NRL ovals, fields and stadiums on foursquare
In my previous post, I looked at the number of checkins on foursquare at AFL facilities. This time, I’m looking at NRL facilities. The list of stadiums I’ve included are based on austadiums’s list. I love data like this for several reasons.
First, it helps to give an idea of the size of specific fan communities and their engagement with social media. (Though Foursquare doesn’t indicate true size of a social media community for a team. Some groups just trend towards certain sites and services. Universal statements are dumb and often wrong. Give me an unfounded statement and I will happily see if I can drive a truck through it.)
Next, Foursquare is probably one of the better services out there, outside of a team’s own mobile applications through app providers like Apple and their own analytics regarding browser usage, for getting an idea as to the size of the community using mobile devices and if this group is worth targeting.
Third, foursquare can give an idea as to the geographic distribution of a league’s fanbase who use mobile devices. This can then be compared to other geographic patterns on sites like blogger, bebo, LiveJournal and facebook. You’re not necessarily getting information on where fans live but you could begin to do an interesting analysis on patterns of what fans do and where their geographic center is. This could be interesting because for some teams, they share a facility in a larger city. A lot of fans will list their location as say Melbourne, where the actual core of Melbourne is about one square mile. People just chose to list that, instead of say St. Kilda.
That out of the way, the table below is sorted by the number of total checkins. The top facility not shared by the AFL is Sydney Football Stadium. It is also the top non-shared AFL/NRL facility. Suncorp Stadium is the next biggest non-shared use facility. It too is an NRL facility. Brunswick St Oval is actually the first non-shared use AFL facility and 98 checkins. The next two non-shared use facilities are also AFL. In either case, I felt kind of surprised that the NRL facilities had as many checkins as they did. I was under the impression that rugby league country was not as into the social media scene as areas dominated by the AFL.
Facility | Name | Type | Link | Checkins | Unique Visitors | Mayor | League | Date checked | ||
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 | 858 | 427 | -417965 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||
Etihad Stadium | Etihad Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/306196 | 652 | 338 | sydlow | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||
Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium | Arcade | http://foursquare.com/venue/283386 | 240 | 160 | meaghery | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
ANZ Stadium | ANZ Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/283387 | 164 | 122 | -528533 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||
Suncorp Stadium | Suncorp Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/280326 | 163 | 73 | kiwichops | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney Cricket Ground | Cricket | http://foursquare.com/venue/283942 | 135 | 103 | franksting | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||
Westpac Stadium (NZ) | Westpac Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/284409 | 98 | 50 | -970084 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
North Sydney Oval | North Sydney Oval | Field | http://foursquare.com/venue/283943 | 64 | 31 | -348573 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||
Olympic Park Stadium | Olympic Park | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/281708 | 34 | 24 | ignatiusw | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Skilled Park | Skilled Park Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/280351 | 28 | 17 | stormgc | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Mt Smart Stadium (NZ) | Mt Smart Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/527773 | 26 | 15 | waynemcdougall | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Eden Park (NZ) | Eden Park | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/402456 | 25 | 20 | istevenxue | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521 | 24 | 22 | kristibarrow | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||
Sydney Showground | Sydney Showground Showbag Pavilion | Other – Entertainment | http://foursquare.com/venue/2205142 | 21 | 19 | ozgenre | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Wentworth Park | Wentworth Park Sporting Complex | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/283382 | 20 | 16 | tontenn | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
AAMI Stadium | AAMI Stadium | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396 | 17 | 15 | dlparkinson | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||
Canberra Stadium | Canberra Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/1931296 | 17 | 14 | static_22 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney Football Stadium Gym | http://foursquare.com/venue/1172841 | 16 | 8 | acknudsen | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Brookvale Oval | Brookvale Oval | Field | http://foursquare.com/venue/2080839 | 15 | 9 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
WIN Stadium | WIN Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/283427 | 15 | 12 | -624380 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
EnergyAustralia Stadium | energy australia stadium | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/736079 | 14 | 12 | -865681 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Dairy Farmers Stadium | Dairy Farmers Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/280349 | 14 | 6 | sun_doll | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Wentworth Park | Wentworth Park | http://foursquare.com/venue/489507 | 13 | 12 | -107846 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
