Wonder if they are trying to pitch it as a trial event regarding rugby league World Cup fixture ? I know it’s not till end of October but could be chance to test footflow and bottlenecks
I think you may be on to something judging by what I've heard, or at least that was the plan last week.
This morning however the latest government advice regarding Leicester, and seven other areas where the Indian variant is problematic, saying that people should avoid traveling into and out of these areas. This may scupper our chances of a bigger than expected crowd given Leicester is only a short distance from the Ricoh.