Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:27 pm  

Be interesting to see what 15,000 in a 90,000 capacity stadium looks, I think I will start with Mile High Stadium as a reference point !

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:33 am  

Ste100Centurions wrote:

Be interesting to see what 15,000 in a 90,000 capacity stadium looks, I think I will start with Mile High Stadium as a reference point !

We have attracted 18,000 already in a game against Warrington, in a different stadium, years before Catalans won the Challenge Cup. This time, with the help of publicity promotion from Barcelona FC we could be looking at 36,000 at Camp Nou. That could be interesting.

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:34 am  

Ste100Centurions wrote:

Be interesting to see what 15,000 in a 90,000 capacity stadium looks, I think I will start with Mile High Stadium as a reference point !

My thought initially, but then I wondered about the possibility of a festival of all things Catalonian around the game, with music, bands, arts and crafts events, school trips, colles castelleres,....and let's not be shy about it, get the Buy from the Union lot as well as Barca themselves as both teams are considered the unofficial Catalonian National Sides........I reckon a 50k target could be achieved.....but as Chorley Boy has said, the RFL need to buy into this now and get dates set in stone

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:13 am  

Call Me God wrote:

My thought initially, but then I wondered about the possibility of a festival of all things Catalonian around the game, with music, bands, arts and crafts events, school trips, colles castelleres,....and let's not be shy about it, get the Buy from the Union lot as well as Barca themselves as both teams are considered the unofficial Catalonian National Sides........I reckon a 50k target could be achieved.....but as Chorley Boy has said, the RFL need to buy into this now and get dates set in stone

Agree with this, do it Toronto Wolfpack style.

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:21 am  

Call Me God wrote:

the RFL need to buy into this now and get dates set in stone

I may have missed something, but wasn't the vote the other week all about Elstone and whichever SL chairman has their hand up his backside owning this sort of thing now, rather than the RFL?

At the end of the day it's a Catalan home game, and SLE wants more control over the marketing of the sport. Time to stop the RFL blame game.

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:25 am  

bramleyrhino wrote:

I may have missed something, but wasn't the vote the other week all about Elstone and whichever SL chairman has their hand up his backside owning this sort of thing now, rather than the RFL?

At the end of the day it's a Catalan home game, and SLE wants more control over the marketing of the sport. Time to stop the RFL blame game.

I agree with this. It's not the RFL's job to make this a success. Too many times people blame them for clubs lack of marketing and resource.

It's up to Catalan to make this is a success just like every other club when it comes to getting people attend home games.

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:43 pm  

kobashi wrote:

I agree with this. It's not the RFL's job to make this a success.

All I said was to get behind it and set the fixture date.

Catalan v Wigan is a fixture that will take place in 2019......all the governing body need to do is agree with the date for the fixture once Wigan agree to take part....thereafter it it 100% down to the clubs involved and saying that, mainly Catalan unless they pay Wigan a % of the gate as a sweetener to get them to go out there.....

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:38 pm  

Call Me God wrote:

All I said was to get behind it and set the fixture date.

Catalan v Wigan is a fixture that will take place in 2019......all the governing body need to do is agree with the date for the fixture once Wigan agree to take part....thereafter it it 100% down to the clubs involved and saying that, mainly Catalan unless they pay Wigan a % of the gate as a sweetener to get them to go out there.....

Yeah I did have a feeling you was talking about the fixtures so sorry to jump the gun. To be fair to the RFL and SLE we can't expect next season's fixtures to be ready now just because this game in the nou camp is available.

We don't even know which teams are gonna be in super league yet.

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:42 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Agree with this, do it Toronto Wolfpack style.

Hand out free tickets?

Re: Catalans invited to play Wigan at Camp Nou Barcelona in : Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:08 pm  

WakeyTrin1873 wrote:

Hand out free tickets?

And then bite their ears. A sure fire way of getting publicity.