Not bad ideas at all. Didn't realise the capacity at Blackpool now. If they announced it ahead of time and put it in the RL Events brochure, it could be a real pleaser with the fans. Could mix it in with a 9s tournament or something to get more neutrals down.

I've thought that adding a Championship game to the Magic Weekend might make it more attractive. Depends on the league restructure I guess.

Really good shout, think the next big thing has to be a Season Opening Event. Unless the World Club Challenge is restructured as rumoured. But a really cheap, well organised, ie dates venues cost etc, CC semi final would be a welcome addition to the calendar in my opinion.

Not any more.

No,no,no,no,NO

The more ' events ' you have the more you devalue each one, the RL event calendar is full enough at the moment, until we see all the current venues at least 75% full, no more

Just because you build more shops doesnt mean people have more money to spend , and a Challenge cup shouldnt need any ' gimicks ' to sell it

It doesn't create a new event. It just improves the existing one. How can Rugby League expect to grow if our semi-finals are attracting only 10k. We need to make our big games bigger.

What could be bad about taking our game to a place where it isn't too popular and filling the stadium with 36,000 people over one weekend.

Only a rugby league fan could say 'nononononono' to that.

I'd be all for a double header but just play it locally rather then staging it in London or some other 'non heartlands' city.

I certainly don't think we'd have the same problems as Magic in terms of fans just watching their games because there would be a real interest to see who'd win both and who'd meet in the final. The losing set of supporters from the first game may shuffle off pretty sharpish but that's to be expected.

Somewhere like the Reebok would be decent.

Stadiums like
Reebok, Ricoh, Elland Rd, Hillsbrough, Pride Park ,City Ground for a CC double header possibly even Leicester Tigers - Welford Road

London is too far and you want a capacity in the mark of 25-35k and i reckon it'd work

WHY are the Challenge Cup semi's only attracting 10 K?

Because the RFL are not marketing them as big games. They should be huge! Played infront of big crowds.

The RFL have lost interest in any rounds before the final. Would we not be better placed in terms of sponsorship and tv rights if the semi-finals were huge games?

Arse Magic Weekend has a nice ring to it

I agree.

The two options I've liked so far are:

Blackpool semis (with a 9s tournament included to get everyone down there).

Manchester DH, with Magic in London (but not at Wembley).