I wonder what Yorkcourt would say to a new agreement of building a 9k capacity stadium on a different site with £2 million from the council and giving them the entire Newmarket site on the proviso that they signed a new 106 saying nothing else could open there commercially until a stadium had been built. If we use Michael Carter's previously stated roughly £1 million = 1k capacity then it's taking Yorkcourt's outlay down from £10 million to £7 million with more land at Newmarket, presumably taking their net contribution to the region of £5-6 million which seems much more reasonable.

Can anyone tell me who told the club not to bid for BV?

The council apparently.

I thought it was Yorkcourt?? As they were concerned that it may drive the price up and they were putting in a bid. Sadly that bid was not backed by any legitimate desire to show they had the funding to buy it and so ended up being sold to someone else (who actually had the funds) for less than Yorkcourt had allegedly bid.

You've been quiet lately, just popped up when the ground development turns negative.
How's Ted these days?

So, in the space of a couple of days, we get a tweet from MC saying that he is once again brassed off with the lack of progress, Sir Rodders setting up his own Community Trust to negotiate with Box and Mackie and now a statement from Box reporting alleged progress with 88M group and Yorkcourt !!
Call me cynical, but after 5 years of stone-walling and "it's nothing to do with Wakefield MDC", why does it now appear that it's Box and Co. that are apparently reporting progress and trying to put a positive spin on the situation and not the club and Supporter's Trust ???
Surely if there had been some progress, then MC would not have tweeted what he did and we would be hearing positive murmerings from him, TRB, SC and company ???
Smoke and mirrors ????

Maybe there are egos to be massaged, and perhaps now that progress is being made the people with the power want the open-top bus victory parade for themselves. Fine, if it's just about that. I'd be happy walking down Peter Box Way to the Rodney Walker Community Stadium if the damn thing got built.

So reading the article in the express adds more scenarios to the stadium saga.
Up the Trin

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Well at least Box is throwing sound bytes out there. Would he be bothering if he didn't thInk this would get the green light at some point ? He knows a lot of people are on his case to deliver this project and he will want to be the man to take the glory.
TBH we are getting more info recently about what's going on than we have in the past god knows how many years.
Awake this sleeping giant that is Trinity.

""At a positive meeting on 1 June 2017, Councillor Box asked for a guarantee from the owner that the Club would be able to continue using the existing Belle Vue stadium over the next two years, whilst a Community Stadium is developed.

"At that meeting the owner has agreed that Wakefield Trinity can continue to use the Belle Vue stadium over the next two years."

Even though it's "not fit for purpose"?

No it isn't. And if that's what you've come to accept, it's no wonder as a country that we're ed.

Ever since I worked alongside him as a seventeen year old apprentice I have had respect and admiration (to a degree) of RMW, but as time as gone on I see he is no different to other capitalists of his ilk, and no matter how many pies he's had his fingers in (and there's been Hell of a lot) the winner has always been RMW. I can only think that his renewed involvement in the Newmarket saga can be to his benefit before the rest of the citizens of Wakefield. Having said that, if we come out of all this with a new ground (preferably on Neil Fox Way) then it's the price we have to pay.

So what's Yorkcourt's purpose then other than to make money?