It's a fantastic "problem" to have in all fairness.

What will be interesting next year will be availability of tickets. As things are looking Connacht will be in the European Champions Cup. Also Connacht are playing a brand of rugby that is most entertaining. As such one would expect that the number of season ticket holders could potentially increase significantly for the new season. This has a knock-on effect of there being significantly fewer tickets available on a game by game basis. This further makes the purchase of a season ticket more important. And then this brings up the issue of how to increase capacity at the sportsground. If this is not addressed soon there will likely be a lot of disappointed connacht fans never mind travelling supporters to the sportsground.

Nice one. Wonder how they managed that?

If they can get that number in for both remaining games that would give them a season average of 5,229 which would be fantastic (by Connacht standards) after such a slow start.

I'd say a lot of these tickets are "corporate" tickets as well (i.e. a pint and a programme for forty quid extra). 7:15 kick off should mean brisk business at the bar. I'm sure they'll be pushing season tickets with every opportunity as well.

Make hay whilst the sun shines.

Evil_g wrote: 7,800? Capacity was 7,300 for the Leinster game. Have they increased it?

Yes, tweet from Connacht said "with stadium capacity extended to a season record of 7800"

7,800? Capacity was 7,300 for the Leinster game. Have they increased it?

Happily you lads can do your stats in advance this week:
7800 total sellout already

Can't wait for this, two tough losses in a row.....someone is going to feel the backlash and who better than Munster!

I believe capacity is reduced on health and safety grounds. The only difference between this weekend's configuration and the first Toulouse game was the temporary seated stand, which certainly doesn't account for a difference of 1800 in capacity.

Connacht v.	2015-16		2014-15	2013-14	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Newport Gwent Dragons	3,624		4123	4,033	4,958	3,706	1,371	1,485
Cardiff Blues	3,274		5247	5,168	3,869	3,996	1,856	1,425
Zebre	3,994		5486	4,084	4,856
Edinburgh Rugby	3,834		5267	4,038	4,930	4,324	1,586	1,460
Benetton Treviso	3,443		3880	3,850	4,112	3,614	1,563
Ulster Rugby	5,876		5921	5,485	6,463	5,017	3,761	2,435
Scarlets	5,292		5631	4,172	4,074	3,408	1,135	1,756
Ospreys	5,279		5226	3,888	4,680	4,107	2,035	1,412
Leinster Rugby	7,300		5917	7,210	5,813	6,582	4,582	3,250
Munster Rugby			7745	6,227	7,789	7,022	4,795	4,125
Glasgow Warriors			4430	4,185	6,081	4,189	1,268	1,982
Average	4,657		5,352	4,758	5,239	4,597	2,395	2,148

Can someone tell Gerry Thornley that a crowd of 7,300 at the Sportsground isn't a record, or even all that unusual?

Anyway, two more sell outs (which I'd hope we can bank upon at this stage) would bring us to an average attendance of 5,138 for the season.

(Why is the maximum capacity so significantly lower this year than even last season? [edit] It must've been that temporary stand on the Main Stand side....not as pointless as it looked if it could accommodate an extra 500)

Stolen from the Scum V Forum . Accurate as of the middle of February.


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It's also the first game this season when the attendance was higher than in the corresponding game last year. Disappointing to see attendances back as results improve, though obviously there's some big ones to come.

I think last night was a record attendance for an Ospreys game.

Connacht v.	2015-16		2014-15	2013-14	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Newport Gwent Dragons	3,624		4,123	4,033	4,958	3,706	1,371	1,485
Cardiff Blues	3,274		5,247	5,168	3,869	3,996	1,856	1,425
Zebre	3,994		5486	4,084	4,856
Edinburgh Rugby	3,834		5267	4,038	4,930	4,324	1,586	1,460
Benetton Treviso	3443		3880	3,850	4,112	3,614	1,563
Ulster Rugby	5876		5921	5,485	6,463	5,017	3,761	2,435
Scarlets	5292		5,631	4,172	4,074	3,408	1,135	1,756
Ospreys	5279		5226	3,888	4,680	4,107	2,035	1,412
Leinster Rugby			5,917	7,210	5,813	6,582	4,582	3,250
Munster Rugby			7745	6,227	7,789	7,022	4,795	4,125
Glasgow Warriors			4430	4,185	6,081	4,189	1,268	1,982
Average	4,327		5,352	4,758	5,239	4,597	2,395	2,148

Bang on there Benji, started bringing my nearly 7yr old daughter last year and she has 'managed' four games including Munster away. Easiest being Munster away because she had a seat and wasn't baltic. A few treats helped of course!

I'd say its going to be fairly busy from now on at the sportsground. I live in Dublin and get down when I can. The one thing thats badly missed is a decent stand where people with kids can sit down.
They had a temporary stand up a few years ago. It's location wasnt great but at least you could sit and enjoy the game. Its not kid or elderly friendly. I know you can go upstairs but I'd rather watch it in the Foxhunters than a fishbowl.
I love standing up myself at the games but I like to bring the young lad who is 8.

I would expect the attendances to rise significantly for the rest of the season. There is a heightened excitement about Connacht right now. At work it was only really myself that ever spoke about rugby but the past couple of weeks there has been a significant increase in discussion about Connacht Rugby. I've become Mr Popular all of a sudden.

Evil_g. Amazing stats. Thanks.

Good crowd yesterday but we're still well down on recent seasons. World Cup? Weather? Fewer Season Tickets without the muliaina-effect?

Still, we've a lot of big names to visit yet (including Munster and Leinster), so hopefully we can get a 5k through the gate a few more times before the end of the season.

Connacht v.	2015-16		2014-15	2013-14	2012-13	2011-12	2010-11	2009-10
Newport Gwent Dragons	3,624		4,123	4,033	4,958	3,706	1,371	1,485
Cardiff Blues	3,274		5,247	5,168	3,869	3,996	1,856	1,425
Zebre	3,994		5486	4,084	4,856
Edinburgh Rugby	3,834		5267	4,038	4,930	4,324	1,586	1,460
Benetton Treviso	3443*		3880	3,850	4,112	3,614	1,563
Ulster Rugby	5876		5921	5,485	6,463	5,017	3,761	2,435
Scarlets	5292		5,631	4,172	4,074	3,408	1,135	1,756
Ospreys			5226	3,888	4,680	4,107	2,035	1,412
Leinster Rugby			5,917	7,210	5,813	6,582	4,582	3,250
Munster Rugby			7745	6,227	7,789	7,022	4,795	4,125
Glasgow Warriors			4430	4,185	6,081	4,189	1,268	1,982
Average	4,191		5,352	4,758	5,239	4,597	2,395	2,148

*Treviso attendance as recorded as per the Pro 12 website. It was announced as 4334 at the game.