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Re: Magic Weekend 2024 To Be At Elland Road : Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:43 pm  
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They tried to get it at Newcastle and they couldn’t offer a date in August and this might have been the case for other venues, I don’t personally have an issue with Elland Road, yes it’s a bit old and out of the centre but not many grounds are too close to the town/city centre and I think being in a mix of pubs promotes fans to just stay in the pub until their team play so it might improve the amount of neutral watchers, Leeds is also a great City to be in before/after the matches. I don’t have a huge issue with it being in the heartlands, it has been in the past and having it in Newcastle has hardly worked wonders for Newcastle Thunder. The City Ground in Nottingham would have been a good one for a City out of the heartlands.


Magic is about generating new interest in the game, spreading the word in non league areas, Elland Road hardly does that. You are right about Thunder however, it did kick start junior rugby league in the area.
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Re: Magic Weekend 2024 To Be At Elland Road : Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:17 am  
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They tried to get it at Newcastle and they couldn’t offer a date in August and this might have been the case for other venues, I don’t personally have an issue with Elland Road, yes it’s a bit old and out of the centre but not many grounds are too close to the town/city centre and I think being in a mix of pubs promotes fans to just stay in the pub until their team play so it might improve the amount of neutral watchers, Leeds is also a great City to be in before/after the matches. I don’t have a huge issue with it being in the heartlands, it has been in the past and having it in Newcastle has hardly worked wonders for Newcastle Thunder. The City Ground in Nottingham would have been a good one for a City out of the heartlands.


Honestly I don't believe anything they say about the staging of the event this is all about killing it something more than one press report seems to have picked up on so not my cynical view sad as I do love the event but won't be going to this one which let's be fair about it will be the last one.
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Re: Magic Weekend 2024 To Be At Elland Road : Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:22 am  
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Magic is about generating new interest in the game, spreading the word in non league areas, Elland Road hardly does that. You are right about Thunder however, it did kick start junior rugby league in the area.


Is it massively different than it being staged at the Etihad or Anfield?
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Re: Magic Weekend 2024 To Be At Elland Road : Wed Nov 22, 2023 9:58 am  
Its just going to be an away game for us. We will travel Saturday morning, watch the game and come home. We did have plans for a full weekend in Newcastle etc, but this just isn't attractive enough to warrant that (too far out of the centre etc etc)
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Re: Magic Weekend 2024 To Be At Elland Road : Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:37 am  
In fairness to the RFL, it sounds like Newcastle and the Saudi owners simply didn't want to do it this year. Whether there were any other options considered I'm not sure.
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Re: Magic Weekend 2024 To Be At Elland Road : Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:56 am  
They have also loaded the sat games with 5 clubs who will bring a few with them and the Sunday games may struggle apart the mob from the dark side who will bring a few.
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