It should of been kept in Cardiff, it would of really taken off!

And where was the athletes village for the World Student Games? And how far back do you want to go? Newcastle doesn't have the hotel rooms for a two day event like this either, if Cardiff can't cope then there are few cities who can.

But all of that is small change until you answer the two key points, what stadium will host 6 or 7 games over two days and what tourist board has a large budget to hand over to us?

judging by the amount of tickets sold I think all the supporters could fit in one hotel anyway.

Your'e missing the Point, if the event was held somewhere that is easy for most people to get to and from in a day, many fans would pick a specific day to go on, and give it a try, not everyone stays overnight but by holding it in places that are quite far flung you are forcing them to which is why so many fans don't go, because of the extra costs incurred. You are asking too much of Fans to pay for another overnight stay on top of trips to France and the Challenge Cup Final.
As for the World student games, the families and speccies didn't stay in the althletes village. I'm guessing a high percentage of RL fans attending the Magic weekend will be from the North of England, which is why the idea of Sheffield, Liverpool or Newcastle as a venue is ideal, change the date of the magic weekend so it's just after the football season has finished and straight away the stadium issue is simpler? All these venues are still easy to get to and from in a day from London.
Regarding tourist boards supporting the event the concensus from people posting on here is that the Edinborough Tourist board has done very little at all to publicise the event.

Wasn't the whole point if the magic weekend to increase the interest in rl in what are traditionally non rl areas? Hence Cardiff which has spawned 2 pro welsh teams and a great uptake amongst players and the performance of Wales in the euro cup.

I agree jockland is a bad move and think it should be cycled in a different city each year like the suprbowl. Southampton or Portsmouth are possible both big grounds with low div teams who can't fill them. Birmingham, Cardiff, Plymouth Ipswich etc

No, it was devised to give Cardiff an event to replace the CC final (along with all the footy stuff) when it moved back to Wembley. There was no expansion agenda when it was started.



You are still falling into the trap of thinking football clubs want this kind of business at this time of year.

Then hold it at the end of may after fooseball has finished

No, you are missing the point, the tourist board pays a large amount of cash to have their hotels full and the tourist economy boosted, if that doesn't happen the large amount of cash isn't on the table.



And how many of these venues would want that many games played in two days? The only venue that would take it would be Don Valley which apart from shocking public transport links has a full running track around the pitch which tends to upset your average RL fan. Dunno what London has to do with it though...



They pay the RFL a large chunk of cash to have the event in the city, that is the extent of their obligations, it is down to the SRL and the RFL to publisise the event.

You mean when groundstaff are getting the pitch ready for the next season and repairing it from the one just gone, Broncos had to have 6 weeks on the road to let the pitch recover when they played at Griffin Park.

You think a club like Newcastle needs the business? Birmingham? Arsenal? Seven games of RL in two days would kill a footy pitch if it was a wet weekend.

No your right nobody needs it lets just pull the plug on everything and play sl games down the council pitches! Why bother putting it on sky the earn far to much do u think they need the business?

Any other pathetic excuses you fancy typing?

WTF, if you can't handle some simple facts you are in the wrong place.

I saw very little fact. only some unreferenced numbers and an oppinion about the financial state of some premier league fooseball clubs

And I saw very little reasoning beyond picking cities out of thin air, I've given two very good reasons why the RFL is limited to where they can take this and apart from some teddy chucking you've not countered them.

Most of the reasons a football club would host it isn't financial, it is to do with the pitch taking a battering. I know (as it has been reported in paper local) that Newcastle aren't considering hosting any concerts or other events on the pitch for the next few years and Arsenal fans were not happy about two gigs being staged there last year.

Paris next year for me. Plucked out of thin air. Expansion, hotels, a great city. meets all the criteria.

What stadium?