Been to the last few magic weekends, but not over keen on this idea. If it is in Manchester it will have to be in late may/june time due to the football. Prefer cardiff again, made for a good weekend away last year!

Quite like Manchester. Great nightlife, never had a problem getting a drink near Old Trafford either.

But it's not going to be at Old Trafford, it's going to be at the Etihad (Man City)

Ooops, after all the sport news at the weekend I thought there was only one football club in Manchester.

In that case, not really much around there apart from people in track suits, I will just wait until getting back into the centre.

Probably more tickets will be sold for the event because a lot of supporters will just watch the games that their team will also be on that day & not taking advantage of a 2 day ticket.
At least the RFL are thinking about the majority of the supporters & making the games accessable to go to without stumping up for the weekend stays. Last season we went to Cardiff for the weekend & it ended up costing about £400 for 2 days & then could`nt afford the trip to Catalan the following weekend.

Looks like an admission of defeat by the RFL. Manchester is not exactly "spreading the gospell"
Went to Cardiff last season and was dissapointed by the atmosphere, although it does improve as the day does on.
Surely the concept is to take the fixtures away from the heartlands and attract new people into the game ?
Although attendance figures will improve, it will make for a non-magical weekend.