Dunno how you could separate that out TBH.

It is a pretty standard way of accounting, the same happens with season ticket holders at regular games.

Will everyone stop banging on about using the COM stadium you can only hold x amount of non football events at this ground. These are concerts as they bring in far more cash.

Edinburgh hasn't been the success Cardiff was......time to move it to another city...How about Paris? or London? or even back to welsh wales even.....

Wembley for the Magic weekend but use Spring Bank instead, makes it more viable for full family weekends for those who don't watch the games to visit the London sites.

Then Murrayfield for the Challange Cup Final!!!

The agreement the RFL has with Wembley is 1 major event per year minimum so it's not as if the dwindling interest in the CC would be a problem.

WTF?!!

Wish we was!

You mean the weekend when Wembley hosts the football league play-offs? That would be an interesting logistical challenge.

nah

Moron ball can go elsewhere

Please don't ban me for this, but I actually watched that 2005 NR Cup Final when I got in last night to cheer myself up!

You were the one getting nasty my friend.



See there you go again making assumptions.



How many tri-nations and world cup games have we had in this country? How many played at either of the two football stadiums in Manchester? As I said plenty of chances for them to have RL there if they wanted it.



You are the one wanting to move it and in case you've not being paying attention we've had some pretty bad floods around that time of year.



Eh? If you buy a season ticket for a club are you counted once or every time you attend?



No idea, ask the RFL, though I've no idea how you find out how many bought a ticket for one day but stayed overnight either.



Ah, you see I thought you meant bring the event back home, why does RL need another event in the "heartlands" there are enough reasons to hold events every weekend during the season, it is up to the clubs to make them special, in fact one club did but they got nothing but flack for doing it so how can they win?



In case you weren't aware, Sky gives wall to wall coverage of these and so does the newspapers, you'd be failing on one of the key factors of a big event like this if you discounted those factors.



Have you been to one of these events? Have you thought about why it is not idea to have a full house?



Someone has already stated why CoM wouldn't be interested, I would think there are other stadiums that would be interested in staging a one off game where restrictions aren't as tough.



You seem to have the belief that fans are compelled to go, if the don't want to they won't, if they can't afford it they won't go, they have the choice of a great weekend away in a different part of the country with my way, your way strips them of that choice.

At last someone understands the value of the event.

Man City are not interested in rugby and HAVE gone on record saying they DON'T want rugby being played there.

Using Old Trafford devalues the Grand Final.

Reebok is in the middle of nowhere and too small

DW is a league stadium so err... no

Anfield is in the middle of a ghetto

every other stadium in the North West is too small, Preston, Burnley, Blackburn etc plus they don't stir the emotions.

Considering there was only 26,000 every day at the most I don't see why the RFL look for a smaller stadium.
Around 35,000 - 40,000 would be ideal, better atmosphere, meaning fans will have a better time and will look better on TV , hopefully encouraging arm chair fans to go the following year.

Obviously it's not just a case of finding one but somewhere different is needed again I think. The plan of moving it every two years is brilliant and keeps the event 'fresh' sort of.

London - Upton Park, Emirates, Stamford Bridge, White Hart Lane
Bristol - New 30,000 seater opening next year
Sheffield - Bramall Lane, very close to city centre
Manchester - COM but I know alot of people have already said we can't play there.
Newcastle - St James Park

All the above IMO would add something new to Magic Weekend, I know people might turn the noses up at a weekend in Sheffield or Bristol or wherever but there still huge cities with loads of hotels, pubs, bars and muesums etc. Maybe even spilt it over london for example having a double header at craven cottage, Loftus Road and games at the Valley for example. Something new and different played over Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Only ideas though!