I've said it before and I'll say it again - Magic Weekend at the Olympic Stadium would be a winner. The novelty value of it being in that stadium would draw large crowds from the north and curious Londoners, the Park itself is well served with facilities that would make it a great family day out, and there's plenty of (affordable) hotels in east London (not to mention great connections to the north via Kings Cross.

Of course, I fully expect the RU / NFL to do this first...

My daughter and her boyfriend were at Twickenham the other day. She is a Chelsea fan as well as an occasional bronco attendee....she did say that shed be embarrassed to take her boyfriend to a broncos game after that......quins got more than we did in nearly 3 seasons for 1 game.......
I've been saying it since I joined here......if you don't market it you may as well not bother.......

I do like the idea of taking big SL matches on the road. We need to be ambitious and I think it is refreshing to see that there is still some ambition within SL. Even if it's slightly misdirected in the piece above.

I quite like the idea of having the GF in London. I think that would be interesting. Although moving from Old Trafford would be a massive gamble. Just imagine if Ben Flower threw that punch in the capital. Mayhem.

of course the majority of the fans won't turn up regularly but the point is they have made the effort and given themselves a potential 70k new fans. they'll convert a fraction of these into regulars but its still a job well done

I wonder how much Quins & saracens spend on marketing these games. Seem to adverts all over the place for the games when I was down there.

Grand final in London won't work because teams only qualify a week before and that is too short notice for fans to arrange travel and hotels.

As for on the road I'd rather the Magic Weekend kept moving around, the Olympic Stadium and Liverpool being two possible venues.