Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:00 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Not necessarily. Pretty sure I've seen attendances given before now that were based on tickets sold rather than bodies through the gate. Have been at Wembley NFL games announced as a sell-out crowd which have been nothing like, for example.

Yep, for instance I was at Sale v Exeter before Xmas, on a corporate freebie I hasten to add, I move in exalted circles you know, the official attendance was given as just over 5000 much to everyone's amazement as there appeared to be only half that. A Sale employee confirmed they count all season ticket holders and all tickets sold regardless of who turns up. I think it was Sky that had the "actual" attendance of around 1800.

I know Leeds do the same too. Whether that extends to large stadiums like Wembley though I have no idea. Though in this case it's sort of irrelevant as the Club Wembley seats were pretty full.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:39 pm  

dids858 wrote:

I might be wrong but the club wembley tickets were on General sale and if my memory is right it was pretty full in that section.

The club wembley ring was packed to the rafters as it was on general sale, I have 4 debenture CW Gold seats and they did not include that event or the 4 nations previously, they do include the CCF though

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:52 pm  

and the CCF is less attractive due to date, transport over that date, hotel costs and the silly format now used with no momentum.

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:57 pm  

William Eve wrote: The official attendance for the BIG HIT double header semi finals event during the RLWC was 67,575 but that figure includes Club Wembley which accounts for 16,532 seats. Anyone who attended knows that very few of those Club Wembley seats were occupied, therefore the real attendance was closer to 53,000. Yeah it looks deserted up there: http://www.rlwc2013.com/~media/images/i ... =11294.jpg

William Eve wrote: The official attendance for the BIG HIT double header semi finals event during the RLWC was 67,575 but that figure includes Club Wembley which accounts for 16,532 seats. Anyone who attended knows that very few of those Club Wembley seats were occupied, therefore the real attendance was closer to 53,000. Yeah it looks deserted up there: http://www.rlwc2013.com/~media/images/i ... =11294.jpg

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:08 pm  

William Eve wrote:

The official attendance for the BIG HIT double header semi finals event during the RLWC was 67,575 but that figure includes Club Wembley which accounts for 16,532 seats. Anyone who attended knows that very few of those Club Wembley seats were occupied, therefore the real attendance was closer to 53,000.

Absolutely deserted:

Re: Sky losing interest. : Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:48 pm  

Re: Sky losing interest. : Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:56 am  

Errlee Berd wrote:

Absolutely deserted:

Oh dear William

Re: Sky losing interest. : Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:19 pm  

Sorry to disappoint you mate but I was sat in the pleb seats right next to Club Wembley that day - they looked pretty full to me!

Re: Sky losing interest. : Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:39 pm  

William Eve wrote:

The official attendance for the BIG HIT double header semi finals event during the RLWC was 67,575 but that figure includes Club Wembley which accounts for 16,532 seats. Anyone who attended knows that very few of those Club Wembley seats were occupied, therefore the real attendance was closer to 53,000.

muppet

Re: Sky losing interest. : Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:34 am  

Decent-size chunk about the forthcoming season in today's Guardian. Solly points to a 5% increase in Sky viewing figures in 2014.