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How happy was he with that try lolAnd he even scored a try which icing on the cake for Sam
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How happy was he with that try lolAnd he even scored a try which icing on the cake for Sam
No word on attendance yesterday about from Nigel Wood saying crowd is bigger for today.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An amazing return to Newcastle
<br><br>Thank you for attending <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MagicWKND?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#MagicWKND</a> 
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It looked bare.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An amazing return to Newcastle
I think the concept has run its course sadly.
Rather see a double header at St.James.
If it wasn’t for vegas I’d like to see super league try an all Lancashire double header season opener at the newly expanded etihad stadium or something similar like an all Yorkshire double header at elland road when the redevelopment is completed.
eh? It got 64k to it lol.
Best me to it
“It maintains the momentum that has been building since our record opening night attendance in February, the historic Super League fixture in Las Vegas in March, and a record-breaking Rivals Round in April.
Needs to be getting much more than this for me and attract more locals.
It is in top 3 rounds for attendance for the season. Best magic weekend attendance on a sunday since 2013 (when there was 14 teams), best overall attendance since 2018.
All fair points and indisputable facts but I honestly thought and think Newcastle could be so much more successful crowd wise in terms of attracting even bigger crowds and more locals.
Its doing fine, hopefully it grows but looking at historical data 62-67k is the norm attendance for the event. Its incredibly difficult getting people to buy tickets to a sport they have no interest in.
I had so much hope for RL in the north east region 4-5 years ago with the thunder playing at Kingston park and getting investment from the guy who owned the falcons etc.
Its certainly one of those areas with potential. But even with big money backing union has struggled there. Like Salford, these cities are so dominated by football it leaves little room for anything else. Falcons have crowds on par with Huddersfield and are soon to go bust unless they can find another rich person willing to waste money.
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