Actually Central Park when it was knocked down was just as good as headingly is now but with a higher capacity and more of the crowd being covered and in a town centre location. Had we not moved in with the football club, the alternative was for our own stadium on that site holding around 20k. Both Hudds and Hulls stadiums were built for BOTH the football AND rugby teams, you make it sound like the rugby teams moved in later on.



I am just praising the fact that our sport is played in great stadiums, it doesn't matter who else plays there or who payed for it, as long as RL will be played there for the forseeable future.

It doesn't matter if it is because of H&S, it will be great for RL fans to be watching the game in a better venue. Headingly still needs improving anyway, they are now behind the other top clubs in terms of their stadium.

As for poeples comments about councils etc. saying it has nothing to do with franchising.... why can't we just be thankful that some of the councils in RL towns are so willing to build stadiums for their town?

What I said was they wouldn't have been built without the football teams involvement.

Had Wigan not moved in with the football club they would have played at The Reebok.Dave Whelan wanted to redvelop Central Park as a shared stadium with Latics,the rugby club refused.The rugby club then hit financial difficulties which meant they had to sell Central Park.Thats when they had the choice to go to Bolton,or sell out to Whelan and stay in Wigan.Franchising had nothing to do with Wigan moving grounds.

Central Park was a wonerful ground full of history and atmosphere.As the OP says,it was better when it was knocked down than Headingley is now.Leeds are living off the Cricket clubs corporate facilities,as a visiting supporter its no better than Wakefield,an uncovered terrace behind the sticks and a row of burger vans at the back.And terrible parking for cars.

Very true. The facilities for away fans needs improving. Would it really cost that much to put a roof over the large part of the terrace?

And vice versa

How are they the cricket club's facilities? Leeds financed the development of the Headingley Lodge and the facilities within it. YCCC didn't own the ground so didn't sink anything into the building costs.

Sorry but that picture of Castlefords ground is hilarious, can they not afford a proper computer generated picture???

Hull KR announced their ground updates around the same time their franchise application went in, is anything actually happening with that ground other then somebody drawing a picture?

I think you mean Wakefield.

The ground work has being cleared for the east stand extension and the funds are in place. All we need to do is get the planning permission sorted. Disability spaces is the stickler.

The North stand will start being built before the end of this season with the current North stand moving to the south.

Longest. Construction build. Ever.

Good stadia existed before franchising, plans to improve stadia existed before franchising, a minimum standard of stadium in order to be promoted existed before franchising - but yeah hurrah for franchising and the great stadiums it has produced

Since you evidently know nothing about who owns or operates what bits of Headingley, as bramleyrhino notes, your opinions on this matter count for very little. There is only one sports team based there which justify and routinely sell out the corporate facilities and they don't play cricket or RU.