Kids just love their footy
More than 105,000 junior attendees have flocked to AFL games around the country as part of the AFL's Kids Go Free month, which provided all kids under the age of 15 free tickets to any match.
Over rounds 14-16, the free ticketing initiative has given families a chance to enjoy live football with special entertainment and offers to help boost the experience.
Round 17 is the last weekend of the promotion, which kicks off tomorrow night at GMHBA Stadium with a top of the table clash between Geelong and Melbourne.
The overall percentage of junior attendees for the rounds was 14.6 per cent, which sees an increase in pre-covid numbers of junior attendees based on the pre-covid average of 11.7 per cent for Sunday Funday promotions of junior attendance.
The Gold Coast v Collingwood match in round 16 had the highest percentage of juniors in the crowd at 21 per cent, which also marked the highest attended match this season at Metricon Stadium.
Round 15 Friday night's Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn attracted the highest percentage of juniors in Victoria for a single match with 20.6 per cent attendees.
The highest number of juniors at one single match was in round 15, Geelong Cats v Richmond – with 10,333 kids under the age of 14 in attendance to support both clubs.
General manager commercial and customer Kylie Rogers said the Kids Go Free promotion was the perfect way to encourage kids and families back to the footy over the school holidays.
"We are thrilled to see over 100,000 junior attendees at the footy in the last three weeks, which brings the attendance numbers up well past pre-Covid times. Kids love the footy, and we're so pleased to see them back at the game in force the last few weeks," she said.
"Over 4 million fans have attended a game so far this season, and we are looking forward to the momentum of the last few weeks propelling us into the final part of the home and away season, ahead of an exciting finals series."
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