Amex to host Rugby World Cup Games? (merged threads)

[ewe2]

I wonder what we would earn from this event.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

the Daily Mail are now claiming that the Jones article is pure speculation.

 

[W.C.]

nnnnnnnnnooooooooooo! Hopefully they'll make those big brutes wear slippers before they lumber around our beautiful turf

 

[les dynam]

This will be great! Massive big screen fan park thing on the seafront with bars and stuff... 3 boozy old match-days at the ground... this is going to be a right old boozathon! I think we'll get a France match as well, and possibly an Italy match too.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Yes, the article continues for people who subscribe!
Just copied this off wiki...

An article published by the Sunday Times on 3rd March 2013 suggested that 12 venues would be used. These were, Twickenham, Wembley, Cardiff, Newcastle, Manchester, Leicester, Gloucester, Brighton, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Milton Keynes.

Cheers

 

[Dave the OAP]

I am not sure I understand...not the maj? A stadium that has all the facilities and ground staff for rugby union and has hosted it for years miss out? Very odd

Magnificent for albion though. This is where you need to be sitting on the sides rather than behind a goal though. Any 1901 ers don't want their seats, I am your man.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Hold your horses right there: Jason Quickcrap of the Greenies has recently tweeted the following:


Jason Kitcat ‏@jasonkitcat
Just heard from Rugby World Cup organisers that list of venues in Sunday Times is incorrect. Decisions yet to be taken: due end of month.
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[TheJasperCo]

I wonder what we would earn from this event.

Would the Albion gain anything from it though? I mean like, are we de facto owners of the Amex, or just tenants?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Hold your horses right there: Jason Quickcrap of the Greenies has recently tweeted the following:


Jason Kitcat ‏@jasonkitcat
Just heard from Rugby World Cup organisers that list of venues in Sunday Times is incorrect. Decisions yet to be taken: due end of month.
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Booo!!

 

[Glawstergull]

rugby ..........a diabolical game played by rozzers posh boys and taffs

Really?
Football.........a great game sometimes watched and played by feeking idiots.

 

[getreal1]

Brighton isn't a massive Rugby city like Hull or Bradford. However, being the only stadium on the list for an absolute mile (Reading/London being closest) i'm sure they will be able to fill it on a few occasions.

Not many people in those areas would be interested in this code though would they?

 

[Notters]

I am not sure I understand...not the maj? A stadium that has all the facilities and ground staff for rugby union and has hosted it for years miss out? Very odd

Magnificent for albion though. This is where you need to be sitting on the sides rather than behind a goal though. Any 1901 ers don't want their seats, I am your man.

exactly the reason why they would choose the amex. That and the fact it looks like a rugby ball.

 

[getreal1]

And how much is it worth to kick it between those sticks? and why are all the burly men standing behind that line?

And why do people kicking round balls around fall over, then roll over several times crying for their Mother, complaining that they're hurt when they've not been touched?

 

[saafend_seagull]

wonder if can drink from seats for this if at amex?

 

[mikeyjh]

Sandy Park has been added to the long list, so Jones is obv talking bollox. If Sandy Park has been added to the long list at this stage, it will be on the short list....

 

[strings]

Sandy Park has been added to the long list, so Jones is obv talking bollox. If Sandy Park has been added to the long list at this stage, it will be on the short list....

I think that is a fair assumption. I see Ashton Gate is now out of contention due to planned expansion work, which may not be completed in time.

I think this is good news - Sandy Park is a decent 'proper Rugby' (not football) venue, in one of the game's heartlands. I just really, hope we get some games too. *crosses fingers*

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Hope it is Sandy Park and Amex as well !
Exeter is 30 mins from me and the Amex would mean me drinking a pint or seven in my seat in the North Stand

 

[el punal]

The list of grounds, including the world's best new stadium(!), was mentioned on TalkSport this morning - early cat out of the bag moment methinks.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

I think that is a fair assumption. I see Ashton Gate is now out of contention due to planned expansion work, which may not be completed in time.

I think this is good news - Sandy Park is a decent 'proper Rugby' (not football) venue, in one of the game's heartlands. I just really, hope we get some games too. *crosses fingers*

Sandy Park only holds around 10,000 though, so I presume they have imminent expansion plans. Good move to move it closer to Cornwall though, as they love their rugby down there.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

wonder if can drink from seats for this if at amex?

Of course we can. Rugby fans like to do this as standard, and there is no way the stadium would be chosen if this is not allowed.