I just learned today that the Western Bulldogs is playing its final game in Ballarat against one of the Adelaide teams.
It will be interesting to see what they get as a bit of a guide as to what is possible there for WU.

might as well change this thread title to australian sport attendance 

just checked - theres afl games in hobart, ballarat and gold coast this wknd.

Won't crack 275k.

Good pick up, likely to fall well short.

I guess not. 

They easily broke their attendance record. Richmond v Brisbane got 77k which is pretty frickin amazing

Yeh, just learned about it, got this from Sports Industry:

2019 - 6,894,771* (round still to be completed)
2018 - 6,894,770
2017 - 6,732,601
2016 - 6,306,333
2015 - 6,351,578
2014 - 6,384,742

And thats great,

However usually these things come at a cost And that cost is grassroots, especially regional grassroots.

Having a top heavy approach, which the AFL has always had, has these results:  https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/in-struggling-country-footy-the-scoreline-says-it-all-20190725-p52aot.html

As AMAZING as this is, do not forget (yes there may have been free tickets) the things they leave behind for fancy numbers.

I believe it was a record home and away crowd between a VIC team and non-VIC team. pretty incredible tbh.  

they have also cleaned up the brawls at the matches problem 

Took a while to get on top of that issue.

better then we have done.

the families are still coming the bogans have calmed down.

they always survive every drama 

They're still coming. The hysteria has died down a little. Just give it a week.

77k for a non-derby for any sport in any city in the world is amazing

FFA Cup Attendances
Adelaide Olympic Football Club - 1,389
Brisbane Strikers - 1,240
Brisbane Roar FC - 6,235 (2nd Highest RO16)
Sydney United 58 FC - 5,061 (6th highest RO16)

Those last two numbers are impressive. Anybody know why Brisbane get such great FFA cup crowds at Dolphin Stadium?

5k for a western Sydney derby is hardly impressive. If the game was at home for SU 10k would have been expected.

No idea. 

“August 2017Peninsula Power (3)0–2
Melbourne City (1)Dolphin Oval, Brisbane 19:30Report Mauk Goal 45+1' Fornaroli Goal 90+1' Attendance: 4,017 Referee:”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_FFA_Cup

says more about Redcliffe than Roar. 
Not much would happen there and this is what happens when you have a large number of residents within walking/travel proximity.

You need some salt with that post. 

bitter n twisted is not a good look. 

I've just been looking at the total attendances each season in each market and comparing last season to the highest attendance and the following is a summary of the situation:-

Sydney market.  Total attendance last season was 33% below the peak in 2014-15 and 2016-17 and was down 54k season on season.
NSW Regional.  Total attendance last season was 37% below the peak in 2012-13 and was down 56k season on season.
Melbourne market. Total attendance last season was 22% below the peak in 2014-15 and was up 10k season on season.
Brisbane market.  Total attendance last season was 40% below the peak in 2013-14 and was up 2k season on season.
Perth market.  Total attendance last season was 1.5% below the peak in 2016-17 and was up 26k season on season.
Adelaide market.  Total attendance last season was 27% down on the peak in 2010-11 and was 1k down on last season.

It's obvious that attendance in all markets needs to improve but the major drop has been in NSW and Qld.

Is Perth skewed because of their results last season?

Yes.  A swing of up to 25k per season seems to be "normal" for them depending on performance during the season.

What about Wellington? % must be up.

yer increase to 35 people from 20 is impressive...:P:w00t::w00t:

New Zealand market.  Total attendance last season was 2% below the peak in 2011-12 and was up 45k season on season.

GWS got 19k to their final brisbane got a really good crowd though 

That number was BS. The top deck at Spotless were closed.
Double-counting by GWS/AFL twats

wow ok so you reckon there was half that there?