How much do you think a national stadium would cost, not only in building it what about its running afterwards.

What events are you talking about that will pay for a national stadium.

You said the RFL turns over 12m a year, of which most of that Turnover (not profit) is made from our events we have now.

Renting a Stadium saves us more money than building a stadium.

An even better idea would be to put our events out to tender, let towns and cities tender to host our events. Why should we pay someone when thay can pay us

Didn't work out in Cardiff, so Edinburgh has given us a better deal

So we are to build a national stadium which is

a) too small to meet demand for the two major finals, and
b) too big for every other game that will be played

All this for a sport whose international game can be described as "developing" at best, during a global recession.

Exceptional idea.

Total non-starter. Besides the fact that we couldn't afford it, we currently have at least one guaranteed game a year at the country's most prestigious venue. This is, and probably always will be, when we get our best publicity. Why would we give that up in order to further marginalise (and bankrupt) ourselves?

Comparisons with the corporate income at Twickenham are meaningless, as it is based in London and is the home of a very popular international sport supported by the kind of people who end up in big business.

Taking internationals back to Wembley seems like a goer to me though. It was the right decision to stop using Wembley when we did, as the international game was in tatters and there were some embarrasingly low crowds. A few years of playing tests in front of full houses at smaller stadia, combined with a more consistent calendar, seems to have revived the international scene somewhat, and now might be a decent time to take it back there (assuming all the good work hasn't been undone by our abject performance in the WC).

Huddersfield?
I'd say an 80k stadium, also can be used for F.A Cup Semi Finals and any other big sporting events, have the Super League Semi Finals at Old Trafford and St James' Park and the final at Huddersfield. Challeng Cup Final can remain at Wembley, but the semis both at Huddersfield? Also can be used for internationals.

as an everton fan you should realise better than most that all fa cup semis will now be played at wembley to help the fa pay off the debt.super league semi finals,i trust you mean the play offs?,should be played at the home ground of the team finishing highest,its allready a joke being top 8,lets not water down the real season any more.we allready play cup semis at huddersfield,how many were there last year to see the top 2 sides?that would have looked silly in a 80k stadium.as for internationals,lets start winning a few first then worry about finding a ground big enough to stage them.

as you may be aware,i am against the idea of a national stadium

Let's go the full hog and have the SL Grand Final on the moon.

It's doable honest.

Daftest idea I've heard for a long time.

Challenge Cup - should remain at Wembley. It's been there 80 years (bar the recent closure) and we would be stupid to move it.

Grand Final - Old Trafford is perfect. It get pretty much full every year.

Magic weekend - it's about spreading the word. Dublin next please!

Internationals - the current spread gives most fans a good chance of getting to one near their own home.

this idea comes up every now and then and its seriously a really dumb idea.

1. does RL have a spare 50 - 300 million pounds to waste
2. how many times would it would used

lets get salford, saints, bradford, hull kr in new or upgraded grounds.

Not as daft as the one on Monday about having the play-offs halfway through the season

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Or clubs being allowed to pick thier opponents

that will never happen.....what kind of a stupid organisation would sanction such a thing....oh...hang on

Don't see the point, plenty of good stadiums around we can and already use for 'show-piece' games. Unnecessary expense if you ask me - use the money to build us a new ground