Rugby League at BMD

[Gwladysstreetlad]

Got a couple earlier. It was a bit of a nightmare at first but I got it sorted in the end. Should he a cracking day for both Rugby League and the club. UTFT!

 

[Tipp blue]

I own and have ran the Saints website/youtube chann ‘Redvee’ for the last 22 years as well as contributing to various media outlets.

Rugby League at BMD is huge - the test is the most likely to sell out and if it does then it’ll likely see the Magic Weekend come here - given it’s likely held the week after the footy season finishes it wouldn’t make a any odds that 6 games would be played on it as we dig the pitch up anyway and relay it every year.

Magic Weekend makes 9m a year for the local Newcastle economy and they love it…. BMD with the fan plaza and relatively close proximity to the city centre means it will work in a way that Anfield couldn’t and failed.

RL doesn’t damage a Pitch. LFC paid for the same type of surface at Saints stadium as at BMD… it’s like a carpet and doesn’t suffer at all.

In terms of Grand Finals the most likely place for it to end up is the Etihad due to Manchester being in the middle of Lancashire/Yorkshire, but Magic is the bigger money spinner.

I’ve bought tickets today, got my own ST seat and bought 11 others… many wouldn’t bother going to the Ashes game despite being by fervent RL fans, but all want to visit BMD.

BMD with it's relatively close proximity to the city centre? What's this about.. going by the outcry after the test events I was beginning to think it was on Neptune with just 1 spaceship running every 7 days bringing people back to Liverpool with a capacity of 47 people.

 

[windymiller]

They're absolutely flying out. Quite some demand for these, considering they're only on pre-sale and probably 75% of seats have gone. From what I can see anyway.

Real pre-sale was yesterday. Some of my mates are rugby league nerds (I live in Yorkshire) so they got early access and hooked me up with tickets yesterday. I'm in the East Stand Upper near the half way line. I don't really like rugby but I'm looking forward to it anyway!

 

[Jacko93]

I think they, and therfore us, are rally benefitting from people wanting to get in the new stadium. Hopefully there's a few events that see that and decide to use us over others. A good few will have bought tix just to get into BMD.

 

[Bilo]

Only the back 10 rows in each of the corner corner blocks remaining. I’m not sure it reaches General sale on the 14th. So much for Everton granting pre sale access to season ticket holders too!

This will be a sell out. Genuinely be shocked if Magic isn’t played at Bmd At the end of next May