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| Quote: Wire_74 "Cardiff is good but I would of liked somewhere in the heartlands in a Football Stadia that would of looked great full rather than a huge Stadium which won't look very good on TV with only half of it full. Elland Road.'"
Jack shoite around the stadium unlike Cardiff centre.
Open to the elements, mmmmmm luvverly in Leeds in Feb, was the snow off the ground then this past year?
7 games, on an open air pitch, over one weekend, towards the business end of the football season, yep can see uncle albert really going for that one.
Back in Cardiff, spot on.
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| Quote: Saddened! "It will be interesting to see if the rugby league community supports this move. Everyone moaned about the move to Edinburgh, a crticism I shared.
First game of the season is normally a bumper weekend of fixtures. If they come up with the best possible lineup of games we should see a near sellout of both days.
BUT can anyone see that realistically? I can't. 30,000 would be a success, but it's time the rugby league fans who get so wound up by the sports' lack of meaning in this country and the lack of media coverage actually support the sport and attend this.
What they should have done IMO is make all clubs add £15 to their season ticket price and then let them in free for this.'"
I can't see it being a sell out but I really hope the rugby league community get behind this and get the new season off with a bang and most importantly get this as much in the public eye for attendance figures and a great event rather than for negativity. You know it makes sense.
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| Brilliant news!
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| Quote: Saddened! "What they should have done IMO is make all clubs add £15 to their season ticket price and then let them in free for this.'"
I'd like that too, although doesn't help people actually get there / pay for accommodation.
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| I doubt it will sell out so why not do what the RFL did with the leeds-saints semi and just put tickets on sale for the side and two ends which will be on TV 1st? Sell bottom and middle tier tickets then once they sell out (hopefully) go from their.
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| Maybe an alternative to this, as season ticket holders not turning up could mean people missing out, would be to offer a discount to season ticket holders. Or if viable just great prices across the board. They're quite good anyway to be fair.
Also agree with the bottom and middle tier tickets first. Let's fill the bits that are on TV first then sell the rest. Cardiff Blues union did this a season or so back and it looked packed other than the wide pan conversion camera shots.
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| Terrible idea imo, Cardiff in feb. We better hope this coming winter is better than the last or else we wont even be able to get down there. Better choice than Edinburgh but I still think they should just scrap it or put it in the heartlands. Another poor attendance on the cards....
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| Quote: Bondi_Warrior "Terrible idea imo, Cardiff in feb. We better hope this coming winter is better than the last or else we wont even be able to get down there. Better choice than Edinburgh but I still think they should just scrap it or put it in the heartlands. Another poor attendance on the cards....'"
I've got to disagree. Think it is a great idea. Cardiff with the roof is the only viable option for a season opener. I also think the crowd will be way and above any of the other Magic Weekend's after four and half months of no club rugby league and the anticipation of the new season with new signings etc to factor in. Derby games look to be back too. Who would want to miss a derby game that was preceded by that amount of banter.
Great decision.
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| Quote: crucrucrusaders "Maybe an alternative to this, as season ticket holders not turning up could mean people missing out, would be to offer a discount to season ticket holders. Or if viable just great prices across the board. They're quite good anyway to be fair.
Also agree with the bottom and middle tier tickets first. Let's fill the bits that are on TV first then sell the rest. Cardiff Blues union did this a season or so back and it looked packed other than the wide pan conversion camera shots.'"
Against Glawsterr in the Heineken Cup. I was there & packing everybody into the bottom two tiers made for a much better atmosphere.
Can't wait for the 12th/13th Feb. As i'm the person responsible for sorting out the Saturday rota at work you can rest assured I won't be working that weekend!
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| Quote: Bondi_Warrior "Terrible idea imo, Cardiff in feb. We better hope this coming winter is better than the last or else we wont even be able to get down there. Better choice than Edinburgh but I still think they should just scrap it or put it in the heartlands. Another poor attendance on the cards....'"
this year we had one week in January where it snowed a bit - despite what the media would have you believe, the country carried on surviving.
In any month of the year you can have freak weather that would stop people getting to Cardiff, that is no reason not to attempt to host an event.
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| Quote: DAIHAPPY "Against Glawsterr in the Heineken Cup. I was there & packing everybody into the bottom two tiers made for a much better atmosphere.
Can't wait for the 12th/13th Feb. As i'm the person responsible for sorting out the Saturday rota at work you can rest assured I won't be working that weekend!'"
what is the temperature like in the stadium when its freezing cold outside? do they have a heating system?
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| Big mistake in my opinion, not the move, fully in favour of going back to Cardiff, but the timing is very poor in my opinion. No campsites open (how many of us stayed at Trecco Bay last time?), Valentine's Weekend, places guaranteed to up prices (take my word for it it's my wedding anniversary and it happens every year) and a normal weekend when everyone has to be back at work/school on the Monday. Imagine having that last game on the Sunday and then having to drive home and get up for work the next day. Had it been a week later it would have been half term and I'm sure more people with kids would have gone if they didn't have to have the kids back at school on Monday. All this is without taking the weather into consideration, we had heavy snow around that time this year, could affect travel arrangements for everyone.
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| Quote: saints35 bulls0 "this year we had one week in January where it snowed a bit - despite what the media would have you believe, the country carried on surviving.
In any month of the year you can have freak weather that would stop people getting to Cardiff, that is no reason not to attempt to host an event.'"
You clearly never had to travel down south last winter, and I seem to recall my mate having 4 flights cancelled to various parts of the UK in feb.
IMO it wont be a good crowd. I doubt i'll go simply because I dont want to have to spend all that money that early in the year. Maybe not as rich as some of you but after paying for a season ticket and christmas, ive not exactly got a lot of spare cash to spend on a weekend away in feb and I doubt im the only one.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Stadium
"The lower tier holds approximately 23,500 spectators, the middle tier holding 18,000 and the upper tier holding 33,000 spectators"
I'd definitely look to fill the bottom two tiers and then take it from there. Can't see us selling those out but worth a try and gives a feeling of it being full without being so.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Stadium
"The lower tier holds approximately 23,500 spectators, the middle tier holding 18,000 and the upper tier holding 33,000 spectators"
I'd definitely look to fill the bottom two tiers and then take it from there. Can't see us selling those out but worth a try and gives a feeling of it being full without being so.
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[quote="Johnny Rotten":11m80glq]Ever get the feeling you've been cheated[/quote:11m80glq]
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| Quote: saints35 bulls0 "what is the temperature like in the stadium when its freezing cold outside?'"
When i went for the Wales Rally GB in December a couple of years ago it wasn't too bad & that had a similar crowd in as we got for the last MM
Quote: saints35 bulls0 "do they have a heating system?'"
No, they breed 'em hard in the Valleys
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