Quote: Chorlton RL "If the RFL are a stakeholder at Wembley, then do they pay rent to use it? If they are stakeholders, then surely they get a slice of the Club Wembley money and would surely make money at the bars.
Internationals and CC semis are more often than not played in venues that owned or part owned by RL clubs. So, again I'd question whether the RFL are paying extortionate amounts to hire the ground and the money is staying in RL. The none RL venues used are Old Trafford, Elland Rd and Bloomfield Rd. RL has had a long relationship with the former two and we still play there, so the price mustn't be so high as to put the RFL off.
I think the RFL need to take more internationals to Wembley more often and to better publicise marquee events to demographics outside hardcore RL supporters, but overall what we have works well. If we were to ever look at building our own stadium you only have to look at the FA to see the immense financial burden Wembley has caused them.'"
Wembley took a lot longer to build than epxected and was well over budget and has ended up costing around £1billion. As a facility, Wembley is one of the top 5 stadiums in the world, probably the best.
The RFL will not be building a 90k capacity stadium with a fancy arch and game day hospitality seating 15,000 people which never gets used other than on match days.
It would simply be a typical RL stadium but on a bigger scale. I would suggest using the standing and seating system used in german stadiums so that our national stadium could be mostly standing but also used as seating for concerts etc.
If the stadium had terracing on 3 sides it wouldn't need to be that big to hold 40k+ the costs for building a stadium like Wembley are totally different.
Imagine playing against the aussies infront of 50k with 35k of them crowd standing with an amazing atmosphere! An absolute dream.