Known as the “biggest game in 25 years,” Wigan’s historic matchup with Warrington Wolves in Las Vegas is expected to receive significant support from the sport’s broadcast partners, Sky Sports.
As part of a quadruple-header at Allegiant Stadium, which is also the site of the 2024 Super Bowl in February and is home to the Las Vegas Raiders, Warriors CEO Kris Radlinski acknowledges that “everyone is buzzing” about the matchup on March 1.
After seeing the first-ever doubleheader in Sin City that kicked off the NRL season in March, Radlinski was motivated to include Wigan and the Super League tournament.
In an email to Mike Danson early this year, I said, “What do you think?'” I recalled watching Las Vegas in its entirety. Is this what we ought to be involved in? “Yes,” he replied, “and I called them,” remembers Radlinski.
He must next decide what the advantages of coming there are from a commercial standpoint. How much does it cost? Yes, those advantages are worth it, but we will lose a home game. I only had to show him all the numbers, and he decided what to do.
“I’m fortunate to have a team here that has put in a lot of effort and met every two or three weeks for the past two or three months. The frequency of these encounters has increased significantly.
The cost of food, training facilities, and security are other factors that you might not first think about. We have a venue and all the players arranged; we are just organising our schedule for the week.
Although it requires a lot of work, it’s incredible. It will be quite thrilling.
About 10,000 supporters are anticipated to travel from England, and administrators hope that two NRL games and an international encounter between the Australian Jillaroos and England Women would draw a crowd of about 65,000.
Both Wigan and Warrington are benefiting from their historic Super League meeting, and events in Las Vegas will begin on Wednesday.
Wigan CEO Radlinski went on, “Sky Sports are saying it’s the biggest game in 25 years.” They’re examining it with the belief that we must back this.
It will be enormous. We’ve never participated in this before, so it’s a fantastic opportunity for us. Everyone is excited about it.
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