Quote: pyeman "If you think introducing rl to mancs is as important to introducing it to the scots and welsh thats upto you, i personally dont, they have sl on there doorstep and choose not to watch, scottish people and welsh people dont so i think its more important to give them a taste of sl to spread the game outside the m62 corridor, having it in manchester will not do this.
I could equally point out you have no evidence to back up your points and that these are just your opinions, i think that people will spread out round manchester, wont arrive long before there club plays and wont stay as long due many of them being able to go the short ride home instead of hanging round outside the ground, leading to a less concentrated amount of rl fans, so we wont have the atmosphere of say rose street in Edinburgh, which was probably the best thing about the event in previous years.
There will be a big reduction on people going for the whole weekend as its much easier and cheaper (especially for lancastrian fans) just to pop down the road for the day, when people are there for the weekend they might not watch all the games but they will watch most of them and when they arent they will be mingling with other rugby fans, if they are there for the day there going to see a maximum of 3 or 4 games (depending on which day they go) so the ground wont have as many fans at any one time. In previous years most fans i spoke to were there for a full weekend, this will unlikely be the case this year leading to a poorer atmosphere inside and outside the stadium.
I agree you cant please everyone, some will always be unhappy, i've been a big fan of previous magic weekends and have talked them up as a great weekend away to the fans i have met, imho moving it to manchester has taken away the best reasons for having the weekend and i find myself asking what is the point in the magic weekend? And how do they ever expect the weekend the be a success if they keep moving it around and dont allow it to put down roots?'"
How many locals attended the Cardiff and Edinburgh weekends? Very few, I would imagine.
Holding a round of SL games in a stadium is NOT exposing the local area to the game. Rather it's exposing the local businesses to RL fans' cash, which is precisely why those cities paid for the pleasure. Can anyone demonstrate any RL growth in Cardiff or Edinburgh following the Magic Weekends?
I find it odd you think a shorter journey will make people less likely to attend. I can see your logic, but it's a flawed argument. On one hand you say it's easier and cheaper for fans to 'pop down the road for the day', and then you complain there will be a reduction in weekend ticket sales as a result. That may be true, however, if (as you say) it's so easy and cheap to pop down the road for the day we will see a big increase in day tickets, which will more than make up any decrease in weekend ticket sales.
How many fans only bought day tickets to see their own clubs against how many bought the full weekend ticket at the Cardiff and Edinburgh weekends?
Don't come, that's fine. You probably won't enjoy it anyway. For me, it's a great stadium with an appropriate capacity, and it's handy for the majority of the heartlands. It'll be a great weekend absolutely regardless of any unsubstantiated theories you spout.
