Summer Bash New Venue?

[GUBRATS]

8 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Let's have a Magic Bash and a full week of SL and championship fixtures at St James' Park. Newcastle is the best for a booze up, start on Monday, finish on Friday, cremated on Saturday! Cheers!

Take out a mortgage the week before 

[Tommygilf]

1 hour ago, Tommygilf said:

Headingley favourite according to reports.

Obviously I think its a good venue and works for multiple matches on one day. Whether it is good for the Summer Bash is another point though. 

Another advantage for this type of event is that you can move around the ground fairly easily and there are choices of views. Seated behind the sticks, standing ends, standing side, seats next to the standing side to allow moving between the two easily. Padded seats too!

How many usually turn up for the summer bash anyway?

[M j M]

3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

Another advantage for this type of event is that you can move around the ground fairly easily and there are choices of views. Seated behind the sticks, standing ends, standing side, seats next to the standing side to allow moving between the two easily. Padded seats too!

How many usually turn up for the summer bash anyway?

Topped out at 16k over the weekend I think.

Realistic and very achievable target I'd say is 20k for the weekend given the fresh venue and its location. If Leeds sell it to their fans as I think they would those should be doable.

[Blind side johnny]

18 minutes ago, M j M said:

Topped out at 16k over the weekend I think.

Realistic and very achievable target I'd say is 20k for the weekend given the fresh venue and its location. If Leeds sell it to their fans as I think they would those should be doable.

Always fewer than 5000 in the ground at any one time, though.

[Guest]

It should sell out now we don't have to worry about Toulouse not bringing anyone. 

[Tommygilf]

21 minutes ago, M j M said:

Topped out at 16k over the weekend I think.

Realistic and very achievable target I'd say is 20k for the weekend given the fresh venue and its location. If Leeds sell it to their fans as I think they would those should be doable.

10k a day could be realistic given the proximity to the West Yorkshire teams and the ease of rail access from everywhere else too. It'll be interesting to see how they sell it to Leeds fans, presumably discounted tickets for ST holders?

[DEANO]

Scrap it. Pointless set of fixtures making it a cockeyed league

[Man of Kent]

I don’t see the point of a ‘summer break’ event in Leeds. 

[sentoffagain2]

4 minutes ago, DEANO said:

Scrap it. Pointless set of fixtures making it a cockeyed league

  Have a Referendum players and supporters that should be simple enough.Oop's

[Tommygilf]

1 minute ago, Man of Kent said:

I don’t see the point of a ‘summer break’ event in Leeds. 

I don't see the point in Newcastle either?

[DEANO]

17 minutes ago, sentoffagain2 said:

  Have a Referendum players and supporters that should be simple enough.Oop's

Don’t know what the players think but supporter’s vote with their feet

[Scubby]

9 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

10k a day could be realistic given the proximity to the West Yorkshire teams and the ease of rail access from everywhere else too. It'll be interesting to see how they sell it to Leeds fans, presumably discounted tickets for ST holders?

Knowing RL fans there is no incentive for them to stay for other games if it is at Leeds. You could basically have a tag team of fans going in and out

[DEANO]

2 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

I don't see the point in Newcastle either?

Doesn’t bother me too much as it’s already a #### eyed league

[Tommygilf]

2 minutes ago, Scubby said:

Knowing RL fans there is no incentive for them to stay for other games if it is at Leeds. You could basically have a tag team of fans going in and out

That's true in Blackpool by all accounts too tbf.

[Scubby]

Just now, Tommygilf said:

That's true in Blackpool by all accounts too tbf.

Then the concept is flawed as a fan experience and just designed for TV.

[Tommygilf]

1 minute ago, Scubby said:

Then the concept is flawed as a fan experience and just designed for TV.

It is tbf. It suited Sky and was the only way they were going to show regular season second division games (bar Toronto ).

If Premier aren't showing it I'm not sure.

[Man of Kent]

9 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

I don't see the point in Newcastle either?

Magic isn’t a summer event?

[Robthegasman]

A bit radical maybe but how about the Ricoh(or whatever it is called)in Coventry?

[DEANO]

Nah. Why would you try to get an expansion area onside 

[Gerrumonside ref]

1 minute ago, Robthegasman said:

A bit radical maybe but how about the Ricoh(or whatever it is called)in Coventry?

Bit harsh getting the whole championship RL family ‘sent to Coventry’!

[M j M]

This is an event for players and fans and isn't a development tool.

The players will definitely approve of playing at Headingley based on the reaction of Championship teams playing there in recent years.

Fans, well no stadium has more pubs and bars on its doorstep although I guess it depends how recently the fans have have been there. But most clubs haven't seen their teams play at the famous old place for a long while. 

Most important though the financial aspect with higher crowds and probably a better rental rate will very much work in the clubs favour and that's critical at the moment.

[Tommygilf]

13 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Magic isn’t a summer event?

It has been for all but 1 of its incarnations.

[M j M]

1 minute ago, M j M said:

Fans, well no stadium has more pubs and bars on its doorstep

Or I should add as many options within the stadium.

[Tommygilf]

8 minutes ago, M j M said:

Or I should add as many options within the stadium.

They should open the eateries and bars behind the Western Terrace they open for the cricket.

[Leyther_Matt]

41 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

It'll be interesting to see how they sell it to Leeds fans, presumably discounted tickets for ST holders?

In true RL fashion, Leeds will probably play Cas away on the Saturday or Sunday that weekend.

I know Blackpool is the ultimate Marmite place, but I thought it was perfectly suited for Bash for so many reasons. Over the years, I’ve done the Bash as a couple’s weekend away, a family day out and a stag do and there’s something to suit everybody really. Preliminary discussions with the boss and our usual group is that if it’s at Headingley then we’ll just be doing the day trip for the Leigh game rather than the 3 nights (and more importantly both days of the event) at Blackpool.

Hopefully the proximity to the West Yorkshire clubs should make up for the reduced ‘weekend’ crowd though, and I suppose it’s only fair that Yorkshire has the event for once.