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NRL ovals, fields and stadiums on foursquare

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 29 April, 2010

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

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