Tbh that’s also one of the outcomes I could see in all of this, which isn’t even on the radar of the standard tic fan!!
Once they reach a point of realising that it is the clubs location, fanbase and interest in football in the town which inhibits their ambition, they have essentially two options- get out like the Chinese or you could easily see them say “let’s recoup the purchase price by selling the stadium to this other club (rugby) and take the football team elsewhere” as per the MK done arrangement.

Well this post is really dragging out all the idiotic vitriol isn’t? The cycle continues of both sets of fans having a go at each other, thinking they have the moral high ground. All reminds me of the workers having a go at each other for their conditions when it’s the employers who set the wages. It’s successive ownerships of both clubs that have driven this fan on fan hatred. All roads lead back to Whelan anyway.

I believe that the owners of Uncle Joe’s were told who to chose as a sponsor.
They wanted both but Latic’s wouldn’t have that.
They’ve stuck with the rugby and we’re then asked to leave their premises

The guy who told me this is usually pretty good with information like this.
I hope that this isn’t true but in the current climate it sounds about right

Leave which/who’s premises?

Sorry that was poorly written
The Latics representative was asked to leave the sponsors premises

Correct, Whelan included the Stadium in the sale of the Latic's as he knew that that any potential buyers, especially from abroad would only want to buy a football club which owned its own Stadium.

Apparently, the reason why it took so long for administrators to sell the Bolton Wanderers football club as their Stadium was not included in the sale due to the fact that it is not owned by the football club.

In other words, without the administrator including the stadium in the sale, the Latics may have ended up with new owners no richer than those who now own Bolton Wanderers.

In football, its not just about owning a football club, but where ever possible, also the buying of the property assets that go with the football
club.

In Wigan, things could have been different, but for the stupidity of what took place in the late nighties!

We have declining crowds, make a loss each year and will have just lost a significant amount of money due to how many games were played behind closed doors. Oh and we've done three years in a row without the money that comes from an (attended) final. This sounds like an excellent way to send ourselves under just to spite Latics. Even without the recent hit we have taken, just a totally financially unviable idea.

bolton own their stadium

Therein lies the issue, spite. It’s something that is a stain on this town between both sets of fans with a lack of any logic from most.

Just out of interest, do you include Ian Lenagan in that?

Only, he's been in charge at Wigan for nearly 15 years, and I don't remember him saying a single thing that could have driven any kind of fan-on-fan-hatred.

He's even pointed out quite recently that Latics can do what they want at the stadium as they own it.

I'm prepared to be proved wrong. But I've always believed that he was a big fan of having a peaceful stadium-share.

I await the reply to this with interest