Wakefield MDC have ratified £2million contribution to Cas new ground fund.Things could get very interesting in Wakey over next few weeks.

also done same for wakey, but are having a review of both in july when franchise announced.

Its going to be hard for Wakefield Council to justify spending this money when they are facing huge cuts and job losses!

I just can't see any council being able to justify stadium developments with the pain going around at present due to the current public sector cut-backs. I await developments and think we were lucky it took us only 9 years to get the Shay stadium finished by Calderdale MBC.

I thought it was bad taste for Cas to release that statement only hours after Wakefield released theirs. Whoever doesn't have a permanent home will have a temporary one to tick the box. It's a swiz.

They can only really use this 'development area' rubbish as an excuse to keep ailing clubs up and unfortunately I think it's going to be at the expense of a/some club(s) that might otherwise be outperfoming them in terms of the league ladder.

Or Eastmoor. Looks like we will be playing them at Barnsley fc next season

TBF Cas were already planning the meeting and hence announcement on that day, the fact Wakey's letter came trhough the same day was just a bad coincidence for the Wildcats.

They really are in a mess though as said, sold ground spent most of that money, weren't actually paying a penny towards Newmarket yet still making squad cut backs look at how much spending Salford did once council said they'd pay for stadium! Cas have still got a decent squad and they are paying for their own ground too, Wakey seem potless and soon to be homeless. Their future does look very bleak and I can only see new investment joining when Richardson is out of the way and someone maybe taking club out of admin to start again (SO'C style).

It's very, very poor management to leave their club in this posistion based on a project that effectively wasn't even there project in the first place!

I went past where Saints are having the new stadium built, today. Going to be one hell of a size of a development.

Or will Wakefield " Think the unthinkable " and consider ground sharing with Cas ?

Quote: bentleyman "Or will Wakefield " Think the unthinkable " and consider ground sharing with Cas ?'" Wakefield have said here - wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/2010/11/9316/ that 2011 will be there last season at Belle Vue, so just where do they intend on playing in 2012?

Quote: bentleyman "Or will Wakefield " Think the unthinkable " and consider ground sharing with Cas ?'" Wakefield have said here - wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/2010/11/9316/ that 2011 will be there last season at Belle Vue, so just where do they intend on playing in 2012?

Once again, ill say this could have twists aplenty.
Castlefords money is nowhere near as secure as people think, its a tiny town aswell, surely not a long term goal of SL to have them around for much longer anyway. The £2million for land is a soundbite, building ventures have been struggling for years, i fail to see why Castlefords Stadium is going to be a smooth ride... Watch this space. Saints and Salford will just about make it happen in within the next few years though.

Apparently the money to Cas is only a loan,there has been no mention of the same loan facility being available to either Wakey or Fev.As a council tax payer in Wakey I'm not too impressed that these loans may be given when facilities and services look very likely to be cut for everybody in the area

is it a 2million loan or a piece of land thats worth 2 million ?.

So is it beyond reality that both Cas & Wakey fail to renew their sl franchise, paving the way for 2 x championship clubs in 2012??

No grounds = no franchise