Re: The Magic Weekend : Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:27 am  

Cibaman wrote:

One issue that they do need to address is how they deal with the situation where a club is unable to fulfill its fixtures, as is still a possibilty with the Bulls.

The RFL would never let the Bulls go under.....they have too much of everyone elses money invested in them

Re: The Magic Weekend : Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:59 pm  

This was my first Magic Weekend and I brought four extra people with me, only one of which is a regular to games, who all thoroughly enjoyed it.

I've seen the arguments for trying to create more competitive ties and that of course makes sense, however we have to ask ourselves is this for the existing fans or to try and lay a platform to help establish more media attention, new fans etc.?

Of course there is an element of both but for me it should be hyped up into something everybody will talk about. For me its going to be impossible to get people to spend over eight hours in one place buying overpriced food and drink and watching three/four consecutive games of RL so more should be focused on other events.

I didn't see too much of what was happening outside the stadium but more should be done. I feel having a stage set up with more local Manchester bands playing and maybe headlined by a quite well known band could be a concept the RFL can look into. More activities outside the stadium for families like bouncy castles et al and - if possible - areas to sit and eat/drink away from the stadium.

I realise this might sound odd to bring people to the stadium to just sit outside of it but for me it will interest the locals of Manchester more if there is other things on offer other than a sport they barely know anything about. If it was me, visiting a place where there was so much going on, I'd probably look into what it was all about a bit more and then watch a game of RL on the TV.

If SKY and the RFL are clever and do as they have done this weekend with competitive ties (and Salford playing at home) it may help bring them people into the stadium the next time around and introduce others to the jamboree of the day.

Re: The Magic Weekend : Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:34 pm  

Renegade wrote:

I didn't see too much of what was happening outside the stadium but more should be done. I feel having a stage set up with more local Manchester bands playing and maybe headlined by a quite well known band could be a concept the RFL can look into. More activities outside the stadium for families like bouncy castles et al and - if possible - areas to sit and eat/drink away from the stadium.

There was a big stage with bands playing because someone I know was singing on there also there was loads of bouncy castles and little fun games to play when I went for a walk around.

I was also impressed by the amount of food things there was all around the stadium.

Re: The Magic Weekend : Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:52 pm  

Who are ya!! wrote:

There was a big stage with bands playing because someone I know was singing on there also there was loads of bouncy castles and little fun games to play when I went for a walk around.

I was also impressed by the amount of food things there was all around the stadium.

So basically everything he said they should have was already there!

I'm of a different opinion when it comes to the food outlets. Yeah, there was plenty, but they were all the same. No variety at all. In Edinburgh, there was all sorts on offer: steak, ribs, Chinese, chippy, burgers, Indian, etc. You can't eat the same cr*p for 8 hours on two days.

Also, if you wanna keep the punters in and around the ground, there needs to be more places you can drink. There were only two bars outside the ground, and they were completely rammed (you had to queue to get in and then queue again to get a drink!). People were leaving the area to find better places for food and drink. If they want to stop people leaving after their game, they've got to offer more around the ground.

I think Edinburgh got this spot on. And Cardiff didn't need to due to its location in the city centre.

DEFINITELY better when it's further into the summer!

Re: The Magic Weekend : Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:40 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

But maybe there were more fans overall in total ie in Edinburgh did most people attend both days whereas this year the majority bought daily tickets?

It doesn't make a huge difference crowd figure wise who had a weekend ticket and who had a day ticket.

It does mean the event is worth less to the local economy meaning a local authority would be less keen to pay us.

Re: The Magic Weekend : Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:39 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

It doesn't make a huge difference crowd figure wise who had a weekend ticket and who had a day ticket.

It does make a huge difference in terms of the number of individuals actually attending the event though (ie 60,000 different people over the two days rather than the same 30,000 on each day).

Re: The Magic Weekend : Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:29 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

It does make a huge difference in terms of the number of individuals actually attending the event though (ie 60,000 different people over the two days rather than the same 30,000 on each day).

Indeed, as I said earlier it makes the event less attractive to prospective venue cities/towns as there is a cut in the number of beds, meals and beers sold due to day trippers.

I await next seasons WAFC attendance figures with baited breath