Shrinking the game

[Mathius Hellwege]

Ranking the 9 best locations to SAVE Magic Weekend with Elland Road disaster doomed to fail | Love Rugby League

 

Again going the seemingly safe way to stay in the M62 corridor results in disaster

[langpark]

Definitely agree with 1 and 2. I am a bit surprised Cardiff didn't make the list, that would be #3 for me. 

[dkw]

14 hours ago, langpark said:

Definitely agree with 1 and 2. I am a bit surprised Cardiff didn't make the list, that would be #3 for me. 

Not Cardiff for me after the way they hiked up hotel prices massively for the 2nd Challenge cup final they had. I know its a standard thing now but back then it was disgraceful how bad it was.

[gingerjon]

12 minutes ago, dkw said:

Not Cardiff for me after the way they hiked up hotel prices massively for the 2nd Challenge cup final they had. I know its a standard thing now but back then it was disgraceful how bad it was.

They all do surge pricing now.

Question is, with the state of rugby league now, would there be a surge?

[fighting irish]

6 minutes ago, dkw said:

Not Cardiff for me after the way they hiked up hotel prices massively for the 2nd Challenge cup final they had. I know its a standard thing now but back then it was disgraceful how bad it was.

I think it's a disgraceful practice, shamelessly abusing a captive audience.

Rampant price-gouging for all you anti-capitalists.

The annoying thing (as a customer) is that it's clear, the immediate short term gain is impossible to forego, for the promise of repeat business, ''sometime'' in the future.

What can you do?

I'm sure they do the same thing when the RaRa team play at home.

Ugly. 

 

 

[Agbrigg]

That was the cunning plan by the RFL to avoid price surging. By bringing magic to Elland Road you may find a cheap B n B in Beeston or Hunslet.

[The Future is League]

I could stay with some of the family if its played in Dublin for the price of a few beers 

Edited August 16, 2024 by The Future is League

[fighting irish]

Just now, The Future is League said:

I could stay with some of the family if its played in Dublin for the price of a few beers 

Good lord! I went to Dublin 10 years ago and it was £6 a pint. I wonder what it is now? 

[Eddie]

Why are Love Rugby League always talking the game down, it’s like they want it to fail. The headline says doomed to fail whereas the other day Warrington were saying tomorrow is nearly sold out - which is it? 

[fighting irish]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Why are Love Rugby League always talking the game down, it’s like they want it to fail. The headline says doomed to fail whereas the other day Warrington were saying tomorrow is nearly sold out - which is it? 

I sometimes wonder, if some of them are just, natural born fibbers? 

[whatmichaelsays]

3 hours ago, Eddie said:

Why are Love Rugby League always talking the game down, it’s like they want it to fail. The headline says doomed to fail whereas the other day Warrington were saying tomorrow is nearly sold out - which is it? 

Aaron Bower always seems particularly dour on social media. 

[Phil W]

Would love for it to come back to Newcastle, last night should've been our Magic Friday game. The fan zone by the stadium opened last weekend.

But wherever they take it, they have to market it to locals. Not just a week in advance when the teams turn up for media etc. 

As much as I hate Elland Road as a venue for this year, I hope it turns out to be a success. But we should be able to say now where next year is going to be with tickets available. 

[Keith989]

20 hours ago, fighting irish said:

Good lord! I went to Dublin 10 years ago and it was £6 a pint. I wonder what it is now? 

It depends on where you go. There are still a couple spots in Dublin where Guinness is under €5 and then there's temple bar... 

[The Future is League]

23 hours ago, fighting irish said:

Good lord! I went to Dublin 10 years ago and it was £6 a pint. I wonder what it is now? 

South of Dublin so not in the city itself

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

On 16/08/2024 at 11:13, dkw said:

Not Cardiff for me after the way they hiked up hotel prices massively for the 2nd Challenge cup final they had. I know its a standard thing now but back then it was disgraceful how bad it was.

Newcastle were even worse....it's the reason I won't go there again...it at least I'll stay away from Newcastle sleeping over 

Don't get the insinuating that Dublin is more convenient for heartlanders  than London....ut may be a short flight but it's similar hassle to flying to Spain just an hour less flight ....also would be massively expensive ...Dublin is a huge rip off

Spurs stadium is amazing....

[Hopie]

On 16/08/2024 at 12:11, Eddie said:

Why are Love Rugby League always talking the game down, it’s like they want it to fail. The headline says doomed to fail whereas the other day Warrington were saying tomorrow is nearly sold out - which is it? 

I think even if today sells out, the overall weekend attendance could be a all time low, as tomorrow's sales are looking bad.

9 hours ago, Phil W said:

But we should be able to say now where next year is going to be with tickets available. 

Amen! As you walk out the ground for an event you might have an idea to go again, you should always be able to know where and when it is happening and tickets should be on sale already, or in some circumstances very shortly afterwards.

[Coastal_Geordie]

The timing is terrible with the Premier League back this weekend.  Relegated to Sky Sports Action with not one game on Main Event.

Holding it during the football offseason makes it a big deal for Sky Sports this year if you don’t know you won’t hear about it.

[Mathius Hellwege]

https://www.totalrl.com/super-league-magic-weekend-attendance-from-day-two-revealed/