Interesting stuff. I would be good to see Wakey get a new ground, it would be a real shame for them to miss out on a franchise because of the state of Belle Vue, they seem to have put a decent team together.

Im sure getting a new ground would give a good boost to attendences for Wakey too, I think Warrington's crowds have improved a lot since they moved to the HJ.

The difference being that Warrington's new ground is actually in Warrington proper, not miles away.
I wish them well but it really is "out of town".

I was pleased that the Thornes Park scheme was dropped as there are plenty of other places in/around Wakefield that could be used.
The old power station site needs to be cleaned-up and re-used at some point and I would have thought that a new ground there would have been perfect.
But that would require joined-up thinking.

If one of the 1st games is to be the Boxing Day game on 2011 or even 12' I'll definitely go since it will then be the nearest SL ground to where I live.
It will have excellent access to the M62 for away fans but will be a major trek for all home fans, probably nearer for Cas & Fev fan(s).
I wonder what the blokes who park on the layby just off the Rothwell junction will think about the increased traffic.

I hope wakey get their new ground, another team that has built from the lower divisions the right way

I also hope they dont need any money from the council, arent they like bradford "we knocked down the town centre and we have no money to build a a new one"



not sure moving "out of town" will be too much trouble, the impression i get is most people take the bus or car to belle vue anyway

Few pictures of the proposed stadium, which i think looks very good: -





Hopefully they will get the ground and the club stays in Super League. Looks very modern, alike to Liegh/Warrington. I assume the added Capacity that can be done is by adding the corners in.

Few more pictures from Wakefield Forum:

You speak some negative rubbish.

Yes, it is out of town, but Belle Vue was not exactly in the town centre, it was still a good 3/4 mile from the edge of town and Kirkgate station well over a mile from Westgate and bus stations. It is also positioned on one of Wakefield's busiest and narrow arterial roads and the bottle-neck caused at Chantry Bridge means it is a nightmare getting to Belle Vue from most parts of Wakefield north of the river. The new ground is closer for people who live in north Wakefield and the three larger suburbs of Stanley, Outwood & Wrenthrope and almost the same distance from Eastmoor as Belle Vue. I suspect that it will be nearer and certainly easier for a larger proportion of current Wakefield residents than Belle Vue currently is.

The old power station site, great idea... NOT! Firstly, who owns that site? Will Wakey have to pay for it? Also, you have exactly the same problem as you have with the Belle Vue, given it is only 1/2 mile further up the road, with the bottle-neck of Chantry Bridge and you now add in the other bottle-neck of the railway bridge just along Doncaster Road! So, do they build a new ring road which would mean a new bridge over the river at Eastmoor or widen Chantry Bridge and build a new railway bridge? Who will pay for that as well!

So picking a site that they have been given, free, gratis, by the council, close to the M62 with access off a dual carriageway with a new purpose built road for the ground and the wider development, paid for by the developer not Wakey or the council, lots of space for parking (800 at the ground itself) a park and ride scheme from the city centre to the ground and the other way during the week for people working in Wakefield... that is not joined up thinking then???

Is this potentially going to be a joint ground with Cas or just for Wakefield? Either way good luck to them and hope it goes through ok. It seems the RFL's threats about stadium standards has worked to some degree!

It looks excellent and I've got a vague picture in my head about where Newmarket colliery was, but to be more precise is it just off the Leeds Rd near the bridge over the M62 ?

I hope it goes ahead without any problems because it certainly seems to tick a lot of boxes.

They have spoke to Castleford and Castleford have rejected the chance, they are now in talks with Featherstone about playing a few of their games at the ground.

Hopefully this will come good because in all fairness the success of their RL teams since JK took over has been getting better and better and as someone else mentioned the playing surface at BV is top quality and hopefully they'll achieve the same at the new ground.