 174,000 compared with 91,000 for AFLW games, according to figures provided…
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Giants and Suns AFL Distributions 2011-2022
Giants/Suns funding has exceeded the nominal amount of tv rights funding per team (as an average total league media rights/18 teams) by 12.4 million over the last 12 years – just over 1m a year. This doesnt include additional commercial revenue recieved by the league as a result of these additional matches or other ancillary…
Wallabies, Matildas, Wimbledon – The “other” crowds and ratings 12-17/7/2023
Matildas warm up Match Matildas/Les Bleues 50,629 at @marvelstadiumau This is a record Matildas attendance…for now #wwctvratingsau Aus/France Rugby Union Battle of the National Teams VOZ Total [Met/Reg/BVOD] Tottenham AU Tour 2023 #ftblcrowds AU Glory/WHam 24,273 Tennis Wimbledon Womens Final 251k [171k/58k/22k] TD France 233k [162k/69k/2k]
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AFL and NRL Attendance and TV Ratings 12-16/7 2023
AFL Round 18 #AFLCrowds totaled 303,300 at an average of 33,700 per game using 69.96% of available capacity. This is up 19% on the corresponding round in 2022. AFL crowds for 2023 total more than 5.4m – up about 800,000 on 2022 (more than 17% up over the season) #AFLtvratings for Round 18 totalled 4.098m…
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06/07-10/7/23 – AFL/Ashes/NRL Television and Crowds
AFL Round 17 TelevisionRichmond v Sydney 713,000W. Bulldogs v Collingwood 797,000Brisbane v West Coast 263,000Giants v Hawks 253,000St Kilda v Melbourne494,000Pt Adelaide v Gold Coast 244,000Geelong v Nth Melbourne 192,000Essendon v Adelaide 654,000Fremantle v Carlton 333,000 AFL Attendance Richmond v Sydney 48,443Western Bulldogs v Collingwood 43,482St Kilda v Melbourne 30,749GWS v Hawthorn 9,007Brisbane v West Coast…
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10.07.2023 – Weekend Sports Attendance, Ratings and Memberships Wrap
Its been another big weekend in Australian sport as the Cricket dominates all on television and we head into the final of the 2023 Origin series. Attendances In an Origin affected round with just 5 matches, attendances were 74,781 for the NRL in Round 17 at ana average of 15,056. The league is averaging 18,388…