do, about as long as it takes me to walk to work every morning. Big deal.

My tickets to take in four games cost £15. Even at £30 (which I was prepared to pay) it's still a bargain and we'll get the chance to see the Premier League trophy as well for nowt

Quote Wales for super L="Wales for super L"Someone seems to have bought them www.superleague.co.uk/article/25 ... -its-spell'" Almost 50,000? How does that compare to two weeks before the event in other years? Personally I think there'll be a late surge in ticket sales with it being so close to the majority of clubs.

Quote Wales for super L="Wales for super L"Someone seems to have bought them www.superleague.co.uk/article/25 ... -its-spell'" Almost 50,000? How does that compare to two weeks before the event in other years? Personally I think there'll be a late surge in ticket sales with it being so close to the majority of clubs.

The pubs around the Etihad aren't great, but "City Square" just outside the ground is a much better facility for eating and drinking than you will find at most sports stadia. Its usually buzzing before City games with live bands, interviews with celebs, big screens etc. I dont know what plans the RFL have to use it but its ideally suited for Magic Weekend.

So far sales are about 12% ahead of this time last year and I'm told have increased significantly this week.Apparently 70,000 for the weekend is realistic.

Think people were waiting to see how they got on in the cup?

should be good with 30/40k in the stadium each day. Wont be rattling round as much as we were in the 70k capacity of Cardiff and Edinburgh. Should get some good atmosphere going for some of the games, and encourage people to stay for the games that are not their own.

The majority of people will be in and out of the ground, such is the nature of the event, so there'll still be a lot of empty seats. And there'll still be a lot of people complaining about this even though it's just the nature of the beast.

As ever with this event, there'll be 25k-35k people enjoying a brilliant weekend watching great rugby, good banter and a few beers.

And yet the event will be declared a failure by 250-350 people on rugby league forums such as this one, sitting at home in their pants counting the empty seats on Sky and declaring what a farce/disaster it is all over the internet.

At prices from £7:50 per game it is an absolute bargain . I just wish I had remembered to get a ticket . I have been a bit distracted as of late , and as I can't find an unreserved ticket so I can sit with my mates it looks like I won't be going .It would be a bit boring sitting on my own all day .

As far as I can see the unreserved tickets are sold out?

That right?

It appears they are .