I must say that I was kind of shocked that they were so low at the Adelaide game where we were literally handing out free tickets. I don't remember whether the Knights did something similar or whether the fabled croud of 547 (or whatever) all paid for theirs.
I also found the drop in the numbers/enthusiasm in the Zone somewhat disconcerting. So that might be why I am overreacting - the crowd who live in Welly have gotten used to the current situation, while as someone who only makes 1 or 2 games a year, it's scary.