Crowd Predictions for Sydney vs Collingwood

[firsty]

There will a crowd of around 34,000.

The city2surf on the next morning so I and 80,000 other crazies will be running to Bondi instead of of getting drunk, abusing Collingwood supporters, and daring each other to think about the DREAM!!!

if Jude can say his knee is ok at the end of the game and wants to play...... surely you can run (a little fun run) hungover

[top40]

I have on a numbers of occasions through this thread ask the question: why shouldn't the crowd in 2012 match that mighty 2003 attendance of 72,000. I have now found two answers.

One: the novelty of ANZ Stadium as an Olympic main stadium has gone. In 2003 the Sydney Olympics had just past less than three years earlier. In the past dozen years people have for all sorts of reasons developed a dislike for Homebush.

Two: in 2003 rhe Swans had enjoyed recent wins over the Pies, including a magnificient win at Docklands in Round 6, 2003. This time around Collingwood have won something like 10 in a row, with no Swans victory in 7 years. Expectations are lower.

[Gezball]

I have on a numbers of occasions through this thread ask the question: why shouldn't the crowd in 2012 match that mighty 2003 attendance of 72,000. I have now found two answers.

One: the novelty of ANZ Stadium as an Olympic main stadium has gone. In 2003 the Sydney Olympics had just past less than three years earlier. In the past dozen years people have for all sorts of reasons developed a dislike for Homebush.

Two: in 2003 rhe Swans had enjoyed recent wins over the Pies, including a magnificient win at Docklands in Round 6, 2003. This time around Collingwood have won something like 10 in a row, with no Swans victory in 7 years. Expectations are lower.

I think part of the problem with ANZ crowds is simply we tend to lose when we play there so many people who have come in the past, many of whom aren't rusted on fans, lost interest. Hopefully our current ladder position might tempt them back.

[Cheer Squad]

I think part of the problem with ANZ crowds is simply we tend to lose when we play there so many people who have come in the past, many of whom aren't rusted on fans, lost interest. Hopefully our current ladder position might tempt them back.

Overall, our winning percentage at Homebush is pretty good - greater than 60%. It's our repeated failures against Collingwood have undermined our reputation at the venue.

[Industrial Fan]

There will a crowd of around 34,000.

The city2surf on the next morning so I and 80,000 other crazies will be running to Bondi instead of of getting drunk, abusing Collingwood supporters, and daring each other to think about the DREAM!!!

I'll be doing both.

[Beaussie]

The Daily Telegraph reported this morning more than 50,000 are expected. Just checked out the Ticketek website and only platinum and gold tickets appear available for purchase of more than 1 ticket. Red Zone and Red Rookie, Silver showing as (Allocation exhausted). Opposition and Gold non-alcohol showing as single seats only. I wonder if all areas of the stadium have already been opened up for sale?

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/showtickets.aspx?sh=SWANS2012&v=AUS&p=ESSW2012835

Is a sellout possible?

On a side note, you'd think the game would be on the Ticketek homepage rather than having to seach for it. Way to go Ticketek.

[DLBIA14]

Nope, I very much doubt all areas will be opened up. Unfortunately I don't think the Swans have been promoted very much this week. Nevertheless 50 000 is as big a crowd as we've had in a while so if we reach that figure it should please the club.

Anybody got a recent PAX number?

[barry]

On a side note, you'd think the game would be on the Ticketek homepage rather than having to seach for it. Way to go Ticketek.

Ticketek is the worse ticketing site imaginable. I'm sure it loses 20% of potential ticket sales by being so difficult to navigate and flakey.

I imagine ANZ havent opened much of the level 6 stands yet. One may be completely closed still.

Anyway, 50,000 would be great. In todays daily tele they were talking record crowd (70K+) but seems unlikely with olympics dominating the news, city2surf the next day, and possible showers.

[jono2707]

The Daily Telegraph reported this morning more than 50,000 are expected. Just checked out the Ticketek website and only platinum and gold tickets appear available for purchase of more than 1 ticket. Red Zone and Red Rookie, Silver showing as (Allocation exhausted). Opposition and Gold non-alcohol showing as single seats only. I wonder if all areas of the stadium have already been opened up for sale?

http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/showtickets.aspx?sh=SWANS2012&v=AUS&p=ESSW2012835

Is a sellout possible?

On a side note, you'd think the game would be on the Ticketek homepage rather than having to seach for it. Way to go Ticketek.

I have just looked at the Ticketek website and the general admission seats have been sold out. Not for one minute do I think this match will be anywhere near a sellout, considering the stadium capacity is around 83,000. If this crowd is not close to capacity, and I would guess we'll get somewhere around the 50-55k mark, it's an absolute disgrace that the only tickets available a few days out are the premium priced ones. I'll happily eat my words if we get a much bigger crowd, but I would guess that they haven't opened up the top bits of the stadiums and so we are nowhere near capacity yet. This is our biggest game of the year and I would have hoped they got the ticketing right and accessible, at a fair price, to those who want to go to the game.

[Gezball]

I think ticket prices will impact crowd numbers which is a shame.

I'm from Melbs and coming up for the game. I bought a ticket on Sunday. Gold was the cheapest tickets left and ALOT of the tickets seem to be "Gold" in allocation. So it cost me $51 ($46 plus booking fee). Now this is fine for me, as I am a single man with a job who's passionate about the swans. But for families? Or people who aren't big fans but were thinking of coming? Or people with tight financial constraints? It's a shame that some will be turned off by this as it's a great opportunity to promote the game and the Swans.

PS. My PAC number is 44763.

[Dirtyburt]

Overall, our winning percentage at Homebush is pretty good - greater than 60%. It's our repeated failures against Collingwood have undermined our reputation at the venue.

The venue has undermined our reputation to new fans, no other reason. It is a terrible place to watch sport and a terrible precinct before/after the game. Every team that play there struggles to get a decent crowd.

The sooner we leave that catastrophe to gws the better

[sok]

I was thinking 70k but with rain on the way, I think 65k will do.

Come on swans. Let's give the pies a good thrashing.

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[jono2707]

Ok maybe I was a bit hasty - silver tickets are available for $29.50 which gets you seats in the top tier on the Eastern side - I just checked Ticketek and it pulled up tickets in Bay 609. Thats a good sign for a decent crowd - hopefully the weather cooperates. I'm a member anyway but I was just interested in how tickets are going.

Gee I wish they had a special caged-off areas for Pies supporters though. I would pay good money for (nice) seats nearby and a few buckets of rotten tomatoes. I'd even let them see my nice full set of teeth too.

Did I mention that I'm not too fond of Pies supporters? Oh thats for another thread - anyway looks like we'll have a decent crowd out there, and hopefully therefore a good atmosphere too.

[CJK]

Leaving about 10K people behind by trying to flog the expensive tickets.

[Cosmic Wizard]

I'll be doing both.

Will your carb loading include beers, chips and pies from the Stadium??
If so you are the total professional!!!