Exactly.



People would not be willing to stay in a strange pub or restaurant or stay around the ground as it would be a short train or taxi ride and they could be back in their local or nearer to home.



Those that go generally enjoy it. It's your sat at home grumblers that spoil it. Moaning that there are empty seats when all they have to do is realise those seats are empty because of them.



The event does not have to be expensive. Coach down and back in a day with very reasonable tickets and take your own food/drink would see it affordable for lots of people.

I didn't attend cos I'm skint I live just outside cardiff and my gripe Is lack Of Marketing. Ok I'm sure they push it to the rl crowd but surely the point of Magic in Cardiff is too entice locals and those from the SW to watch live rugby so how come I saw nothing on local tv. Nothing in local rag and zero billboards. The only advertising I saw were lampost flags (small ones) on the road to the bay.



I spoke on Friday to a guy at the ice rink in Cardiff who had no idea magic was on!

Loved it, loved it LOVED IT!!



Had a really great time and many laughs with other fans. Stayed in Caerphilly and found a brilliant indian restaurant.



Shame it was so cold inside the stadium on Saturday, it seemed to be warmer on Sunday?



Loved how easy it is to park and ride even when I went the wrong way on Sunday and went round 'Torchwood'.



Hope its in Wales again next year but slightly warmer.....

Were you there? If not shut yer gob. I live in cardiff so travel and accommodation was not an issue. Work committments meant i could only attend sunday. I thought the organisational side was spot on, the stadium is as great as ever (i always reccomend the 2nd tier for the best view of the games), food and drink prices were not a complete rip off, the fans were the usual friendly boisterous peeps, enjoyed it and will definitely be back next year.

Overall i agree on the marketing chubs but there was an 8 page pull out in the wednesday echo. Awful rag though it is.

Yeah i thought that was a bit harsh really. Felt sorry for people during my 10 min walk home

Wednesdays is cutting it fine It should have been pushed right after Xmas! What good is it 3 days before people would have plans you cant say oh this weekend there is rugby all weekend, and expect a massive uptake. People need time to plan and arrange things. Bands at the millenium or cia have posters and stuff

Up months in advance. Also having it In the middle of 6 nations might have stopped some people going who were interested in checking it out. I.e the whole I'm going to watch Wales on the tv or the mrs says we have to have a family day as I went to the home game last week issue.

They did. The "RL Community" consists of about 30,000 hardcore supporters who are happy to travel long distances to watch as much rugby as they can + 200-300,000 fans of varying degrees of enthusiasm and commitment. The event was aimed at the hardcore fans as a live event and the rest as a televised event.

Not as sorry as they would have felt for you having to live in Cardiff

Yes i would sacrifice living on cathedral road, with my view of bute park for east hull any day of the week.

I think I would still prefer to live in East Hull.



Cardiff has to be one of the worst cities I have ever had the misfortune to go to. It has a yearly average of 364 days of torrential rain, relieved only by one day of light drizzle.

Cardiff us the worst city? I see your Cardiff and raise you Portsmouth