fishman
County: Kildare
Posts: 2

dublin v meath is not on this weekend

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 10/07/2012 18:03:43    1214060

ye i corrected myself dub/meath next week.I think read in 1 sunday newspaper cant remember which one that crowds were up 12% i think it was 2 weeks ago i read it

fishman (Kildare) - Posts: 6 - 10/07/2012 18:18:21    1214079

It's only tuesday and already 12,000 tickets sold for the Connacht final. More interest than the Munster football final it seems.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3599 - 10/07/2012 18:35:53    1214088

the cusack upper deck have already got alot of tickets gone,
i guess both the not so ardent fans of each county are showing a interest in this one, keeps going like this we may nearly have full house

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 10/07/2012 18:49:36    1214104

ok just got a update re leinster final tickets, cusack lower sold out, davin lower 3 quaters sold, hogan lower 90% sold, hill 16 half sold ,cusack upper 40% sold so far, next to be opened up will be hogan upper and davin upper croke park have revised expected attendance from 45k to 65k and could reach 70k great to see this, i guess when you get one of those great rivalries, money doesnt matter, leinster council seem delighted meath beat kildare

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 10/07/2012 19:13:19    1214126

10/07/2012 17:19:56
eviemonkey
County: Cork
Posts: 262

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jimbodub
County: Dublin

I'm sure you all saw the Stats published by the Credit Unions during the week
Half of Ireland's population (1.8 million people) have a disposable income of €100 or less monthly after bills are paid.

I don't think that memo has reached the Munster Council yet. Hence they see nothing wrong with charging €30 to watch last Sunday's Munster Final, which with respect was always likely to be fairly one-sided and came less than 24 hours after both counties were playing hurling qualifiers.

The GAA authorities will generally try to justify the price of match tickets by comparing it to other forms of entertainment. The problem there is you don't want your match-going supporters to attend just the one game each summer, you should want to attract them back and attend as many games as possible.

So take a Cork supporter as an example who has an interest in watching both codes. He or she is not just considering the 30 euros to get in last Sunday, they'll need to account for the 20 quid to see a qualifier last Saturday, the 25 quid for another qualifier this weekend and please God a couple of trips to Dublin over the next 3 or 4 weeks.

People have to pick and choose their games now, which kind of brings up legendzxix's point about the Championship structure. Attendances for provincial games will suffer if people are inclined to save their money for what they consider to be more meaningful games later in the summer.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8761 - 10/07/2012 20:07:39    1214175

10/07/2012 17:19:56
eviemonkey
County: Cork
Posts: 262

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jimbodub
County: Dublin

I'm sure you all saw the Stats published by the Credit Unions during the week
Half of Ireland's population (1.8 million people) have a disposable income of €100 or less monthly after bills are paid.

I don't think that memo has reached the Munster Council yet. Hence they see nothing wrong with charging €30 to watch last Sunday's Munster Final, which with respect was always likely to be fairly one-sided and came less than 24 hours after both counties were playing hurling qualifiers.

The GAA authorities will generally try to justify the price of match tickets by comparing it to other forms of entertainment. The problem there is you don't want your match-going supporters to attend just the one game each summer, you should want to attract them back and attend as many games as possible.

So take a Cork supporter as an example who has an interest in watching both codes. He or she is not just considering the 30 euros to get in last Sunday, they'll need to account for the 20 quid to see a qualifier last Saturday, the 25 quid for another qualifier this weekend and please God a couple of trips to Dublin over the next 3 or 4 weeks.

People have to pick and choose their games now, which kind of brings up legendzxix's point about the Championship structure. Attendances for provincial games will suffer if people are inclined to save their money for what they consider to be more meaningful games later in the summer.

The neutral support is being kept away as well. People who might usually take in many games and not just their own county's are going to be more selective of games.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 8761 - 10/07/2012 20:09:23    1214177

I believe the crowds are good this year - just poor in munster - but this has always been the case, i once watched cork v tipp in a munster sfc game in the late '80's in front of 1,500, the 1994 munster final had a very poor crowd while last year had a very poor crowd for the munster hurling final.

lets face it the munster f. c gets too much coverage when you think that the ulster hurling gets no coverage in the sunday game and gets comparitive crowds to the waterford v clare munster sfc

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1688 - 10/07/2012 20:39:48    1214200

is the lower tier completely sold out already for the leinster final?

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 13/07/2012 14:27:37    1216581

lower cusack only has a handfull left,the lower canal and hogan have about 500 each left each

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 13/07/2012 19:45:11    1216871

20 thousand at thurles for the triple header yesterday wasnt great
limerick v clare in the gaelic grounds would have got 15 thousand on its own i would say
also considering cork had 13 thousand the week before v offaly i would not say the triple header was a success when you throw in the football curtain raiser

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/07/2012 12:55:11    1217657

hill16no1man I think Wexford brought undoubtedly the biggest crowd.
To be fair, Saturday afternoon/evening games dont suit everyone either, but when can you play them I suppose.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 15/07/2012 14:10:09    1217721

23,257 attendance in the Hyde

the circle has 2 sides (Sligo) - Posts: 69 - 15/07/2012 14:57:04    1217776

pinkie
your footballers bad result thaught ye would have kicked on after good match against us.yeah didnt look great crowd at the limerick v clare match on tv

good crowd at dr hyde park

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/07/2012 15:40:21    1217806

hill16no1man footballers were poor, they were afraid to take a shot at goal and looked to be lacking a game plan. Tipp were the better team and deserved the win.

A lot of the Wexford crowd left after the Wexford hurlers match, 2 games is enough but a lot of us dug deep for a third one!

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 15/07/2012 15:52:15    1217821

Pinkie

dissapointing for ye would have fancied yourselves and longford as outside bet to make the all ireland quarter finals.
yeah did it before when dublin played mayo in 2006 long day alright with 3 games haha

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/07/2012 16:52:35    1217889

very very poor crowd in thurlas i thought

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2967 - 15/07/2012 17:29:43    1217924

Nearly 15,000 in Cavan for the non-event !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 15/07/2012 18:59:53    1218059

yeah the cavan crowd was big and a good reception for seanie i believe from them

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 15/07/2012 19:33:25    1218119

Of course the 15,000 in Cavan only went to watch a football match . . .

MarkMyWords (Meath) - Posts: 522 - 15/07/2012 19:57:10    1218155