The three most important things about a RL stadium is firstly location, secondly, location. I'll leave you to work out the third.
The HJ is superbly located, easy access, abundant cheap/free and easy parking, bus/rail on its doorstep, surrounded by pubs/restaurants/takeaways. We are a minority sport and have to make it easy to attend. Yet in the early days there was talk of our new stadium being built in Limekiln, an out of town wasteland near Burtonwood services. 95% of speccies would need to drive or take 2 buses to get anywhere near it. Thank god we had people in charge to guide them.

Looks dire for them. I've always liked Salford but they are really struggling now and it seems this move at best will see them on a nomadic journey like London, unable to lay down any proper roots and having the crowds dwindle. Would it be better for Salford to voluntarily drop into the Championship if that's the case, in order to make it easier for them financially?

A voluntary relegation won't be required. Luckily from a playing perspective we've been smart the past few years and not paid over the odds for players (like in the Marwan years). So we don't have sh*tloads of debt. If a move takes place there are a couple of options which will probably suit us for a few years until a longer term solution is available. There are lots of good things going on behind the scenes by the likes of Paul King, Ian Blease, Paul Rowley & the foundation.

The stadium is a bit of a millstone in the current scheme of things so potentailly this might be a blessing in disguise. As long as the club stays within the Salford boundary then we'll be fine.

When you say "millstone"?

Researching this it seems the move was simply for a better stadium and it was first proposed 2005 so not much to do with licensing at all, that came a few years later. No need to reply, just letting others know.....you were just having a cheap dig.....

YES - Their spokesman said going to Moor Lane would mean the club would have to go part time to make ends meet............Anyway there's clearly a list of clubs who would like to take their place.......

Produced just before the new season started.........Fev, Toulouse, Newcastle, york Bradford etc.....

Quote: Mild Rover "There was pressure from the one-size-fits-all licensing criteria, which distorted priorities and to varying degrees and in different ways harmed several clubs. Those clubs still bear some of the responsibility but they did have the Sword of Damocles of losing their place in SL hanging over them - that isn’t how it turned out but it was very much how it was sold.'" [i"Council hand Reds stadium boost" Salford have been given the green light by the city council to go ahead with plans to build a new 20,000-seater stadium near the M62 motorway. The Reds submitted plans for a £32m stadium, along with a hotel, shopping and leisure facilities, on a 30-hectare brown-field site near junction 11. Now the council has given the plan its backing, the final say will rest with Government Office North West.Salford have been at their home The Willows for the last 100 years.[/i 2005 - this was seemingly well before Licensing came along https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJ_Bell_Stadium

Quote: Mild Rover "There was pressure from the one-size-fits-all licensing criteria, which distorted priorities and to varying degrees and in different ways harmed several clubs. Those clubs still bear some of the responsibility but they did have the Sword of Damocles of losing their place in SL hanging over them - that isn’t how it turned out but it was very much how it was sold.'" [i"Council hand Reds stadium boost" Salford have been given the green light by the city council to go ahead with plans to build a new 20,000-seater stadium near the M62 motorway. The Reds submitted plans for a £32m stadium, along with a hotel, shopping and leisure facilities, on a 30-hectare brown-field site near junction 11. Now the council has given the plan its backing, the final say will rest with Government Office North West.Salford have been at their home The Willows for the last 100 years.[/i 2005 - this was seemingly well before Licensing came along https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJ_Bell_Stadium

"Their spokesman"? Shut up you clown, you're just making stuff up as you go along. This supposed "spokesman" said nothing of the sort so stop making stuff up you cretin

I see you've failed to answer my question about your previous username...

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Pretty simple.... it's too expensive for us to play there as the rent is high and we get nothing financially out of the stadium in return. ie, no match day revenue from food/drink sales etc.

We can't afford to play there = millstone. Not really that difficult to understand is it?

And nice to see you defending the trolls on here, shows just how far this site has fallen in the past few years.

I was at the meeting last Thursday NOBODY I repeat NOBODY said the club would have to go part time, so why are you getting off on this site making sh*t up ????

There you go again Slim.

I'm not defending anyone at all, mine was a simple question that you initially failed to answer and btw not everything that you perceive to be anti Salford is trolling although you do tend to react that way. Thanks for answering my GENIUNE question again you've decided to have a go when there simply is no need.

I do know what a millstone is and googled the same definition before posting just to be sure we were going to discuss the same. My follow up question is who do you think is responsible for that millstone, is it one party in particular, or a mass conspiracy by the 'powers that be' and additionally does your club have any responsibility?

I don't feel the need to repeat myself thanks Rico. I've already mentioned earlier in this thread about why the club were forced to move from The Willows so feel free to scroll back and have a read.

PS. If a thread about Salford is started by Donny/LeBron/Jean/Poky etc I think we all know what the intended purpose is. Forgive me if I dislike trolls but I'll happily call out the lowlifes every time.

PPS. I've just re-read Donny's original post and he's quite clearly twisted a couple of the "facts" he's posted to suit his agenda. So yeah he's a sh*t-stirrer and he's got the rise he set out to get.