The Virtual Terrace • Lenagan predicts Catalans, Toulouse. Toronto, New York in SL
Clearwing wrote:
I get your point though remain unconvinced. Out of interest, what income do Wakey generate on the 350-odd days of the year when RL's not being played? All this community stadium b******s isn't being pursued solely for the service it may provide to the good folk of Wakefield, it's being pursued for what the community will spend there on non-match days if/when it gets built. I dare say they'll even sell coffee
That said, I have little faith in the north American venture.
Wakefields new ground is almost as far away as having 4 N.American clubs in SL
The grim reality is that should the local authority remain so intransigent in actually enforcing the 106 agreement, whilst allowing more and more development at Newmarket, there is every chance that they may "sell" their SL spot to one of the N.American pretenders.
Newmarket, if it ever gets built, would indeed be a community stadium, owned by the trust but, as I say, it's taken so bloody long that your point is irrelevant.
Out of interest, one of the many stumbling blocks was about who would pocket the not RL revenue generated by the stadium and of course, every club is trying to maximise their stadium use outside of match days.
With the possibility of having just a handful of UK based clubs in the all singing, all dancing super, super league, it would be a shrewd move for all of the lower rated SL clubs to cut and run or, they will be left with half (or two thirds) empty stadia and possibly with costs that would see them go bust anyway.
Take the money and if people still want to watch RL, there are always the local amateur sides, mind you, the aspirations of youngsters wanting to play the game would diminish still further but, I'm sure that the men in suits have thought it through so, we'll be ok.
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