BBL Crowds

Huge crowd at the MCG tonight! The Melbourne Derby now has the four highest crowds in #BBL history.

Today was the highest selling non-Derby game in the Renegades’ history beating the previous record set in BBL07.

We are also likely to see crowds improve in the post-Christmas period as there are no more games at Geelong, one more at Canberra (played last night) and one in Coffs Harbour, with every other game being played at each team’s primary home ground. #BBL

Last season’s pre-Christmas average was 17,450 meaning the crowd at Manuka would have to be over 11,140 to beat this, however it is still comfortably bigger than any pre-Christmas period since 2017.

Pre-Christmas #BBL15 update: Scorchers v Sixers at Perth: 26,823 Renegades v Heat at Geelong: 10,043 Hurricanes v Thunder at Bellerive: 6,217 Sixers v Strikers at SCG: 20,110 Stars v Hurricanes at MCG: 19,034 Heat v Scorchers at Gabba: 24,277

#BBL15 Game 2 tonight with the Renegades hosting the Heat at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong. The average crowd at Geelong before Christmas is just 8,784 so hopefully that can be comfortably beaten tonight. #BBL

26,823 for the first game of #BBL15 despite some bad weather delaying the start

#BBL is back! #BBL15 kicks off tonight with the Scorchers hosting the Sixers at Optus/Perth Stadium. Last year the Scorchers broke the crowd record for a season opener with 30,469. Can they beat that tonight?

JUST IN: Tonight’s KFC #BBL14 ‘The Qualifier’ has been sold out, with the League’s largest ever Finals crowd in Hobart set to turn Ninja Stadium purple. 🙌

Overall, the shortened seasoned appears to have been a success and resulted in a better viewing experience for both spectators and TV viewers.

Every club had average crowd increases over the regular season: Strikers: 28,616 (21,105 last season) Heat: 25,765 (16,699) Hurricanes: 7,982 (7,068) Stars: 22,655 (20,690) Renegades: 18,251 (11,967) Scorchers: 35,658 (26,490) Sixers: 19,825 (17,128) Thunder: 12,281 (10,546)

#BBL13 The average crowd (including finals) increased by 28.6% from 16,720 to 21,505. There were 20* fewer games this season, meaning the total attendance decreased from 1,019,892 to 881,701.

43,153 👏 The biggest crowd of #BBL13!

11,173 at a sold-out Manuka Oval in Canberra tonight. This is the 4th highest crowd at the venue in #BBL history!

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41,205 at Marvel Stadium tonight - the 5th biggest crowd #BBL crowd ever at the venue!

A huge 41,027 at the SCG tonight - the highest home crowd in Sydney Sixers history! @SixersBBL @scg #BBL13

27,124 at the Gabba tonight for Heat v Hurricanes. #BBL13

30,011 at the @MCG tonight for Stars v Sixers. #BBL13