Yeah, maybe we could rent it just like you guys...

San Francisco built its new $1.2billion stadium financed by fans alone! www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... mvxbb.html

San Francisco built its new $1.2billion stadium financed by fans alone! www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... mvxbb.html

The proposed new Wakefield stadium, which I acknowledge has now hit the buffers, was to have had a restaurant, hotel, the largest conferencing facility in Yorkshire and commercial sports facilities like 5-aside 3Gs for rent as well as the hospitality etc that would be in the stadium.

Such a shame that it's been the subject of some very shady highway robbery tactics by those trusted to deliver it.

Be interesting to know how many fans from their old bases go and watch in Cov. And what the ticket pricing is like. And how much damage it has done to Coventry RU

I agree but the problem for Wakey would have been that they were only tenants not owners. So they wouldn't get the revenue from that.

if Wasps can do this, Why couldn't the RFL?

Why couldn't the game build a 20k stadium with a casino, hotel, conference centre, etc, in say Wakefield, and have both clubs rent it, providing 2 clubs with facilities and making the game money?

Is it only because people would complain of favouritism?

Him,

From what I'm told, have read and I'm lead to believe the
Wakefield Stadium Trust were to be handed the stadium to run with the profits going to the Rugby League team

If the RFL were to build such a complex it would have to have a larger stadium or it wouldn't work. The sports major events with the exception of The Challenge Cup and Grand Final would have to be played there.

CC semi finals
Magic weekend
Major Play Off Games
Internationals
Your and Junior Internationals

What you'd be creating is a smaller version of Twickenham

Why would the RFL build a stadium for club rugby to be played ?
This is an issue for the individual clubs

With regard to Wasps, credit where it's due, it appears to be an incredible turn around.

It would be interesting to see just how many Wasps fans that attended games previously are making the trip to The Rioch in Coventry.
Maybe it shows that modern day sport is more about cash than "sport" but, we are where we are.

Do we get much more than 20k to those games? (bar internationals where we should 'go big' in at least some). And im not sure if I would put the magic weekend there, butIm fine if we went 25/30k but that might be a bit big for those two clubs (though im nothing if not ambitious for the game)

But 28 league games, 2 cc semi finals, Championship grand final/million pound gimmick, C1 GF, League 1 cup final, Summer Bash, is a fair amount of events there.

No reason we couldn't put other events on there, a proper 9s comp, some internationals etc.

Why?

well why pay for more than you actually use

I agree to a point though it would come down to the fine details. How would the income be split between the 2 clubs and the RFL?
If it goes to the 2 clubs how does the RFL get its money back? If it goes to the RFL how do the 2 clubs expand?

I quite like the idea though, just I always thought the 2 clubs were very much against sharing a ground? Although I'd always thought it was by far the best way for both clubs to thrive.