Did you get these from austadiums? I have written and asked them about the Cairns vs Townsville game in round 1. they quote 5300, the match report quotes 4834.

As I highlighted last season, its a little misleading to look at overall season averages - especially last season where the reintroduction of the Kings masked other issues. The trend in Townsville, Gold Coast and Wollongong must be a worry.

The concept about the % of capacity I'll admit to borrowing from Austadiums. The attendance figures I did grab from Wikipedia but I'll admit I should have checked the match reports first because Wiki isn't always entirely accurate. I mean someone there likes to think of Perth on top of the current NBL ladder just because they have a better for and against percentage than the Breakers, despite NZ winning all 3 of their games so far compared to the Wildcats 2 wins.....maybe whoever it is needs to realise that the NBL ladder is calculated different to the AFL's?

I have to agree with Wollongong. I know its only 2 homes games into their season but in a venue that is supposed to hold 5,800 for basketball their best effort so far is 3,329 for their first game against the defending champs. Do Hawks fans not have much faith in their team making the playoffs? I know they'll probably draw over 4,000 when they play Sydney and in Rd.4 when Melbourne come to town but so far the Hawk's attendance is slowly sinking into the Tasman.

The Perth vs Tigers game was a sellout as far as I know, but the attendance posted was only 4,300 so apparently there were 200 empty seats there last Friday night.

The Breakers are actually playing 3 games at the Vector Arena this season. Rd.4 against Sydney, Rd.8 against Townsville and Sydney again in Rd.17 so their overall season attendance should theoretically higher than normal since VA holds 7,500 more than the NSEC (if they draw less than 8-9,000 for their first game against Sydney I'll be surprised).

Good thread. This should be sticked so it can be updated with the attendance stats each week. Than compare it to last year's attendance at the end of the year.

Thought about doing that. Might just do.....even if its not sticked I can do this every round or 2, only takes a few minutes to do.

there was not 5300 at the cairns v crocs game rd1.....i guessed approx 4500.....then again, i was half-cut by the time the game started !!

The Perth game was a sell out but there was definitely empty seats around the place.. busy members I guess?

the first game in Cairns was 4834

2 games with patty may have been sell outs or near sell outs but look at the stadium. Melb only holds 3500 so the lightning could sell that out and perth claim a sell out every game with 4100.

Adelaide and Sydney will be a true refelction of any patty impct.

Yeah the Crocs game night presentation was woeful. Didn't mind Mick as a presenter, but had to wait until the end of the third quarter for the cheerleaders (who are awesome) to make an appearance. You know it's bad when the Cairns fans in the audience are yelling out Boooooorrrinngggg, can't disagree with them!

Any ideas DJ Rod?

trend in townsville is steady the last three years. Not sure they will ever get back to where they sell out every week. Wollongong is steady too but perhaps needs to be higher.

GOld Coast is the one that is a concern, first half of last year they were struggling to get 3000 in an expensive stadium. not sustaonable.

last year Cairns, New Zealand, melbourne and Sydney (from 2008) increased crowds. Perth, Townsville, Aldelaide and wollongong were steady and Gold Coast was down. Good result but its whether it can be sustanied and added to.

The nbl still has a lot of work to do, as dfo us suipporterrs of basketball.

I like the fact the NBL is focusing on membership. Whether it will be done successfully or not is another question, but for long term crowd and revenue growth you need to convert the increased numbers at the games into steady supporters.

I have no ideas because i'm on the bench with the team now - Intern Coach - so it's got nothing to do with me anymore!

I USED to have a lot to do with it and when you dont have any money to spend it's hard to put something spectacular on the floor to entertain!

Adelaide has got to stop having Friday games so not to clash with the district competition.A few thousand kids & parents would be a lot more vocal support.

I agree with ringlord however im assuming this is scheduled by the NBL. Sunday games are just the wrong time slot for most while saturday nights we generally go up against those who like to watch Adelaide United. So we are in a bit of a jam. I reckon either you wanna be there, or you dont wanna be there.

The 36ers, like every other NBL club, would all put in requests to the league as to when they prefer their home games to be played and the NBL has a few things to consider when scheduling their games. Unfortunately things like clashes with A-League games or even when local junior games are on are going to happen, its unavoidable.

As spectators we have a choice of what we choose to attend, or not attend as the case may be. That is when it is up to the NBL and the clubs to promote the games and not only try to keep the supporters they have but to attract new ones.

Personally I won't be able to attend any 36ers games until after Christmas simply because I can't afford it. That is also another reason crowds aren't like what they used to be, some people just can't afford to go all the time. In a perfect world the 36ers (and every other club) would be playing to full houses every night but that just won't happen as things stand.