Quote: ned76 "i never mentioned a third shopping centre being built.'"
Admittedly, this conversation has followed a meandering course, but the initial discussion was whether or not, if Latics folded (which you and I are both in agreement they probably won't), the administrators would be allowed to sell the stadium to another company, and if they thebn wanted to knock the stadium down and build something else there, would they be allowed to? And if so, how would Wigan RL fight off such a challenge.
My point is that I can't see any new building project - whether it be housing estate, shopping centre, etc - justifying the sort of storm of protest that would follow if Wigan Council gave permission for anything of this sort to happen.
Most likely, as others have said, the administrators would be forced to make use of the stadium, maybe selling it other interested parties who wished to continue with its current use.