It needs to be a top, modern arena, it's a big part of the appeal to fans and players. That rules out Leeds/Sheffield/Villa for me. It'll be Cardiff I bet, Emirates would be great but doubt they'd be up for it.

Would Olympic stadium be a possibility or is that years away?

sheffield would be a good shout as both major venues in the city could host it

bramall lane ( spit) is nearer the city centre and has a large area outside the main stand for a fan village but
hillsborough is next to a big park where a fanzone could be set up, and 5 minutes walk is hillsborough town centre with plenty of pubs/eating spots

Only 12 teams next year inc Cataland Macron could be big enough !

I have been the last two years to Manchester, but I wouldn't go if it was in Cardiff

Sheffield united is a great shout

How about catalans ?

If it's being held away from Britain, the 2 choices should be Dublin or Barcelona. Espanyol's ground could be a good shout.

Twickenham

What's the etihad capacity being reduced to?

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The more pressing decisions are when in the season it is going to be played, and which groups of teams will be in it (12, 8 or 16).

Presumably no football team would allow it to happen during the season, so that rules out most of the options for August Bank Holiday. It will probably end up in Cardiff again, which would be ok for me, although I would like to see it at the Olympic Park.

I spoke to a member of the RFL last year and he said there are only a few venues in the country that magic weekend can be staged at because they need 2 sets of changing rooms. So we can't just pluck stadium names out of thin air. If it has to move for a year I wouldn't object to going back down to Cardiff!

its probably be cardiff again.

If it's only a one off I still think it should be London, after all there is a big presence of support here (not necessarily Broncos and Skolars) but bigger than anywhere else outside the heartlands.

YES for a one of London that would suit me

l know 25K would technically be too small but ive

Try again ! 25K seems too small but Ive never seen more than 20K in a stadium at any one time. and that's stretching it, 1000s just watch their team and go, sods law if you went to DW, or Headingley, 30K would want to sit in there all day.

A 30k stadium would probably be fine but they wouldn't be able to have unreserved seating and would have to allocate all the seats. When you have unreserved seating you have to leave a certain percentage of the seats empty. Not sure it would be feasible to have all reserved seating for a MW though.

for me next years venues if etihad isnt available should be out of:
villa park 43k
ricoh arena 30k
anfield 45k
reebok stadium possibly 28k
st james park 52k
stadium of light 49k
i know it is too big but olympic stadium possibly 80k
emirates stadium 60k
derby county pride park 33k
sounds stupid but aviva stadium ireland 51k

Edinburgh again??

Stade Velodrome. Mille.

Does it have to begin with 'M' ? ....Middlesbrough or Milton Keynes.

hopefully they'll be able to arrange it at the etihad again, we can be flexible with when we host it.

People touting all these places, it needs to be somewhere pretty well accessible and not too long a journey because we want plenty of fans to go and you simply aren't going to get as many people travelling down a long distance for what is at the end of the day a regular season game, it's not a final.

Emirates please (or anywhere in London works for me :-p )

I actually hope it can stay in Manchester, Fair enough if it can't be next year if the stadiums having work done but this year was my first time visiting Manchester Magic, I went a few times to Cardiff and enjoyed it but it was to expensive, I think this year it seemed to be a big success (ok the weather helped)...

Location wise it's brilliant, the majority of fans can go on the day without travelling a ridiculous distance , nice stadium , lots of space around for a fan village with bars etc.. I was disappointed with the high expense in the ground but no matter where you go it will be the same.

I'd like to think Manchester Magic at the Etihad can become a rock solid yearly event along with the grand final and the cc final.