LeagueNews.co | Cooper McEnroe
The NRL's Las Vegas event is gaining significant traction, with expectations for a major interest spike by 2026.
Reporting from zerotackle.com indicates that this upcoming year will be the biggest yet, prompting the league to arrange a fifth Qantas Dreamliner 707 aircraft to transport fans directly to the event.
As highlighted by The Daily Telegraph, there's potential for a sixth charter, reflecting a considerable increase from the two flights organized for the 2025 event.
John Vellis, NRL's general manager of US expansion, stated, "Demand has been so high, it's been unbelievable.
The interest in Vegas is growing and growing."
Already, four flights, capable of carrying 236 passengers each, have sold out ahead of the event-this is double the number of charters sold during the first two years of the NRL in Vegas.
Vellis noted, "For the first two years, we had two charters.
This year we have gone up to four, and we are now going to launch a fifth charter.
These flights are specifically for the event."