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.