www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... mbley.html Whats everyones thoughts on this? If there is enough advertisement and ticket prices are right then it could go well.

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... mbley.html Whats everyones thoughts on this? If there is enough advertisement and ticket prices are right then it could go well.

I think you're right Frosties. If the ticket prices are good and get a few Kiwis & Aussies in from around London it could be a decent crowd. Although the problem will be that even 50,000 in Wembley doesn't look great.

they should use the JPT Final as a prospective, sell from the bottom tier upwards, and if it is not sold out, dont open the next tier, thats the only way I can see it looking right IMO

PR disaster waiting to happen IMO.

I'd be surprised if it pulled more than 40k, if the attendances for recent GB/England games in the heartland and the games played at Loftus Road in recent years are anything to go by.

I'm not sure as an opener. Maybe for the Final - But then you have the strong chance of Aus vs NZ final with just 20K tops inside the stadium. Either way I'd be in attendance, but I'm not sure how many fans would be willing to spend £60+ and 7 hours travelling to watch an international.

A massive financial loss - not worth the risk in my opinion - fill a 40k stadium regularly and then think about a bigger venue.

I would have gone for this sort of thing but put it at a smaller ground first, something like COM or St James Park.

Completely agree a disaster waiting to happen imo.

Problem with using football grounds for end of season representative RL fixtures is that it's in the middle of their season and at a time when the weather conditions make it more difficult to manage the pitch anyway.

You're not going to get many grounds putting their hands up to host 160 minutes of RL.

Doesn't the Olympic Stadium need to host "test" events before the games, in order to get a full safety certificate? If they are desperate to find a venue in London maybe that would present a high profile alternative?

COMS back in 04 (was it?) was the best international games Iv been to as far as atmosphere and crowd size goes. Was it 38k?

As far as Wembley goes if it is marketed well, and I mean from now, with cheaper ticket prices and offers plus say a 2.30 kick off I can see there being a decent crowd. They have 7 months to promote it. 60k should be the minimum aim.

Could be a good shout that - would be more appealing than Wembley and would make a better marketing campaign.

Yup. I wouldnt be botherd about going to Wembly really but to play at a venue that RL may never play in again, then yes id give it a go.