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Posted July 22, 2014 23:52 · last edited July 22, 2014 23:55

Ryan's Rovers wrote:

james dean wrote:

This has to be the last big football game in Dunedin.  Truly flogging a dead horse down there.  The stadium was so expensive it needs to host events but it's not good for anyone the council stumping up for matches people don't attend.  I could have predicted this wouldn't have been well attended because Dunedin is not a good football crowd

Really, they should have had 2 double headers - Wgtn and Auckland.  I think you'd have gotten well over 25k in Akld and obviously good crowds in Wgtn too.  Then you can also justify the higher prices.

In order to fit 2 games in for each side, one had to be midweek. Would a Tuesday & Wednesday night double header have worked at Eden Park? I think Welnix knew Dunners was always going to be an issue for crowds but they got the stadium hire cheap and given the likelihood for bad weather, it has the roof.

I heard that the stadium / council was underwriting the event there so the nix were guaranteed to get their money back.

I wonder if they investigated a doulbe header in Sydney mid week though?

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http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/305222/confidenc...

Underwrote the event, needed to sell 9,500 to break even, were hoping for 15k. There were 2,200 stadium pass holders who don't count in that 9.5k amount, so depending on how many of those showed up it seems unlikely that they got their money back.

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Ryan edited July 22, 2014 23:55
Ryan's Rovers wrote:
james dean wrote:

This has to be the last big football game in Dunedin.  Truly flogging a dead horse down there.  The stadium was so expensive it needs to host events but it's not good for anyone the council stumping up for matches people don't attend.  I could have predicted this wouldn't have been well attended because Dunedin is not a good football crowd

Really, they should have had 2 double headers - Wgtn and Auckland.  I think you'd have gotten well over 25k in Akld and obviously good crowds in Wgtn too.  Then you can also justify the higher prices.

In order to fit 2 games in for each side, one had to be midweek. Would a Tuesday & Wednesday night double header have worked at Eden Park? I think Welnix knew Dunners was always going to be an issue for crowds but they got the stadium hire cheap and given the likelihood for bad weather, it has the roof.

I heard that the stadium / council was underwriting the event there so the nix were guaranteed to get their money back.

I wonder if they investigated a doulbe header in Sydney mid week though?

edit:

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/305222/confidenc...

Underwrote the event, needed to sell 9,500 to break even, were hoping for 15k.

Ryan edited July 22, 2014 23:54
Ryan's Rovers wrote:
james dean wrote:

This has to be the last big football game in Dunedin.  Truly flogging a dead horse down there.  The stadium was so expensive it needs to host events but it's not good for anyone the council stumping up for matches people don't attend.  I could have predicted this wouldn't have been well attended because Dunedin is not a good football crowd

Really, they should have had 2 double headers - Wgtn and Auckland.  I think you'd have gotten well over 25k in Akld and obviously good crowds in Wgtn too.  Then you can also justify the higher prices.

In order to fit 2 games in for each side, one had to be midweek. Would a Tuesday & Wednesday night double header have worked at Eden Park? I think Welnix knew Dunners was always going to be an issue for crowds but they got the stadium hire cheap and given the likelihood for bad weather, it has the roof.

I heard that the stadium / council was underwriting the event there so the nix were guaranteed to get their money back.

I wonder if they investigated a doulbe header in Sydney mid week though?