personally glad its not at huddersfield. I hate going there always get stuck in big traffic jams.

Sorry, duff information! I was told 7k for Leeds and 4k for Cas!

You probably will going to Doncaster. We went to watch England v Australia (I think it was) and it took an eternity to get away.

I'd have preferred Huddersfield myself - but then I wasn't consulted.

Could the 2,000 be hospitality plus any sold directly by the RFL?

EDIT: Reading the section of the email quoted below, I interpret this as meaning they could possibly be holding the 2,000 back in reserve to give to the club who sell out first?

Well you'll love Doncaster then!

How bad is the Keepmoat of parking/traffic? Off street parking??

The capacity is fine imo. 6K for Cas will be about right. 7K for Leeds plus the extra 2K that no doubt will be allocated to Leeds will just about cover it.

I usually drive to away games but the Rhinos coach travel is only 9 quid...if the parking is that bad then its well worth it.

Regarding Galpharm...(don't know if its already been mentioned) Its has just had a newly turfed pitch and Town are playing their opening fixture on the Saturday...I doubt they would have wanted 2 games in 2 days on a new pitch that the football part will want in prime condition for as long as poss. So realistically where else was available? Now if I was a Wigan or Sts fan I would be fuming...13K for a game of that size? Joke.

Ticket for Keepmoat will be dearer than my Wembley ticket , and it is harder to get to . I last visited there to watch an England match . I wasn't impressed that they ran out of pies early into the half-time break (I bought the last two , but I wanted four ). They can shove it . The location and the price breaks it for me . Why couldn't we have gone to Bradford ?

Too big.
Rubbish Facilities.
Not the image of our sport that the RFL/BBC want to project.
Need 20k to generate a decent atmosphere.
We lost last time we played a Semi there

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It will make the Bradfordians jealous that they've not seen any silverware in yonks.

Anymore?

It's a sjit hole

My opinion was formed partially around keeping the monies that will be spent in an RL ground . I'd ideally want to play them at their home ground . We (allegedly) won't be getting many more chances to visit their current home .

Doncaster RL play at the Keepmoat...

I was aware of that . But it is a football stadium . Bradford could do with making a few quid , so could Cas. Both are easier to get to , and in my opinion , a better day out .

they only play there,they have to pay rent so get nothing from sales in the ground.

I have no alligance to the Keepmoat as my team just pay rent there....but when full its a cracking atmosphere, and ok there may be a few Leeds fans who may not get tickets...but history shows Yorkshire venues at semi finals average around 13K over the last 5 years.

Wakfield and Hull fans voiced similar concerns 3 years ago...their boards afterwars were mainly positive on their match day experience....just embrace it, it will be a good atmosphere...good for T.V, and hopefully have a good day out

the rfl have some tickets has they have promised my junior club has many has they need has they are running a coach plus ticket offer the same has what they did when england played france at the keepmoat two years back,so far we have filled two coaches and the offer was only put out tonight.

To get in before Wheels: As.

Went to the England v Wales match there mate and i don't think it was even half full and the parking and traffic were abysmal.

while there may only be 1000 car parking places at the stadium theres a shopping outlet with extra parking within 1/4 mile plus the doncaster dome leisure centre is within easy walking distance
even on a sunday theres about 6 busses a hour servicing the stadium/yorkshire outlet or the dome so getting from the station is very easy

yes the capacity could be bigger but when people are seriously cobsidering bradford then you know options are limited
the atmosphere at the 2 england games i've seen there was great tho

I'm going to do what I always do when going to stadiums which are a pain to get away from (DW, Galpharm...) and park 10/15 minutes walk from the ground then you hardly have any problems getting away - fingers crossed.

BTW - the aerial view of the Keepmoat on Google maps shows an American Football match going on.

southyorksdave were you there for the England v wales match? Because the atmosphere was far from great!

What, like Headers was on June 10 you mean...?

Typical RFL Muppetry - Castleford and Leeds boarder each other so lets choose a venue that will be a pain in the ar[size=100s[/sizee for both clubs to visit.

Are they really saying that neither Bradford or Huddersfield were available on either the Saturday or Sunday?

Bradford? Is it really the standard? It will be 1/2 empty, it will also look a dump on tv and the atmosphere will be pants. I'd rather play at Wakefield, honest. As for Hudds, I doubt the football team wouldn't have wanted it with the new pitch.

I think it was worse for the Exiles game tbf.