Most likely at Blackpool next season. Happy with that. Should be a good day out www.loverugbyleague.com/news_149 ... kpool.html

Most likely at Blackpool next season. Happy with that. Should be a good day out www.loverugbyleague.com/news_149 ... kpool.html

Both NRC finals ive been to have been really good weekends so with more fans there it should make for a really good weekend.

Would prefer Headingley

Aren't there two stadiums at the Etihad complex now? Would be great to have all the clubs there as a full festival of rugby league.

Etihad has a 7000 sweater smaller stadium right next door.

Cannot see a magic weekend working at Championship level, they just dont have the fan bases for it, 12 clubs including possibly Bradford/Wakey and London will pull in around 6,000 to 8,000 fans in total IMO

It's a fine idea BUT!!!

Who is the target audience?
What is the actual aim of the event?

Except you wouldn't have more fans there, and those you did have would be spread out over 6 games and 2 days, so average of around 1,200 ,but with some games at 5/600

Not sustainable

The idea is fantastic,i just dont think championship rl is ready for a magic weekend at the moment which is reet sad.
They should focus "for now" on get 50 thousands through the gates on both days for SLs magic weekend

If the powers that be want to help the championship clubs,then they should start by unifying the rules across the leagues, IE,3 points,bonus point,overseas players etc

It could be doable john, but perhaps at a different venue, I'd suggest Batley, but with heavily subsidised transport and plenty of fun stuff going on within the stadium

Will this be an 'extra' fixture like in SL? As in playing a certain side 3 times? Can't say i'd be keen on that in a promotion/relegation scenario. Fev v Fax for example as a local derby whilst Leigh play Swinton for another derby. Would create an imbalance at both ends of a very tightly contested league. I'd hope they just pick one round of the regular season and make it the 'magic' round.

Cheese rolling?

Think you underestimate championship Rugby and how the fans like a day out. I know the magic weekend isn't a final but I think it would generate a lot of interest from The fans. Grand finals and NRC finals have often pulled in your estimate without Bradford and Wakey. It all depends on who plays who and how they split the the fixtures over the 2 days. Also depends where in the season they have it.

some of the below would have been higher, only many the finals were attended by Sheffield.

Grand Finals
2009 11,398
2010 9,443
2011 7,263
2012 6,409
2013 6,800

NRC
2009 8,720
2010 8,138
2011 8,822
2012 6,691
2013 4,179

Fevfan, write down how many fans each of the current top 10 Championship clubs take to an away match at Fev, then double it and you will have the number that would attend at Blackpool, add to that 1,500 from the Bulls or Wakey and that would be your total for the weekend

Then divide that by 6 , how many fans would get in early or would stay to watch another game, with the delights of Blackpool to be had?

The event would be a big loss maker and then not repeated IMO

Is it finished yet?

I think it'd be perfect for the Championship. You could have a proper festival of rugby league for the entire sport all on the same day.