Moving a 150 miles is a great way to finance a new stadium





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Widnes's ground was funded by Halton Borough Council, Sport England and the club, with grants from the EU and Lottery, plus sale of naming rights also involved. Lots of smaller projects rather than one single big investment. The nature of the funding meant the project was done piecemeal over nearly 10 years and also means a significant part of the spend was on conference facilities for businesses, plus the various fitness centres, sports injury clinic & other regional facilities for wannabe olympic competitors - not just a RL facility.

I think it's always going to be easier for one team towns like Warrington, Widnes, St. Helens etc. to get local council involvement. In the pre-SL days when Widnes were allowed to still be a members club rather than a company, there were always local politicians getting themselves known on the club committee.

Hard to see many local councils having funding for any large discretionary projects in the next couple of years.

They've started the campaign way too late for it to have any impact on the overall decision.