Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Glasshoughton going to be a community facility, albeit partly owned by the club?

Shh, they think its only their propososed one in the land of belts green they be, oo arrrr

Oh, soz Speedy. I didn't know I was privy to insider information!

Sorry if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that (until you ran short of money) it was a stadium for the Tigers - nowt wrong with that, mind, and good luck to you.You didn't need council money, or so I thought. How have the plans changed to make it a community stadium? Who will own and manage the Stadium? A community trust or Cas board of Directors? If it is genuinely going to be built as a community stadium then I have no objections at all to WMDC helping out - if not, then the council should steer clear and use the money to benefit the community they represent - they could do with the money to partly replace the school building programme that has just been stopped by this Fasc - sorry, Tory - government.

=#8000FF- With council money there's no funding gap

- Cas offered to let the council have facilities in the stadium, with Cas running them/general upkeep on the councils behalf

- Cas BoD would be running it all, with some facilities run for the council, the stadium for Cas and Surfworld, by at a guess, Surfworld.

Thanks for that. I suppose it all depends on what facilities Cas let WMDC have as to whether you could justify any council funding, but from what you say this will clearly not be a community stadium but a commercial enterprise run for the profit of Cas Tigers.

=#8000FFApart from a lot of council facilities generating money for the council because they would just take the profits and not have to pay for staff which Cas would supply?

Well Wakey's plans are sure for the community, 200 acres+ of green belt going to make way for warehouses etc, with out that you have no funding for a stadium at all do you ?

You are wrong - apology accepted.

It was never solely a stadium for the Tigers and was never presented as such by anyone. It was always to be a multi-purpose stadium, as Gaslight has said, complete with amenities to serve the local community. As far back as its original announcement in March 2006 this idea was put forward. Obviously as a Wakefield fan, you wouldn't have taken much notice, but the evidence is here:

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Plans have not changed, unless you mean the "Surfworld" add-on announced 10 months ago.

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In terms of ownership, it's not clear, but I do seem to remember that it would be jointly owned by at least the Tigers and Waystone - could have been some other consortium but I can't remember and don't know where I read it now.

Hope that clears some of it up. Someone else should be able to fill you in on the rest.

100's of jobs being created during a recession, money coming into the council for business rates etc, major new facilities run by the community trust for the communities benefit and well being - these aren't Wakies plans, our club can't afford them, these are the plans put forward by the developers and the community trust. To be honest, I wouldn't want our BOD running something like that, it's scary enough watching them trying to run a rugby club! And no, without that we don't have any money for a stadium, and I don't think the council should build us one (unlike Hull, Widnes, Salford, Saints etc.) - they should stick to schools and maybe re-invent decent council houses - but I have no objection to the proposed deal by YorkCourt, which benefits the developer, the council, the community AND any team that wants access to a shiny new stadium. Who knows, if England get the footy world cup it would make an ideal training base for a major team, with a 5 star hotel just down the road and easy access to Elland Road stadium!

Nice to see you read my links before posting....