Quote UllFC="UllFC"York could be a good growth area for the game, it is not a sports mad city, the football team always struggle and many support Leeds United or further north Middlesbrough.
They probably arent big enough for Super League in the medium term, but if they became top of the Championship contenders that would be a boost for the sport.
As others have said the new ground is out of town but has very good road and bus and park and ride links, also a decent population in smaller towns around York near there.
We ideally need a stronger 2nd tier, where being relegated from SL is seen as a blow but not a death knell for a club. We need to get a cluster of say 6-10 teams attracting 3-5k who are competing at the top end of the Championship'"
The new stadium is less than 3 miles from York rail station about 2.5 from the minster, headingley elland road, Dw and possibly Kc stadium all similar distance or more. That part of York is now a major hub part of the city, for shopping leusure etr. Its not like the original Huntington stadium which when it was built in the 80’s had nothing around it.