AMI Stadium (NZ) | AMI Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/710117 | 12 | 9 | -550794 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Parramatta Stadium | parramatta stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/982075 | 12 | 11 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/2141884 | 11 | 10 | whatsonthetube | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||
Skilled Park | Skilled Park | http://foursquare.com/venue/569889 | 11 | 4 | lenier | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Arena Joondalup | Arena Joondalup | http://foursquare.com/venue/638995 | 10 | 5 | darciehutton | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | |||
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) | North Harbour Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/998991 | 9 | 6 | nzrhodes | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Redfern Oval | Redfern Oval | http://foursquare.com/venue/612522 | 9 | 9 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||
Concord Oval | Concord Oval | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/1445824 | 7 | 4 | bodman456 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||
Leichhardt Oval | Leichhardt Oval | http://foursquare.com/venue/641895 | 6 | 4 | -348916 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
ANZ Stadium | corp box47 Anz stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/1963449 | 5 | 3 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||||
ANZ Stadium | Dogs V Rooters Anz Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/1991847 | 5 | 5 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||||
Sydney Showground | Sydney Showground | Other – Entertainment | http://foursquare.com/venue/283436 | 5 | 4 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Henson Park | Henson Park- Home of The Newtown Jets | http://foursquare.com/venue/1953234 | 4 | 4 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | http://foursquare.com/venue/480417 | 4 | 4 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||||
Toyota Stadium | Toyota Stadium | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/2019113 | 4 | 4 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Etihad Stadium | Victoria Room – Etihad Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/2280290 | 4 | 4 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||||
Belmore Sports Ground | Belmore Sports Ground | http://foursquare.com/venue/2486212 | 3 | 2 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||
Brookvale Oval | Brookvale Oval | Other – Parks & Outdoor | http://foursquare.com/venue/2196016 | 3 | 2 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | http://foursquare.com/venue/2618227 | 3 | 1 | damiendempsey | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | |||
ANZ Stadium | anz stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/1261797 | 2 | 2 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||||
Etihad Stadium | Etihad Stadium | Other – Parks & Outdoor | http://foursquare.com/venue/2396681 | 2 | 2 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | |||
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/2947320 | 2 | 2 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | |||
Erskineville Oval | Erskineville Oval | Field | http://foursquare.com/venue/2228510 | 1 | 1 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Lidcombe Oval | Lidcombe Oval | http://foursquare.com/venue/1394063 | 1 | 1 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) | http://foursquare.com/venue/2618210 | 1 | 1 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | ||||
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) | North Harbour Stadium | Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/624327 | 1 | 1 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney Cricket Ground | Football | http://foursquare.com/venue/2901481 | 1 | 1 | NRL | 27-Apr-10 | |||
Wentworth Park | Wentworth Park | Park | http://foursquare.com/venue/2945683 | 1 | 1 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | |||
Central Coast Stadium | Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium | http://foursquare.com/venue/2940324 | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||
Browne Park | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Campbelltown Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Carrara Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Cazalys Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Cessnock Sportsground | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Clive Berghofer Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Coffs Harbour International Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||||||
Dolphin Oval | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
LaTrobe City Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Lavington Sports Ground | 0 | 0 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||||||
ME Bank Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 28-Apr-10 | ||||||
Penrith Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Port Macquarie Regional Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Pratten Park | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
QLD Group Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Rugby Park Stadium (NZ) | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Seiffert Oval | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Stockland Park | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
Western Weekender Stadium | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 | ||||||
WACA Ground | 0 | 0 | NRL | 29-Apr-10 |