The case was made in a Public Inquiry where a Developer in return for a Planning Consent and a £2m contribution that was promised from the Council promised to build a 12,000 capacity Stadium.

We are asking that the Council borrows the money and builds the stadium. Michael has agreed to cover the interest on the loan until its repaid by the Developers of Newmarket & Belle Vue through Section 106 Agrements and CIL payments without costing the Council a penny.

So all the social and economic benefits that a new stadium will bring which was acknowledged by Andy Wallhead of the Council on Radio Leeds on Monday can be achieved at no cost to the Council.

Looks a good deal to me.

It is a good deal, but you can't ignore the implications for WDC.
For them to go with it, they'd need to be confident of a result from pursuing YC.
You might say, not our problem, but in reality it is.

But what some people don't seem to understand is, that the club would be paying interest on the loan so if the loan doesn't get paid back the club will still pay the interest on the loan. It's costing the Council nothing and in future will cost the council nothing

Have they given a definitive answer to MC's proposal yet? Or have they even discussed it with yourselves?

Sandal cat, do you really think the council are gonna borrow £12M based on the fact that the club are gonna pay the interest and more importantly the council will chase the developers of Newmarket (Yorkcourt) and the developers of BV (88M) for the full cost, I'm sorry here but that really isn't feasible, in fact it's plain embarrassing to expect it. Please feel free to fill me in on why they should/could because I just don't see it.

And if the club got relegated and lost the major source if its income could it still sevice those payments which if the developer doesn't pay up, and the likelihood is the won't, would be due forever going by your plan?

Fair enough chissitt: sorry your brand of sarcasm did fly over my head. Let's call a truce! I'll just say that I wasn't using the swimming pool as a stick to beat the council with. What I was trying to put across is that whilst we cater for swimmers, golfers, athletics out of public funds why is the stadium for rugby league and other activities not a possibility?
I personally have not, and possibly never will, visit the Hepworth, but I don't begrudge other people the pleasure of doing so. it has put Wakefield on the map to a degree.

We are most likely to get relegated without the stadium

Put our stadium issues as peanuts then

I agree completely - although it gives me no pleasure.

what pevs me of is LEEDS have got a new stand because yorkshire c c are improving there ground worth 10 millions plus yet yorkshire c c are millions in det

To answer your question then NO.

Maybe because they know that Yorkcourt have no intention of building/funding a stadium and equally the Council have no intention of making them comply with the planning consent (i.e. Newcold) so they already know the consequences of borrowing the money.

If they had any intention of seeing a stadium built and felt that Yorkcourt would fulfill the promise they made at the PI then Michael's offer is a good one.

And me neither, but I'm so frustrated.