www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/24 ... al-stadium

www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/24 ... al-stadium

Good news IMO. Just 60 years too late.

What? Does this mean that as and when Bradford need to renovate their stadium the RFL will be the ones paying for it?

Are you London in disguise!!!!!!!!!!!

Bradford don't own the stadium

Indeed. It was council owned prior to this unbelievable news. Coincides with our season launch tomorrow night as well, so I'll be on the track to get some answers.

I really hope the RFL can use the stadium and maybe redevelop it. Just put all around the terracing and it would be a fantastic RL venue, like nothing else seen around the country and a great semi-final and national leagues finals day venue, along with a great International venue which actually has an atmosphere.

Bought off the council seems like they were keen to off load, no doubt Tescos had their eye on the land.

Good move for the RFL. As much as many think its a dump it is does have great hospitality areas and might even give bulls the flexabilty to redevelop some of the 3 stands.

I know (the council do?) but, surely Bradford will never have to worry about stadium requirements for License criteria because its the RFL that own the place?

Unbelievable.

Seriously, the only thing I can think of why the RFL would have bought it is for a reason like this. As a Bradford fan, I seriously hope we get the redevelopment we've craved all along.

You need seats in ground these days. Not everyone can stand up for length of time. Seems your tinme traveling back to 50's when it held 100,000+

The rfl press release gives little away so i await with baited breath what the rfls real plans are with this stadium.

It could be good for NRC, Championship finals as well as CC/ international quarters or semis but is it really worth buying in this present day? Like Odem said, it would have been a good buy a while back - it could be the sports stadium.

Interestingly NRC or Championship final day tickets are not yet on sale so maybe they will be re-locating. I hope they don't take both to Yorkshire though it'd be nice to have one in Lancs and one in Yorkshire.

It'd be nice to see the RFL redevelop it a bit but according to that article, they don't seem to want too. I'd love to see the terraces upgraded and something good like that but in this modern day a 20,000 all seater sounds more likely.

Don't Bradford council have plans to make a sports village there?

I suspect anyone thinking great things will soon come of this will be disappointed, at least in the short term. The press release itself implies that.

I suspect the reasons may be rather more sobering. But I'd be delighted to see something positive come out the Odsal ownership and development saga at last. Hope springs eternal...

The RFL are giving very, very little away at this moment in time it seems. Yes, the council did have plans for a sports village. But the projected costs were catastrophical and it has just never seemed to happen.