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| Quote: Teessidewire "Elland Road is a tired stadium. Have you ever been to Norwich ior Ipswich?'"
I've been to Carrow Road, it's a great ground IMO and would meet the requirements.
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| btw, wheres carrow road ?
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| Noting magic about this weekend for me, unless there were 30,000 people wearing invisibility cloaks inside Murrayfield on both days.
Maybe it's time to scrap the idea...
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| Quote: vickyy "btw, wheres carrow road ?'"
Norwich = East Anglia. A nice weekend down at the seaside.
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| Quote: Wire_74 "Norwich
Norwich is at least four hours drive from Warrington, and about half an hour inland from the coast.
Its pretty much in the middle of nowhere, although I hear there's a cracking owl sanctuary nearby.
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| thankyou, and cant see 20 000+ fans going to the 'seaside'
NEWCASTLE all the way!
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| Quote: FireWire "Norwich is at least four hours drive from Warrington, and about half an hour inland from the coast.
Its pretty much in the middle of nowhere, although I hear there's a cracking owl sanctuary nearby.'"
Valid point.
Having done some research it now only holds around 26000 anyway. And with the four hour drive but having said that i've done it in 2 and a half - 3 hours myself.
Out of the venues menshioned my conclusion isNewcastle - Great venue. Smaller capacity stadium than Edinburgh, great city and a good night life.
Villa Park (Birmingham) - Another great venue IMO. A good ground in a big city. A 2hour driving distance and this would suit every team except Catalans. Also a god opportunity to try and promote the game in the Midlands.
Eastlands - An ideal location. In the middle-ish of the heartland clubs, easy to get to and would definatley bump up the attendances.
Taking it back to Cardiff - I liked Cardiff but fancy a change. A good stadium but again over seated for the attendances we bring.
Dublin (Croke Park) - Wouldn't mind it here myself however - issues such as cost and transport will crop up and rightly so. However a nice weekend in Dublin with some Guisness or Magners .
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| Personally i wouldn't mind a poll added to this thread just to see what the majority would pick. Maybe one of the mods, i.e. Cat could attach one.
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| Return to Cardiff for me.
As for the games, what about using the league positions two weeks before the Magic Weekend, ie First plays Second, Third plays Fourth etc. This year we would have had:
Wigan V Wire
Saints V Huddersfield
Bradford V Hull
Hull KR V Wakefield
Leeds V Crusaders
Cas V Salford
Catalans V London
These matches would likely be competitive and would have an impact on the league table. The Teams in theory should be quite evenly matched and inject a little spice into the weekend.
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| Quote: FireWire "Norwich is at least four hours drive from Warrington, and about half an hour inland from the coast.
Its pretty much in the middle of nowhere, although I hear [sizethere's a cracking owl sanctuary nearby[/size.'"
We could always stay at the Linton Travel Tavern.
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We could always stay at the Linton Travel Tavern.
It's not five star, but it's certainly competitive.
Great weekend in Edinborrow for me, much better than last year. The only downside was how empty the stadium looked, such a shame.
If the RFL persist with this weekend, Newcastle looks favourite on the suggestions I've seen on here so far. Certainly not Elland Road, that's for sure. Some six months or so after the Four Nations Final, I still get angry about the queue for the six, count 'em, six ladies toilets. Grr.
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| Quote: HJ Bird "It's not five star, but it's certainly competitive.
Great weekend in Edinborrow for me, much better than last year. The only downside was how empty the stadium looked, such a shame.
If the RFL persist with this weekend, Newcastle looks favourite on the suggestions I've seen on here so far. Certainly not Elland Road, that's for sure. Some six months or so after the Four Nations Final, I still get angry about the queue for the six, count 'em, six ladies toilets. Grr.'"
a lot of ladies were using the mens toilets when i was in them on a couple of occasions, however 6 toilets is very poor!
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| Quote: Wire2000 "Murrayfield stadium I was impressed with, but its in the middle of nowhere, I mean pubs, resteraunts etc and also as much as Edinburgh is a nice city it lacks decent places where you can get a meal.'"
I think somebody else has pulled you on this, but it is one of the most ludicrous things I have ever read on here!!!
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| It's a shame that the new stadiums in Nottingham, Birmingham and Bristol haven't been built and have stayed at planning stages. All 3 cities would have been good options to take a weekend to.
Newcastle - Stadium is in the centre, there's lots to do away from the rugby and various options for places to stay, which might get more people to stay for the whole weekend. Even if people don't stay for the whole weekend there will be more people taking day trips due to it being easier to get to.
The weekend could also possibly be moved to the 2nd Spring bank holiday that would avoid clashes with some other events, including the football season.
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| Quote: lister "It's a shame that the new stadiums in Nottingham, Birmingham and Bristol haven't been built and have stayed at planning stages. All 3 cities would have been good options to take a weekend to.
Newcastle - Stadium is in the centre, there's lots to do away from the rugby and various options for places to stay, which might get more people to stay for the whole weekend. Even if people don't stay for the whole weekend there will be more people taking day trips due to it being easier to get to.
The weekend could also possibly be moved to the 2nd Spring bank holiday that would avoid clashes with some other events, including the football season.'"
Elland Road please.
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