Apologies if someone has suggested similar but...........

Take it down to London (i know, i know), maybe Emirates/Upton Park, and give the myriad of schools that play RL in the London area and the amateur clubs some cut-price tickets, and the chance to see the top players up close. The main concentration of the London amateur scene seems to be north/east of the London area, so take it there for a year at least, and see what happens.

It has a lower mean temperature most of the year mate






Cause the roof was shut?

Wembley.

And have a Sevens comp for the 11 Championship + 5 Championship 1 teams to fill in gaps between SL games and also tempt a few thousand more fans to the event.

I'd love to see Oldham and Swinton play there at long last and I can't imagine there'd be any problem with the pitch holding up...

Southampton - St Mary's - 32,000
Newcastle - St James Park - 52,000
Sheffield - Bramall Lane - 32,00

Now all three of these grounds should be fine with RL playing in them. With the eagles playing at bramall lane and St Marys and James both being grounds for the RU world cup in 2015 I don't see a problem with any. All great cities with loads to do, loads of places to stop & drink but also there grounds are slap bang in the city centres!

Also Bristol Football club are opening there brand new 30,000 seater next year too... Could be a possibilty?
Hillsborough also holds around 39,000 but is about 5-10 mins drive out the city centre.

Also plaing say 3 games at one ground and four at another at 2 grounds in london... West Ham and Chelsea maybe...?

Come on people. It has to take place in a tourist city. I ain't bloody going to Southampton! It has to be far enough away for people to stay the 2 days. No point having it in Sheffield people will travel for their teams game and then go home.

Southampton?

however many football grounds people suggest, it's unlikely to happen, tf. But why do some people keep suggesting the Boleyn? It's a dive. And an unwelcoming dive at that.

travel seems to be the main issue for alot of fans, especially those that dont want to do the whole weekend. didnt the RFL charter a train to Cardiff a few years back? if this could be done again then the RFL could sell tickets at a flat rate, rather than the organised few buying tickets 3 months in advance and everyone else having to pay higher prices. if two trains ran, one from leeds or doncaster etc and one from manchester or somewhere similar then surely that would be a big help. if the trains ran both days ensuring people got their for the whole day of rugby, they could then use their own discretion as to how many matches they saw, but it would be at least 1.

Alot of people on here are saying have it in Sheffield Leeds Manchester etc but I can't see the point that, the whole idea of the Magic Weekend is to have it outside the heartlands like Lancashire and Yorkshire having it in the cities as mentioned above would just be a compromise.

Keep it but take it to a better venue, either back to Cardiff or elsewhere.

The crowds don't matter, it's on the pitch where the game is sold to new fans, and a festival of rugby league with 7 games shown on Sky over the weekend can't be a bad thing.