northernbloke wrote:
I am all up for trying to spread the word and the gospel of Rugby league, but the WC for example needs to make Money as well as put on the events, so question is financially what is the incentive for coming to London?
As I have posted elsewhere...the target, now 750k not 1 million will require a huge effort.
England can play 6 games max in 2021....in 2013 their 5 games including 2 double headers delivered 185,000 of the entire gate.....40%......so to hit 750k then the england games need to deliver 300k....50k average over 6 games......and the remaining 25 games will need to average 18,000..........call me a pessimist, but I don't see the 750k figure being hit without games in London....playing Australian games in Wales and Ireland was a disaster in 2013....the ANZACS need to be based in the capital where there is a good sized Aussie/Kiwi community.....Aussie and Kiwi games need to attract 25k+, because with the best will in the world, Cook Islands v USA isn't going to get the 18k unless it's part of a triple header at £5 a ticket......London knows how to put on events.....So I'd play all the England games, including QF's, Semi and even the final in London.....it's time for RL fans to stop whining about the expense and step up.......if you market 3 Group games, a QF, SF and Final for £150 now and pay the clubs 10% sales commission, you'd be able to spread the cost over 3 years...14 pence a day......but they need to announce the fixture structure now and make sure that England are based in the capital!