How about Blackpool? Plenty of places to stay if you wanted, lots of diverse entertainment 24 hours a day & Bloomfield road wouldn't look half empty on the telly like Cardiff! Would have to be in the summer of course.
I like the French option too, although that would be a issue with some due to the cost.

Edinburgh isnt great.

Having been and stayed there, And been to Cardiff. The ground at Edinburgh is just too far from the city. Our B & B owner, Had no idea there was anything on at Murrayfield, So it wasnt well advertised

Cardiff, All the bars etc are within short walking distance, The stadium is great. But, The RFL have to work at getting it Full.


I would love it to be in Dublin, But thats so expensive when there, And, So is Paris, Having just got back there too.

Blackpool as a host town would be fantastic but Bloomfield road has only got a capacity of about 16k or so (off the top of my head, I could be wrong) which is no where near big enough

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And of course is a soccer ground. You have no chance.

It would only work in either Cardiff or Edinburgh.

We already have a london jolly up.

Dublin is too expensive.

The one factor for me would be how to keep the folks in the ground rather than them turning up and the buggering off after their team has played.

Armed guards, razor wire and attack dogs?

If they played it in the may bank hol, would the football season be over! Newcastle, liverpool and sheffield would sound good to me!

On the football ground i agree, never going to happen, no club will want 7 games of rugby on their ground

Dublin agree, plus any Magic weekend off the main land will see tiny crowds no matter what we like to think and dream.

I disagree with your London jolly up point though, that is only in the main for the 2 clubs in the final, i know some people go no matter who is playing but it isn't strictly for everyone.

Trouble with Cardiff for me is the plus point for everyone else, too many pubs too close to the ground, it's always get in the pub until 10 mins before your team starts then back in the pub when they finish.

The stadium needs to stop selling beer at stadium prices and keep everyone in, i think the Olympic Stadium in 2013 is a must for Magic. You know as well as me that a few people play and watch RL in London, far more than Cardiff and Edinburgh plus the heartland supporters will stay over which is good for the hotel/tourist trade. Only problem i forsee is that West Ham/Tottenham may have moved in and it could be a non starter, Twickers is an option too, but some people won't be too impressed with that.

Amsterdam please.

I dont agree with the suggestions we should use the Olympic stadium. For start they are keeping the running track meaning the fans are gonna be too far away from the pitch and theres also the fact that London is an over priced grot hole that (apart from Quins fans) Is too far to travel to when there are other alternatives

there needs to be a concerted decision as to what the 'Magic Weekend' is for before we can decide where it should be. Personally, being in favour of a 16 team franchised SL I'd like to see MW used as a mid season 'day out' to balance out the calendar, with there being an additional 'opening weekend'. This would give you a big four events of Opening Weekend, Magic Weekend, CC Final, Grand Final.

Opening Weekend IMO should be at Old Trafford, mirroring the end of the season, culminating in a rematch of the Grand Final on Sunday evening. This to be a big hyped-up weekend in February to get the media's attention and start the season with a bang.

MW should then be a party basically, a mid-year day out, and as such should IMO be somewhere we're looking to grow the game, with it moving around year to year. A couple of suggestions then would be

Tolouse (French Catalonia)-Stade Municipal
Barcelona (Catalonia)-Esta Olimpic Lluis Companys
Cardiff (South Wales)-Millenium Stadium
London (East London)-Olympic Stadium
Sheffield (South Yorkshire)-Bramall Lane