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Is the rugby league community ready to move the Grand Final to Wembley?

It depends on the cost of renting Wembley compared to the cost of rent OT really.

There would be some benefits to it but right now the GF makes money, something we dont have a lot of.

Salford playing every other week in a 40,000 stadium in front of 5,000 people wouldn't do anyone any good. I'd keep the Challenge Cup final at Wembley and the Super LEague Grand Final at Old Trafford, but I'd look at redevleoping Odsal with the intention of holding England mid-season internationals, Challenge Cup semi-finals and maybe even the Championship Grand Finals. A stadium which guarantees 100% of the income on match days stays within the sport is vital, even more so in the present economic climate.

We should stick with OT for the Grand Final. I wouldn't like to see the stripe of red empty Club Wembley seats at the GF

Only if they move the challenge cup final back to May or June.

How much would it actually cost to

a) build
b) run yearly

40-50k should do. That's a realistic aim for internationals, semi finals, WCC, etc. I think if it was any bigger, it'd be a white elephant. In fact, I think the only way to stop it being a white elephant would be to share it with a soccer club. There simply aren't enough internationals and other events to justify RL having their own ground, but I do think that having a "national stadium" would have benefits.

I have to completely disagree about it having to be in Manchester. There are already too huge stadiums in Manchester. We wouldn't get any business at the RL ground as the majority of bookings would be at those grounds.
I think Leeds would be an ideal location. Huge city. No 40k+ grounds in the entire county. Dead centre of the M62. Great transport links from all over the country. And most importantly, there are a lot of RL fans on the doorstep (which is very important). If it was in Manchester or Huddersfield, you'd struggle for numbers to fill it.

They should sort out the sport nevermind build a national stadium.

Possibly the most unproductive and useless post I've read on here.

Just be a man and admitt it Wellsy your response to that post is nonsense

"They should sort the sport out". How is that productive? What needs sorting? Why? How? How would a national stadium not help?

It's a throw away negative comment that means absolutely nothing.