: Mon May 04, 2009 10:22 pm  

Frosties. wrote:

My thoughts exactly... City of Manchester Stadium would be a great venue, as would St James's Park.

Manchester....




why?

: Mon May 04, 2009 10:23 pm  

I thought the idea of these events was to promote the game having it in the heartlands would be pointless in imo.

[Frosties.]

: Mon May 04, 2009 10:25 pm  

Lawrie L wrote:

Manchester....




why?

Ground fits the bill (48'000, based on attendances this weekend, would be fine), just outside the city centre, easily accessed.. would look better on tv rather than a big half empty international stadium

: Mon May 04, 2009 10:26 pm  

Lawrie L wrote:

Manchester....




why?

Northern City so attendance would be a lot greater.
Leeds doesn't have a large enough stadium, neither does Hull, Bradford and it'd never be held in these three places for obvious reasons.

Only other northern possibilities would be Liverpool and Newcastle. Newcastle is still quite far for many fans and Liverpool is worse than Manchester.

[Frosties.]

: Mon May 04, 2009 11:40 pm  

Just a thought, but if anyone was thinking of London, few people have mentioned Wembley on forums, but that would take away the interest in the Challenge Cup Final imo. how about Arsenals Emirites stadium, or Twickers.

: Mon May 04, 2009 11:43 pm  

Frosties. wrote:

Just a thought, but if anyone was thinking of London, few people have mentioned Wembley on forums, but that would take away the interest in the Challenge Cup Final imo. how about Arsenals Emirites stadium, or Twickers.

Wouldn't be surprised if they didn't try and get it at the Emirates TBH, great stadium and great pitch. Obviously, it'd need to be moved until the end of the football season as I can't imagine Arsenal wanting 7 rugby games played on their pitch at the vital stage of the season.

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:57 am  

Leeds Rhinos Superman wrote:

I thought the idea of these events was to promote the game having it in the heartlands would be pointless in imo.

I said that back on page one

And whoever suggests London well is about all I can say on that one!! As well as promoting the game in a new area (which London isn't really) one of the fantastic things about the weekend is the way the fans can all mix together in and around the City Centre before during and after the games - if we took the event to London people would be so spread out across the whole City that you would lose this whole aspect of the event except perhaps in a pub near the ground just before kick off each day - the atmosphere of the whole weekend would be ruined if it went to London imo.

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:16 am  

I think Swindon would be great. It's about time RL made a push into the South West.

Nothing to do with it being near where I live or anything.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:21 am  

Leeds Rhinos Superman wrote:

Edinburgh.
Brilliant.

OI!

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:36 am  

I wouldn't mind seeing the magic weekend, if we must keep it going to somewhere like Dublin or even Spain? I have always had the feeling the reason for the magic weekends is to gauge the acceptance of rugby and whether fans will travel to these locations. based on that i suspect in a few years we'll have a team in SL from Scotland