yeah we've always had more of a walk up croud. I honestly think that is partially to do with weather. Easier to commit to a season of games when you live in a warmer climate.
Supporters commit to a club, on a game by game basis or for a season for many reasons, but a warmer clime in terms of commitment is only relevant to fair-weather visitors.
Sadly the majority of people at any sporting event in NZ, with an admission price, are attenders or pot hunters not supporters/fans.
The walk-up croud is another myth propagated by the majority of the NZ media, who will not recognise that most people in NZ prefer to watch sport from home on a big screen. Other excuses include ticket prices, beer prices, food prices, quality of food and quality of beer
[ btw: preaching to the converted, not having a pop :-) ]
Beer, ticket and food prices aren't a myth to most. It's what has kept me away from entertainment at the stadium until I was on an OK wage.
Why should I shell out a hundred bucks for a game when I paid for it live on TV anyway? Especially if the weather is shark.
Because if everyone thought like you we wouldn't have a club?
Unfortunately they don't take good thoughts at the gates as payment, they demand money, and so do the overpriced food stands.
I can afford it now, but couldn't back then. Plenty of people can't afford it so picking on them for not being able to afford it is hardly fair.
Umm, struggle to follow this line.
As a poor uni student I managed to watched the Kingz and Knights all over Auckland, in Wellington etc. Being able to have a drink or a pie at the game has never been a decider for me.
Here in the UK the food is utter rip off and you can't drink in the stands. Does not stop me having a drink and a bite before going to watch Leeds United or Plymouth Argyle. Both clubs with tickets far more expensive then the Nix and with economically poorer catchment areas then Wellington.
