Well well Peter Box the little tinker, telling us it was nothing to do with them when all along he was negotiating behind the scenes!

Well done to all concerned who have got us to this point. I don't care who takes the credit publicly, we all know who's been working behind the scenes tirelessly for a number of years to get us to this point!

We just need to keep up the pressure now, as others have said, there's gonna be some more twists and turns yet.

Still not going to vote Labour in the next local election and I hope others do the same.

Good for you. Are you old enough to vote?

Any chance of us insisting on a time bound trigger as well as the square footage one?
Eg when 60,000 sq m has been let or 2 years, whichever is sooner.

As others say I still fear them not reaching the 60,000 sq m trigger but I haven't yet met anyone who can stop time!!

Are you

Are you still stuck in the 1970s

The way that York Court have wriggled out of things in last 5? Years, you do have to wonder if this will make any difference.. they could build a Disneyland theme park on there and you would still worry that it wouldn't trigger anything except Roy Rodgers horse...
Oh to be wrong ...

I want to be optimistic following todays developments but also fear that the developer who lets face it hasn't been transparent and open to discussions to date will leave us high and dry at the eleventh hour. Also WMDC will then after todays announcements be able to say they did all they could.
I really hope I am wrong

I don't care if Box gets his moment in the spotlight as long as it gets done. He can be carried from Belle Vue to Newmarket on my shoulders on the opening day, if he wants.

I can't see Yorkcourt deliberately going bust to avoid it. Why would they? They lose everything then.

The one thing that does rankle is that there was seemingly someone at the top of the Trust side of these things, and it wasn't anyone who posts on here, we know who they are and their commitment to the cause is damn heroic, who was constantly advising to play it steady, don't rock the ship, let's just have another unrecorded private meeting, and nothing happens. As soon as a significant figurehead goes, the ship gets rocked, and things get done. Feels like we were sold dummies for a long time.

Yup

I still have doubts that Yorkcourt will ever build enough to enforce the trigger but you have to take Box at face value and give them all the chance to come up with the goods. Lets not kid ourselves though, even if things run relatively smoothly then a ball being kicked at the stadium is a few seasons off yet. A step in the right direction though.

That's 2 of us at least

Well done all concerned on here and through other sources that have raised the awareness on the issue.

Definately a step in the right direction, and as someone created a thread a few weeks ago, to echo the words said "Cautiously optimistic" of the new stadium.

Dont know if anyone on here follows Manni Hussain on twitter, and he did a retweet of the news before. To me that would indicate that he does have an interest in the club. As he is involved in property development, could he be involved with it all too. Out of interest, a few days ago I went ob their website and there is now a picture of Belle Vue on there.

Looked all around in council meeting this afternoon. Did anyone see any minutes being taken? I didn't

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All minutes are taken and will be posted here mg.wakefield.gov.uk/ieListMeetin ... 221&Year=0