Wonder what the reason for the huge gap between home fixtures in the middle of the season is.

Saints at home on 1st April.
If anyone can recall how it went when we played them on that date back in 1990 we're in for a belter.

Doubt if there’s any ‘reason’ other than not building support and attendance! No home games from May 20th to July 21st must be some new kind of RFL torture.

Too many matches either Thurs or Sunday. Wish I'd got the 5 game ticket now as will struggle to get to most games.

These are Super League fixtures, not the RFL.

Anyway, this sort of stuff is usually a request from the club, but for what purpose I don't know.

We only have the 1 home game on a Sunday but I agree we have far too many Thursday home games, there needs to be some, sky pay a lot for coverage and want to show games on a Thursday which is fair enough but 5 home games on Thursdays is far more than our fair share.

Apparently Leeds requested 4 weeks for the pitch to be renovated or something similar. Why can't this be done after the last game of the season as the union side no longer use it in the winter. Very poor from the club imo if that is the case.

"Large stadium event" early June



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Boxing match maybe ? Cant see a rock concert being allowed

Fallen perfect for me. I'm on holiday near Toulouse that same weekend

Hate the Thursday fixtures but not a lot Leeds can do about that.

I think its pretty poor by Leeds having no home fixtures for two months in the middle of summer. No thought for the fans and only about cashing in. They also only mention this once the season ticket renewal deadline has passed conveniently. Now we get a bit of overkill on home fixtures at the start and end of the season rather than spread out evenly across the season.

I have renewed for next season but may look at a five fixture membership the following season if we are to continue with Thursday matches as no doubt we will have some more of our Friday matches moved to a Thurs later in the season when Sky pick the fixtures they wish to showcase.

Totally agree. I'm fuming about it. Thurs night games are damaging the sport too imo. Bad for attendance figures.

We need to start making some serious coin to fill the shortfall by the pandemic, concerts, strongest man or boxing I couldn't care less, get these events in I say.

While a month is a HUGE gap for attendances, I'd like to think we've learned our lessons from the absolute cabbage patch the pitch was in after the boxing last year so fair play for that.
This is the pitfall of having a stadium that can be multi use, we need to accept there will be sacrifices for the greater good. Exhibitions and little parties keep us ticking but big city events will really bring in the coin.
While not ideal, the faster we can claw back some £££ and potentially woo some nice corporate sponsors then all power to Darth.

I get what you're saying and agree to a large extent I do still think it could have been better planned. It also could damage our league position as to get a few wins over month away from home will take some doing.

Surely as a rugby league stadium, rugby league gets priority. Alienating your rugby league supporters isn't going to help revenue.

I'm happy for the stadium to host big events to bring in extra revenue as long as it doesn't impact the main purpose for the stadium. Alternatively, be open to your supporters prior to renewals that you intend on playing away from home for two months in the middle of the summer so supporters can decide for themselves before parting their hard earned cash.