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What’s people’s opinions. Personally I’m not a fan of the idea for different reasons.

Although it may be enjoyable for players and fans (I may even go as I didn't go to Milwaukee), it's another gimmick right from the endless RFL gimmick repository. Fiddling round with baubles and shiny things whilst not addressing the slow death of the pro game in the UK. I can imagine Karl could not contain his excitement.

What’s not to like, show casing rugby league in Vegas. A lot of feedback from the Nrl teams was very positive, when they played in Vegas. Am all for it,

The only way I could justify spending many hundreds of pounds to attend a rugby league match in the USA is if I made it part of a holiday, and as I can't think of many places more tacky and awful than Las Vegas to visit for a holiday, then needless to say the cash will be staying in my pocket. As a general observation, the powers-that-be should be more concerned with finding ways of getting fans in this country to fall back in love with RL, rather than going down the gimmick route yet again and shmoozing the Americans.

NRL would already be doing this with or without us as i am pretty sure they are in a 5 year deal for games in Vegas. All we have done is tag ourselves onto an already existing event. Good forward thinking by Radlinski to send across an email and throw super league's hat in the ring.

I've booked to go this morning. To each their own, I've always fancied vegas as i like a flutter so to tie it in with a match sealed the deal

I can see this from both sides. But for me. I see this as a net positive for the team and for the british game.
We become a bit more attractive again to possible superstars and players who wish to come and apply their trade at warrington. We are one of the teams they come to when doing these experiments. We always have led the way. Whether it was America in the 80s. The games we took on the road in the early superleague years. Or Vegas this time.
This is a net positive for warrington and the game (of handles well(

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Utterly ridiculous.

This is brilliant for the game and about time we gave fans more big events to go to and understand that there's plenty of us who are up for this type of event.

I'm hoping to go and planning the trip with some mates. NRL did a great job last year from what I could see with proper fan zones etc. So as it's an NRL event it will actually be done properly and be a real spectacle.

I honestly don't get the negativity to it. Fair enough if you don't want to go or rather spend your money elsewhere but why be negative about it?

Just wondering how this will fit in with WCC fixtures if us or Wigan are involved plus a participating Aussie team.?
And will the Pope be travelling over for the match ?

Each to their own but I think the other poster put it perfectly.

"the powers-that-be should be more concerned with finding ways of getting fans in this country to fall back in love with RL"

Fiddling while Rome burns springs to mind.

We can be negative about lots of things in rl, but I think on balance this is a positive.
I can understand the reticence about Vegas and the cost in general but the NRL are setting the pace on this one not the RFL - and the idea of doing this came from Kris Radlinski.
Last years event was a success and by including an SL match and a womens international match they are going for 'bigger and better'.

The other alternative would be a Wigan Warrington match at The Brick Community Stadium at the end of February.....
I know which I'd prefer.

What do you think the objective is of playing a SL game in North America (after the hiatus of the Toronto experiment).

Is it to "raise awareness" again?

I think it's great for our game, and those who go, have a fantastic time, and enjoy every minute of it. Just keep our officials well away from it, and it should be fine.

I’m in two minds about this - great opportunity to watch the Wire in the USA - and hopefully will be a great event. Since the announcement I’ve changed my mind around a dozen times about whether i want to go. However, I worry that our game will have a ‘first day at magic weekend’ fee about it - is there going to be anybody there for the first game? I’d consider myself a massive RL fan but I’d struggle to sit through 4 games in a day.

At least, league game status will have more meaning than a friendly & showcase RL's competitive skills.

Understand your point, I would think it’s been put on first to increase UK TV viewing figures. 13:30 local time will be 21:30 UK time, so the women’s game I guess will be kicking off around 23:30, which would mean missing plenty of viewers.

Saints fans on RedVee behaving like jilted schoolgirls who didn't get invited to a party, saying " I didn't want to go anyway".

Funnily enough, I think for Warrington and Wigan it's more about building contacts with some of the movers and shakers in the NRL and getting access to that company more than it is about the USA.

I don't quite understand the criticism of the RFL in all this. It has been made very clear this has been organised by the two clubs involved, not an RFL or IMG initiative.

I see. I hope this goes some way to making an NRL takeover of SL more likely.

Not sure what benefit we or RFL we see from this. What is the primary objective?
Anyone who does go, make sure you use the opportunity to go an see the Grand Canyon... truly a wondrous, awesome experience.
And have breakfast at The Bellagio... wow!

I had a week at the Bellagio. The light/fountain show is fantastic but I got chucked out of the pool for playing with my 7 year old daughter and "making a noise".

I'm already booked to go to Vegas at the end of May next year, and I'm now seriously tempted to go twice in less than three months. I think it's brilliant that we're involved, and I know it's Wigan who led the way, but I'd rather they took us along for the ride than Saints, Leeds or whoever.

I realise it's not cheap to go (hence I'm still at the "tempted" stage rather than the "booked it" stage) but going to every single match isn't compulsory. I can't see any negatives to it.