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Posted November 23, 2012 08:51 · last edited November 23, 2012 08:53

Ryan's Rovers wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Boro4eva wrote:

its cost versus value...and at the moment it doesnt stack up..all codes seem to be suffering

 
My random punt is that Wgtn is more cost sensitive than most other places in NZ at the moment.  A lot of the employment is from gummnt depts and they have been shedding staff like a bulimic shedding dinner.
In absolute terms the cost of tickets is very very reasonable and certainly good value (except when we play pants).
Average crowds for our first 3 home games:

2012/13 - 9269
2011/12 - 7367
2010/11 - 8981
2009/10 - 9086
2008/09 - 7866
2007/08 - 12675

Compared to the past few seasons, they crowds are not down. We have had 2 games where the weather forecast leading up to the game wasn't good, what doesn't help. One of the weather affected games was also long weekend, when a lot of people would have been out of town.

Numbers should pick up over December & January with the Nix Six deals, and better weather.
 
I have to admit those crowd figures you've shown above are pretty good for NZ football. I doubt you'd get better with an A League team in either Auckjland or Christchurch on a regular basis. Taking the Nix to Auckland for a one off game was probably not a fair comparison because there would obviously have been a lot of extra promotion involved and also the added novelty affect. Probably weather plays more of a part in Wellington because of those cold winds.
It's just a shame the hardy regular Phoenix supporters don't have the comforts of a compact purpose-built football stadium. Even a healthy 12,000 crowd still leaves Westpac stadium 2/3 empty and that's not a good look. It's just too big unless it's a playoff game.
I hope you go on a good run and enthuse the part-time supporters.  

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Trueblue-10636-1 edited November 23, 2012 08:53
Ryan's Rovers wrote:
Junior82 wrote:
Boro4eva wrote:

its cost versus value...and at the moment it doesnt stack up..all codes seem to be suffering

 
My random punt is that Wgtn is more cost sensitive than most other places in NZ at the moment.  A lot of the employment is from gummnt depts and they have been shedding staff like a bulimic shedding dinner.
In absolute terms the cost of tickets is very very reasonable and certainly good value (except when we play pants).
Average crowds for our first 3 home games:

2012/13 - 9269
2011/12 - 7367
2010/11 - 8981
2009/10 - 9086
2008/09 - 7866
2007/08 - 12675

Compared to the past few seasons, they crowds are not down. We have had 2 games where the weather forecast leading up to the game wasn't good, what doesn't help. One of the weather affected games was also long weekend, when a lot of people would have been out of town.

Numbers should pick up over December & January with the Nix Six deals, and better weather.
 
I have to admit those crowd figures you've shown above are pretty good for NZ football. I doubt you'd get better with an A League team in either Auckjland or Christchurch on a regular basis. Taking the Nix to Auckland for a one off game was probably not a fair comparison because there would obviously have been a lot of extra promotion involved and also the added novelty affect. Probably weather plays more of a part in Wellington because of those cold winds.
It's just a shame the hardy regular Phoenix supporters don't have the comforts of a compact purpose-built football stadium. Even a healthy 10,000 crowd still leaves Westpac stadium 2/3 empty and that's not a good look. It's just too big unless it's a playoff game.
I hope you go on a good run and rouse the part-time supporters.