There was clubs suggestion of the council loaning the money. Even the conservative government believe that spending on infrastructure is good for the economy.

I'd be absolutely stunned if they agreed to that.

I also think that further meetings between the council, the club, the trust and any new developers should be made public

subtle difference but the suggestion was the council borrow the money and the club cover the interest and the council pursue York Court to honour their obligation to repay the capital borrowed.

Obviously, the fact everyone seems to accept York Court wont honour anything makes this pretty much a non-starter unfortunately.

So when is Councillor Box meeting with the Club & Trust because the clock is ticking , and time is running out to get a new plan in order to satisfy Super league. Sorry but can't see it happening by the end of the month.

As the unilateral undertaking has not yet been replaced, they could always enforce that.

Companies house gives some interesting movement of directors , https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 4/officers No idea who Shipley is , Jones is part of the Crecraft Jones Partnership ( Paragon development ) , Mackie resigned his directorship in Oct 2012 then was reinstated in March 2017, Looks like set of dodgy bleeders, who in conjunction with Rodders have had us and the council for fools

Companies house gives some interesting movement of directors , https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 4/officers No idea who Shipley is , Jones is part of the Crecraft Jones Partnership ( Paragon development ) , Mackie resigned his directorship in Oct 2012 then was reinstated in March 2017, Looks like set of dodgy bleeders, who in conjunction with Rodders have had us and the council for fools

But then we are back to the 60k trigger point and whether Newcold counts or not and until that is reached no obligation to build a stadium.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but with York Courts track record they should not have been allowed to build anything without proof of funding to start the stadium at the same time as the first brick was laid. This is the basis of the Cas s106 as I understand it

I know in these days of financial constraints it's difficult for local councils to shift money to where it is most needed, BUT to finance a Community Stadium, would in my opinion not be squandering public money. There has to be some sporting centre of excellence in any large town or city, and this could be incorporated in the stadium.
With a loan in the council's name (and are there any grants available nowadays?) surely the club could generate enough money to pay the interest as MC has offered. Perhaps, the club managed properly (as now) could even chip away at the capital and eventually own the stadium or a share of it.
I don't know how much a stadium costs but I would imagine it would be a small part of the WMDC budget and with top class facilities for WMD or am I being much too optimistic?

Interesting that both Sir Rodney and Peter Box are directors together, along with others, of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.rlhttps://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03498700/officersrl

I know these are the kind of things these high-flyers get involved with. For instance, both Rodney and Peter Box were directors of the National Coal Mining for England Trust plc together for many years, and Denise Jeffrey is a current director (although not at the same time as Rodney). Just an example of how these people come across each other.

I have it from a director of Scarborough FC that the Council funded the 18M sports village there and they are there as the fee paying anchor tenant. The FA gave a grant to help with the ground from the football foundation funds. The village includes a 50m Olympic pool and sports centre. Come on Mr Box...you have some culpability in this mess. Get it sorted for the people of Wakefield. Not just the RL fans. And how about the RFL getting involved like the FA did with Scarborough? Instead of dreams of Canadian SL franchises?

Very murky waters, Slugger , Here is another one : https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02056198 Shoremayne Ltd used to be Yorkcourt Properties , Mackie and Jones are still directors of Shoremayne and if you look at the list of past directors you see the tie up with Crecraft https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 8/officers I imagine that the Newmarket development , property deals etc etc involving these directors and the various companies they have interests in are all intertwined and set up in such a way that they are extremely difficult to chase in the courts. I bet that Yorkcourt 2008 for example will have zero asset value so even if they lost in court they have nothing to lose.

Very murky waters, Slugger , Here is another one : https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02056198 Shoremayne Ltd used to be Yorkcourt Properties , Mackie and Jones are still directors of Shoremayne and if you look at the list of past directors you see the tie up with Crecraft https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/comp ... 8/officers I imagine that the Newmarket development , property deals etc etc involving these directors and the various companies they have interests in are all intertwined and set up in such a way that they are extremely difficult to chase in the courts. I bet that Yorkcourt 2008 for example will have zero asset value so even if they lost in court they have nothing to lose.