23 quid to come to paradise, what a bargain.

Don't be scared of the electricity or running water for one day you will be blessed with such commodities.

"Hull" and "paradise" are two words seldom seen in the same sentence.

In Craven Park? Please!

Usually a good few don't get in as they're too pished!

Is there somewhere to leave my horseless carriage?

It seems to me you're quite a soft lot in East Hull if you're moaning about standing on an open terrace. Hasn't Gortex reached your part of the world yet ? It rains infrequently during the Superleague season, for the odd time it does I'm sure an investment of a tenner for a Regatta jacket wouldn't bankrupt you. What you get when you come to Headingley is like gold dust, heritage,history and something a little bit different from the rest of the soulless Lego newbuilds. Man up and stop playing the victim. We don't charge you extra for the suntan when the sun is blazing down on you.

Plenty of room on the east side of hull

Don't be confusing us with steptoes yard in the west

When did we last play at Headingley on anything other then a Friday evening? IIRC it was 2010 or 2011 and we got spanked 44-10 or something similar. No amount of sun makes up for that.

Well there is deffo 6 of us coming over, We'rethinking of using the free travel pass you get with the season ticket. it's the only place we don't like parking up...

If any of you guys are planning on coming over I would get a ticket pretty swiftly. The South (Zeebrugge) Stand has been allocated to local schools for the day so that is 1500 off the capacity straight away. By all accounts tickets for the rest of the ground have been selling well so the initial 1000 tickets may be all you get.
Its a pretty big occasion for us with the opening of the North Stand after years of toil. I think we have struck lucky with a club of Leeds stature as our first visitors. Safe journey for those that come over.

Those 1500 freebies are just Hudgell's way of getting that record attendance he is gearing towards. Personally I think he's jumped the gun on that one and done himself out of a few quid.

Not sure Neil Hudgell has done himself out of anything really. The new stand and the two usually well attended stands will be what he cares about being full, the South stand is just a good addition if we can get interest. He and his team are thinking long term and by gaining interest from kids who drag their parents to games it could well be the new season pass holders for 2015.

It would be nice to see a large Leeds following for the first real meaningful game of the season and I honestly think it is going to be a real humdinger of a match. Poore, Langley, Costigan and Weyman all looked well up for the big hits while Adam Walker last year really put himself about too. Add the Leeds big lads like Bailey and Peacock and it will be more like a train wreck than a rugby game!

For the big shots and some classic old school forward play the KC Lightstream (or Craven Park for the traditionalists) Stadium is the place to be on February 16th.

So you have 2 well attended stands, which should mean they sell themselves - no freebies required.
Then you have a brand new stand, which should drum up its own interest as people always like to have a nosey at something new + plus it has the 'I'm the first to sit in it factor', which also has away fan allocation.

I understand the reason behind free school tickets from a public perspective but I also believe stats play a part in it. If he does that against 4 of the big clubs and pulls off big attendances and a derby game thrown in to boot it makes the stats for the season look better when seeking sponsorships and funding from share holders.

Can't disagree with that analysis, we should sell out the East stand and the West stand, I'd hope a couple of thousand Leeds fans in the North stand with the rest made up of sponsors and HKR fans.

Yes free tickets is an easy way to fill a ground but likewise the potential repeat custom and how impressed the new sponsors in the new stand will be could create 10x the value of only part selling the ground out.

Either way a great game, a great atmosphere and the chance to see new signings playing at full tilt should be enough to drum up plenty of support on its own.

The away sections of the North is the 2 sections with the R and O lettering in the seats. So you are looking at around 850 seats for away supporters.