I think I'm starting to understand your issue Egg. We are talking about different things.

The 12k stadium and Newmarket discussed many years ago. It is now absolutely dead in the water. There were many people involved in that over the years if you are looking to blame someone.

What this group have done, JM in particular, is take a dead in the water proposal and make a beneficial return out of it.

Personally I prefer something built on the Belle Vue footprint rather than Newmarket.
The stand looks fit for purpose to me. Way better than a soulless construction next to a warehouse. It fits our attendances better as we were only going to spend millions on empty seats there.
It's within budget.

Yes there is more that can be done to the West and back of North but we are in a position of being able to do that in future rather than bankrupting everyone trying to make it all look pretty rather than build what is needed.

The 10 times better comment was about the Rollin Shack development. That I think is sounding very promising but is still in planning stage so will have to wait for firm details.

As a fan im quite happy with the new stand, i think it looks good and I prefer the location, but there has been a constant watering down at all levels over the past decade of what the community would actually get. Yes, the blame for not getting a full community stadium does not lie at the feet of the current owners, but the redevelopment of the rollin shack and the inclusion of community provision does within the redevelopment of Belle Vue.

I don't think it's unreasonable to be upset that we are not getting the full community provision we were promised as part of this redevelopment (which arevery much less than the original promise) after the club so publicly derided those others for not delivering on their previous promises to the wider community. And yes, should the sale of the club go through and the new owner also fails to deliver for the wider community, I'll be just as annoyed at him as I am the current owners, and all of those who have failed previously to deliver actual positive change for the people of Wakefield

Pop Tart, can you do me a favour and check my posts are visible and not using invisible ink, I replied on more than once to the usual negative posters, but they either can’t see my posts, or they choose to ignore them. Thanks

So on the overall delivery over 10 years, I agree with you.
But I personally I've let that go. There's no value in casing that. The people responsible got away with it.
But JM has managed to get a big percentage of that back, and he deserves a lot of credit for that.

Lol. Alas whatever it is seems to happen to my posts too.

They'll get the credit when it is actually delivered for the community, not before. As I see it, the club are currently not offering any more to the wider local community than they did a decade ago, which pretty much amounts to a rentable function room. Yes, they've done great work to get a redeveloped stand, but that only really benefits the few thousand fans of the club, and not the hundreds of thousands of residents of Wakefield which is what the club said this redevelopment would do.

As a fan, I'm happy - we've got a nice looking (but smaller than planned) stand
As a resident, I'm pee'd off that yet again we have had a bare minimum promised and they've failed to even deliver that

I’m pleased Newmarket fell through because, for Trinity fans it was a bad location.
I’m also gutted that we haven’t got a full redevelopment of BV, but I’m extremely happy with the new stand.
That, I would think, is by far the biggest cost of the whole project.
I also want to see the disgusting west terrace developed to the same standard and I have a hunch it will be.
Oh, we also have new floodlights and pitch - not to be overlooked.
I also know that if material prices hadn’t rocketed in the last couple of year we would have had more.
That’s life - we have to live with it.
I have gratitude for what JM has done and it’s a major start.
I’m glass half full and realise there are more important matters going on, on the pitch than to constantly Moan about the ground.

I suggest that you visit the Wakefield trinity community page and read through the raft of initiatives ongoing all season for the various age groups for sporting, health and community engagement. This is inclusive of charitable events. Perhaps you are oblivious to this but this community interaction and engagement is absolute light years ahead of where we were years ago. The evidence is there so just have a look through.

Also, something will be happening with the south east corner and it’s better to keep your powder dry until it’s decided what will happen there.

Regards the new stand and function room. There is the potential for charitable events to be held there amongst other things:

This could include public organisation training - eg

NHS, West Yorkshire police, local council etc.
Local business events
Charitable events

There certainly could be a good benefit for the community.

The new pitch would potentially allow for family fun days and local rugby events to be incorporated.

We have to give the club a chance to use the facilities before we pass comment or judgement on how beneficial it is to the community.

On FB some football fans loving Belle Vue