Las Vegas - Australian Rugby League games

[Sbooker]

Just curious if these 'exhibition' games have received any airplay on main stream media in the US? I expect not.

Rugby League in Las Vegas | Allegiant Stadium

For the first time ever, the NRL Telstra Premiership season will kick off on American soil. Witness the 2024 season-opening double-header on Sat., March 2.

www.allegiantstadium.com

They're on my radar as they are the first games of the 2024 premiership. I don't understand why they've taken them to Las Vegas though. Surely the USA is sports saturated with NFL, baseball, basketball and hockey.

 

[Tony Crocker]

The L.A. Dodgers opened the 2014 baseball season in Sydney and are opening it this year in Seoul.

The NFL has been playing a handful of games in Europe for several years.

 

[EMSC]

Just curious if these 'exhibition' games have received any airplay on main stream media in the US? I expect not.

Certainly haven't heard a peep about it myself. That said, it may generate at least some press on the final day or two leading up to and after the actual game day.

I doubt Rugby would get much press consistently, but unique/unusual (for the US) sports often can grab a minute or two here and there in the steady stream of 'major' US sports reporting.

 

[Sbooker]

Certainly haven't heard a peep about it myself. That said, it may generate at least some press on the final day or two leading up to and after the actual game day.

I doubt Rugby would get much press consistently, but unique/unusual (for the US) sports often can grab a minute or two here and there in the steady stream of 'major' US sports reporting.

Apparently they’ve sold about 30000 seats in the 90000 seat stadium. I still don’t get it. The US is saturated with quality sport.