Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Tue May 24, 2016 9:08 pm  

An increase of less than 500 compared to last year? Hardly the record-shattering event the RFL promised. I wonder if the RFL even make any money out of it?

Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Tue May 24, 2016 10:21 pm  

Newcastle for me. The amateur game in the NE is building and this focus, long term, can only help it. A fantastic city and location of ground, only 2 hrs away from heartland RL. The whole weekend is an event. Going to Manchester makes it a day trip. I'd make it Newcastle for the next few years. Book early if you don't want sky high prices

Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Wed May 25, 2016 6:42 am  

Madderzahatter wrote:

An increase of less than 500 compared to last year? Hardly the record-shattering event the RFL promised. I wonder if the RFL even make any money out of it?

While I agree the crowd increase was nothing to shout home about, as has been stated Newcastle pay to host the event, and it is an entire extra round of income for the game, so yes they do make money. It also does get the game more exposure, reports in the newspapers were much larger than usual this weekend, links to the live scores were on the BBC sport homepage etc things we don't usually get for a normal round of games.

: Wed May 25, 2016 6:56 am  

Hotel prices are only expensive if you leave it late, if your organised and book early it's not expensive at all.

3 of us stayed at Newcastle central travelodge and for 3 nights it worked out at £62 each.

Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Wed May 25, 2016 9:49 am  

Anyone see the front cover of the Newcastle Chronicle newspaper on Monday morning?

Pleading with us to come back

Says it all

Re: : Wed May 25, 2016 9:59 am  

i hate pies wrote:

Hotel prices are only expensive if you leave it late, if your organised and book early it's not expensive at all.

3 of us stayed at Newcastle central travelodge and for 3 nights it worked out at £62 each.

Not so true.. I looked at hotel prices a few hours after the magic weekend was announced and the nice city centre hotels had already jacked up the prices.

Re: Re: : Wed May 25, 2016 11:04 am  

kobashi wrote:

Not so true.. I looked at hotel prices a few hours after the magic weekend was announced and the nice city centre hotels had already jacked up the prices.

try booking hotels that offer free cancellation in the two weekends in may before the magic date is announced

Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Wed May 25, 2016 11:59 am  

headhunter wrote:

You do realise that cities pay millions of pounds to host this event? It's not just some whimsical idea from the RFL to give a minor boost to the local semi pro team.

BTW you don't even know what Newcastle (not Gateshead) Thunder's crowds are, do you? Even though it's ridiculous to expect there to be any type of increase or even try to measure any increase based on a single one-off event, they could've received a massive boost and you wouldn't even know, you don't even know what the team is called.

yes i know the rfl gets money from it, so will it got to the highest bidder.... seems that way.

they get about 500... sorry forgot it changed to newcastle thunder, maybe if i saw a few more of their shirts at the stadium would have reminded me

Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Wed May 25, 2016 12:01 pm  

Lebron James wrote:

Having it at the emptyhad hardly helped Salfords crowds did it

Regards

King james

may aswell just let the majority travel less hey, doesnt work going elsewhere to improve crowds, did it help wales.. oh they dont even have a super league team now scotland?

Re: How did Magic weekend Go? : Wed May 25, 2016 12:02 pm  

just give it to the highest bidder, koukash and have it in dubai