A pity it doesn't show the North stand as well.

Quote Old Feller="Old Feller"A pity it doesn't show the North stand as well.'" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPq-Zh ... FZg/videos It seems the Union lot have on their channel the video to keep tabs on.

Quote Old Feller="Old Feller"A pity it doesn't show the North stand as well.'" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPq-Zh ... FZg/videos It seems the Union lot have on their channel the video to keep tabs on.

Ref the West Stand, you’d think the club could buy the 4 Turnways houses closest to the narrowest part of the stand (behind the West Stand)… In the short term they could Let them out or allow overseas/youth players to stay there. Meanwhile they could transfer ownership of end of the gardens to the rugby club and divert the path slightly to the West.

This would give more room for a bigger terrace, mean no need to demolish the houses (just reduce the garden size). It would give the club a return on their investment (say £1m to buy the 4 houses?). They’d also own assets that could be sold on for said £1m.

Also when it came to planning, there’d be no objection from the owners of the gardens behind the stands! Wouldn’t need much extra space to give the Western terrace a rectangular footprint (rather than triangular at present).

I’m sure planning wouldn’t allow anything of the height of the Carnegie, but with a bit extra space could build a low covered modern terrace in the longer term?...

Phase 1 – buy houses (over a few years as residents sell up) and transfer part of gardens to club and redirect footpath to the West. Meanwhile Let them out/allow staff to stay.

Phase 2 – longer term rebuild terrace as required/cash allows

I'm sure the club will be mindful of the western terrace , they will know the stadium with three new stands does not look completed and they haven't said the western terrace is not going to get redeveloped have they?.I should think though any work on that end will be many years in the future .

Details of the financial backers of the scheme have been revealed: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cr ... -1-8810588 & no it's not any of Caddick's companies or subsidiaries.

Details of the financial backers of the scheme have been revealed: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cr ... -1-8810588 & no it's not any of Caddick's companies or subsidiaries.

and its going to take an awlul lot of paying off . Maybe in a few years they will remortgage and do the same with the WT

Some pics of the North Stand demolition: https://yorkshireccc.com/news/view/6089 ... ent-latest

Some pics of the North Stand demolition: https://yorkshireccc.com/news/view/6089 ... ent-latest

Now that the backers and a bit of info on the terms of the redevelopment have been announced,what are peoples views on things?

Im not really clued up on things of this nature. Does it mean legal&general own the stands and we'r just renting them? And if so will we ever own them?

All in all are people who know what theyr talking about happy with the structure of the deal with regards to weather its good,risky or bad for the club? Cheers

I’m sure I heard somewhere that basically L&G will own the stands until they’re paid off over 40 years. Then they become the property of Rhinos/Yorkshire.
Though I think there is facility built in for them to be paid off quicker which the Rhinos would be looking to do.

I thought it was a 42 year lease? That would suggest L&G would retain ownership after 42 years. There may be an agreement in place to extend the lease or purchase the stand at the end of that period, but I wouldn’t of thought we’d just own it automatically.

When this is finished we'll be the only team with a modernized stadium that has kept their spiritual historic home, we'll be unique!