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Originally Posted by mceci1
There would be a reason for downsizing in arena, why go smaller when no other state gives to stuff's
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And yet the largest ever State of Origin crowd in history is 91,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Victoria.
Sounds like maybe other states do give two stuffs
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Originally Posted by mceci1
So why did they go to WA a few years back.
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Origin has never been to WA
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Originally Posted by mceci1
You want to put it down to ONE event, Bathurst made 3.1 million viewers last year in Australia, in Australia for the origin this year they hit 2.448 average with a peak of 3.6 million in the last game. So from an average point of view Bathurst is higher. 2017 isn't over yet, and our ratings only go off who tunes in to a show in Australia. After last years 1000 it will be close to a record breaker again.
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Yes ok
Tell that to all the media and TV bosses who give mountains more airtime & page space to Origin or a normal weekly round of the AFL or NRL than Bathurst gets for one event a year, and tell them that not as many people as they think are into football.