I'm not sure they are set. I see 14k as a potential, and yes to tap into it, the product should be better (in general, not just the Jets).
There were 14k just a few years ago for the first home game against Perth if I remember well - to be fair, there was a family offer with free tickets, but the interest is potentially there
Agree with this - the fact is we have packed that stadium out a number of times. It is a designated multipurpose stadium so we will always be pushed there and Con wanted us there from day one. If we had only had crowds of 3-4000 on a regular basis over the years you could look at a move, but we had 7000 plus at our first two games. Where else in the Hunter can you fit 7000?
I have often thought the obvious thing was to refurb those awful grass hills and close both top decks in the stands, making the crowd more compact. They did this for a Matildas game once and 15,000 looked great.
No2 is far too small - a capacity of only 5000 and 800 seats. Members expect more, prawn eaters, like myself, who put our hard earned into the club, won't sit on a grass hill either.
Either get a new boutique stadium or harden up and make do with what we have.
Only one bloke on this foz constantly makes me laugh Plague and it ain't you - MFKS
I don't think anyone is saying we have somewhere to move to right now, cause there obviously isn't.
But we are currently losing money, so we need to find an alternative. The TV deal is done and only going to get less the next time round, so there's no point relying on that to save anyone. So either we attract bigger crowds, or we cut costs. Personally I think we would have a better chance if we could afford to build our own 8000-12,000 seater stadium somewhere than we do increasing our average crowds to 14,000. But there's probably little chance of us both finding an owner willing to take on the club and get further into debt to try and save it, so realistically I think we should just enjoy it while it lasts.
Precisely
Steal someone's ground around town and just take over and build it up
Get a couple of government grants into it and we can turn it into a stadium seating 8k in no time
After all it's little more than concrete and steel mainly
This is where we fail as if we were a "club" we would be looking to do this
Instead we are a franchise so it ain't on the agenda
That goose Lowy failed us all with his McFranchise League set up
Sadly, you don't remember well - there was only 7k in attendance for the Perth game, which when you consider kids went free and it was the first match of the season is very low. The Jets would average 3-5k crowds over the past three seasons which means the atmosphere is always non existence. Looks really shit on TV as well, which doesn't make people want to attend.
The idea of the Jets building a boutique stadium is crazy. The ends won't justify the means. We get crowds of less than 5000, so a No. 2 would be perfect. Jets could easily work with NC Council to install additional seating and all of a sudden the Jets are selling out every home game. Good atmosphere, looks good on TV, players buzz off it and want to be a part of it.
If we then see some success and get investment and the need arises, the case for a boutique stadium grows but it is nowhere near right now. Not even close.
Found the link:
https://www.ultimatealeague.com/match/?match_id=1725
Attendance was 14,833
Round 2, 2017/2018
If I remember correctly there was once a venue in the western suburbs of Newcastle.
It was privately owned.
I believe Rupert approved. He thought it were a “super” venue.
Then it went to the dogs.
Seems like it was all a big “con”
looks like Dartsmelia's turn to wear a suit to sign autographs this week so obviously not in the squad....