{"id":407024,"date":"2026-02-04T08:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/407024\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:13:08","slug":"las-vegas-set-for-super-league-takeover-as-impressive-hull-kr-sales-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/407024\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas set for Super League takeover as impressive Hull KR sales revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an exciting time for the defending Super League champions<\/p>\n<p>05:01, 04 Feb 2026Updated 07:52, 04 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rugby league is returning to Las Vegas this month.\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2_Las-Vegas.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Rugby league is returning to Las Vegas this month.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Rugby league is returning to Las Vegas this month.(Image: SW Pix)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">More than 7,000 tickets have been snapped up by Super League supporters for this month\u2019s Las Vegas showpiece, with around 10,000 fans in total expected to make the trip from England to the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/all-about\/hull-kr\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Hull KR<\/a> and Leeds Rhinos will go head-to-head as part of a triple-header at Allegiant Stadium, alongside two NRL fixtures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The NRL will once again launch its 2026 season in Las Vegas, having first taken games on the road to Sin City back in 2024. Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves were later invited to take part in 2025, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alloutrugbyleague.co.uk\/news\/rugby-league-las-vegas-kick-1654915\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">with Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos set to kick off this year\u2019s action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hull Live understands the reigning Super League champions have sold approximately 4,000 tickets so far, with the Super League clash opening the day at 4pm local time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Newcastle Knights will then face North Queensland Cowboys, before the action concludes with Canterbury Bulldogs taking on St George Illawarra Dragons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">45,209 attended last year&#8217;s spectacle in the entertainment capital of the world &#8211; an increase of around 5,000 on the inaugural double-header event &#8211; with around 10,000 Super League supporters having also made the trip last March as Wigan comfortably beat Warrington 48-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">February promises to be a mammoth month for Willie Peters\u2019 side, with the highly anticipated World Club Challenge against Brisbane Broncos taking place just a week before the Las Vegas event. <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulldailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-league\/hull-kr-sell-out-mkm-10648362\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">A sold-out crowd heads to the MKM Stadium for the battle of the champions on February 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Robins will also kick off their Super League campaign away to newcomers York Knights on February 12, while they host Lock Lane this Friday in the third round of the Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s an exciting time for the defending Super League champions 05:01, 04 Feb 2026Updated 07:52, 04 Feb 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20372,5903,20370,101,20373,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-407024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-hull-kr","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-league","tag-sports","tag-super-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}