do, about as long as it takes me to walk to work every morning. Big deal.

My tickets to take in four games cost £15. Even at £30 (which I was prepared to pay) it's still a bargain and we'll get the chance to see the Premier League trophy as well for nowt

Quote ="Wales for super L"Someone seems to have bought them www.superleague.co.uk/article/25 ... -its-spell'" Almost 50,000? How does that compare to two weeks before the event in other years? Personally I think there'll be a late surge in ticket sales with it being so close to the majority of clubs.

Quote ="Wales for super L"Someone seems to have bought them www.superleague.co.uk/article/25 ... -its-spell'" Almost 50,000? How does that compare to two weeks before the event in other years? Personally I think there'll be a late surge in ticket sales with it being so close to the majority of clubs.

The pubs around the Etihad aren't great, but "City Square" just outside the ground is a much better facility for eating and drinking than you will find at most sports stadia. Its usually buzzing before City games with live bands, interviews with celebs, big screens etc. I dont know what plans the RFL have to use it but its ideally suited for Magic Weekend.

So far sales are about 12% ahead of this time last year and I'm told have increased significantly this week.Apparently 70,000 for the weekend is realistic.

Think people were waiting to see how they got on in the cup?

should be good with 30/40k in the stadium each day. Wont be rattling round as much as we were in the 70k capacity of Cardiff and Edinburgh. Should get some good atmosphere going for some of the games, and encourage people to stay for the games that are not their own.

The majority of people will be in and out of the ground, such is the nature of the event, so there'll still be a lot of empty seats. And there'll still be a lot of people complaining about this even though it's just the nature of the beast.

As ever with this event, there'll be 25k-35k people enjoying a brilliant weekend watching great rugby, good banter and a few beers.

And yet the event will be declared a failure by 250-350 people on rugby league forums such as this one, sitting at home in their pants counting the empty seats on Sky and declaring what a farce/disaster it is all over the internet.

At prices from £7:50 per game it is an absolute bargain . I just wish I had remembered to get a ticket . I have been a bit distracted as of late , and as I can't find an unreserved ticket so I can sit with my mates it looks like I won't be going .It would be a bit boring sitting on my own all day .

As far as I can see the unreserved tickets are sold out?

That right?

It appears they are .

Sorry mate, just read your post. Wasn't rubbing it in!

I'm working so can't go myself.

Just got a good deal on 4 tickets for the weekend via rugbyleaguetickets.co.uk - does seem to be selling well though.

My thoughts are:
If you and your friends want to go, then go. If you don't, then dont.

Good post. I've been to every one and it's a great weekend. The whingers tend to be those who can't be bothered to go. I also get the impression that some of those who say we've given the game to Stobarts on a plate also want to be first in the queue for the cheap tickets.

Round of drinks for six people in a pub,£20.If you can't afford it,don't go.

Only in RL!

How any right minded person can even cast a sideways glance at this deal is incredible.

Ticket sales seem good so far, and the decision to move the event to Manchester seems justified.

Only criticism I can offer so far is the timing of the saturday games, there are long gaps between the 3 games, which may mean that many fans go home and the staidum still looks empty. We were origianlly planning to get to the ground for the 2nd half of Wire-Widnes for example, but given the long gap, we will just be arriving in time for the Hull derby.

lots of advertising around Manchester still.

So gutted I can't go now.

does anybody know if you can leave and return to the ground during the day, don't really fancy sitting through wire v widens

Yes you can. Retain your ticket and you get your hand stamped.

The fanzone and entertainment will be outside round the ground, so there should be plenty to do, as well as the locals, although some of them are pretty grim tbh!

cheers, can go off into manc city centre for some decent grub then