He also likes to actually watch the game rather than some management at clubs (RL, RU and Wendy) who simple spend all afternoon/night in the hospitality suites.

WBC was also very clever in that they drew up a completely watertight contract with Tescos, who have an excellent in house legal team which has on a number of occasions found loopholes allowing them to back out of similar projects once the store has been built.

How much did the stadium cost to build? Although the deal saved us, Tesco still got the better end of the deal. That store could probably pay our yearly salary cap within a week.

ims, it was between £11-13 million.
A rough estimate for a new stadium used to be roughly £1m per 1000 seats, unless it was bent and corrupt like Wembley, which worked out at something like £10m per 1000 seats.

The land was not 'too contaminated' - all land (within reason) can be remediated and made safe - the key issue was it was not in the town centre - obviously the benefits of the stadium were a major factor in the council permitting the application (although it still got called in by the SoS for the inquiry).



I seem to remember it cost Tesco about £10mill to build - they handed over a shell to us and we were responsibile for fitting it out (offices, carpets, changing rooms, etc.). Presume the fit out could have easily cost another million or so.

Do you own your stadium or is it rented off Warrington council
Just wondering if that swayed the decision as it would be a nice financial asset for the council. Rather than just allowing tesco to give it to the club

6. He's a lifelong fan. At one of his rare public speaking appearances, Squadbuilder a few years back, I remember someone asking him (was it Padders or Wires 71?) if he'd still be there if the club lost its Super League place. He just smiled and said "I would. Would you?".

It's our ground. If it were owned by the council we would be in the position that leigh are now in, paying an excessive rent and getting no income from the ground. As it is we get income from the NHS renting space underneath one of the stands for a Physio Unit. All four stands are sponsored, we get income from the naming rights, private boxes, and we even have our own water source, all of which either generates money or saves cost.

It did tickle me that comment.

Sorry
Thought it was owned by Warrington sports holding
And the warrington rlfc were tenants
Must be my mistake x

To the original poster;

Irrespective wether Tesco had a shop already in the town, a new ground would have been built anyway, and ims, did'nt Warrington boriough council knock back the 1st proposal of a ground?
Full marks to the club for getting a water-tight agreement considering Tescos far from transparent dealings. Heiress, Dame shirley Porter makes for interesting reading...

Really? Who would have stumped up the cash for land purchase and stadium build?

Nice smart-alec attempt but just shows poster's absolute zilch understanding of how companies structure themselves and makes himself to look the "I've got an axe to grind" busy-body.

How could we rent a stadium of a council who has no ownership of the land?

I deliberately didn't include the part about him being a fan because there are other sports owners who are lifelong fans of clubs and it doesn't always help although I take the point its more likely to secure loyalty from an owner than if he was an American football franchise owner looking to extend his empire with another sport.

We are all lifelong fans on here but I bet most of us would have made a big hash of the club if we'd owned it. If I had Simon Moran's money and bought the club in 2004 then by 2006 I would have probably sacked Cullen, transfer listed Briers, got rid of Bridge because I didn't rate him, spent all my life savings on getting Hanley in as coach and built a statue of Martin Gleeson at the HJ.