Whilst some of the items I am about to mention may have already been discussed in bits and bats I am just curious as to how Wakefield can maintain their stance on the fact that their current ground is their alternative plan to Newmarket when it is clear that the lease company have started to tout Belle Vue for sale via a property consultant.

Interesting point that is raised by the property consultants is that Wakefield will vacate Belle Vue by the end of 2011 which leads me to two questions/comments:

1: Why would anybody no matter what position within the club spend money on redeveloping the ground if they are due to leave once the supposed work is completed.

2: No planning permission has been requested yet for the redevelopment works so the RFL can only assume the outcome, surely the most positive thing to do would be to show the RFL that permission has been requested and upon being granted the upgrading of Belle Vue will commence.

I would also question the cost of the upgrades, surely to do the amount of work suggested would cost more than 500K, I could be off mark with this but in construction terms 500k seems a little tight.

I may be wrong on the above items but it seems a little strange to say the least that a property company is trying to find a buyer. Either the Wakefield management are under the impression that they will be granted a new lease or some people are trying to sugar-coat a possible bad situation before any licence decision.

Whilst this may appear to most of you I am a Castleford fan trying to stir dirt, there has been a lot of emphasis on the fact that Wakefield are going to bring their current stadium up to SL standard for 2012 onwards which makes them on par with my team in regards to stadium facilities. Although Castleford may not be in a nice shiny new stadium, we do currently own our ground and will own the ground at Glasshoughton, there isn’t going to be a case of the lease company coming to Castleford and saying you have to move out as we are selling the land to a property developer. When Castleford do move it will be on our own terms.

Below is a link to the Dove Haigh Phillips document (Link near bottom of webpage).
www.sendspace.com/file/ro967w

Whilst some of the items I am about to mention may have already been discussed in bits and bats I am just curious as to how Wakefield can maintain their stance on the fact that their current ground is their alternative plan to Newmarket when it is clear that the lease company have started to tout Belle Vue for sale via a property consultant.

Interesting point that is raised by the property consultants is that Wakefield will vacate Belle Vue by the end of 2011 which leads me to two questions/comments:

1: Why would anybody no matter what position within the club spend money on redeveloping the ground if they are due to leave once the supposed work is completed.

2: No planning permission has been requested yet for the redevelopment works so the RFL can only assume the outcome, surely the most positive thing to do would be to show the RFL that permission has been requested and upon being granted the upgrading of Belle Vue will commence.

I would also question the cost of the upgrades, surely to do the amount of work suggested would cost more than 500K, I could be off mark with this but in construction terms 500k seems a little tight.

I may be wrong on the above items but it seems a little strange to say the least that a property company is trying to find a buyer. Either the Wakefield management are under the impression that they will be granted a new lease or some people are trying to sugar-coat a possible bad situation before any licence decision.

Whilst this may appear to most of you I am a Castleford fan trying to stir dirt, there has been a lot of emphasis on the fact that Wakefield are going to bring their current stadium up to SL standard for 2012 onwards which makes them on par with my team in regards to stadium facilities. Although Castleford may not be in a nice shiny new stadium, we do currently own our ground and will own the ground at Glasshoughton, there isn’t going to be a case of the lease company coming to Castleford and saying you have to move out as we are selling the land to a property developer. When Castleford do move it will be on our own terms.

Below is a link to the Dove Haigh Phillips document (Link near bottom of webpage).
www.sendspace.com/file/ro967w

As has already been said it is Savilles job to review all the ground related elements of the franchise application and they will obviously report any issues they believe exist with our proposal to remain at Belle Vue until NM is ready (assuming it gets past the PI) to the RFL. In short there are people far more capable than you or I who will review the proposal so nothing for you or anyone else to worry about.

As has already been said it is Savilles job to review all the ground related elements of the franchise application and they will obviously report any issues they believe exist with our proposal to remain at Belle Vue until NM is ready (assuming it gets past the PI) to the RFL. In short there are people far more capable than you or I who will review the proposal so nothing for you or anyone else to worry about.