
NBL Round 1 crowd figures?
The NBL has broken the round 1 attendance record.
Well done and still room for improvement, particularly in Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand
Attendances for Opening Round:
New Zealand v Brisbane – 5,157
Adelaide v Perth – 5,836
Illawarra v Melbourne – 2,688
Sydney v Adelaide – 10,761
Brisbane v Cairns – 3,196
Melbourne v NZ – 8,329
Perth v Illawarra – 12,853
Total: 48,820


23K is a decent average figure for the NBL on Fox, I think last year the average average audience was in the 15-20K mark. I would be interested to see what the peak audience was last night late in the game.

Is there an NRL equivalent? Slow starts to the season can be attributed to the football codes still winding down (or ramping up as trade week is huge in the afl markets). This adfects mainly media support and what gets reported on first, which in effect flows into poor crowds and TV ratings early on.

I am not sure how much ratings matter at the moment. I think 23K is around the average over the past few seasons anyway. What I think does matter more for the moment is crowd figures.

^ i blame slow starts to the season on AFL trade week. Until the afl season is well and truly over and there is barely anything to report, then other sports like the NBL can get a bit more promotion and hopefully more viewers. Also despite the NBLs efforts, the start of the season is relatively unknown to a lot of people. Shame only 23k watched an absolute classic match though. And only 2600 at the game.

Illawarra look to be going the direction of Townsville in my humble opinion. There may come a time where there is literally no other choice but to let them go.

Sydney have 7 sections of the upper deck on sale as of Friday night. Expect at least 12,000.

Austadiums only post crowd figures if they're available on the NBL match report. No other source. They dont go into much research for NBL attendances despite being a sports website with a specific emphasis on attendances...
Why do the Sixers never publish their crowds? The crowds they get look healthy so why hide it?

5,157 for NZ game, you can normally get them off Aus stadiums a few hours after each game, Hawks crowd looked solid tonight.
https://www.austadiums.com/

Interesting to see Brad Hill flew into Adelaide yesterday from Cairns.Is it just a coincidence that the import got sacked on Saturday?????
