The ONLY reason Peel are on board is for Port Salford. They have joined our board simply so they have some control over who plays in THEIR stadium, don't expect City style cash injections. The reason we have a little extra 'green' to throw around is simply due to the fact the club no longer has to fund a stadium being built. Peel will put the bare minimum into our club and will make their £ from the retail space and land they now have planning permission for which would have been a long way off without the stadium. It makes no difference to Peel, other than reputation, whether we are top flight or relegated. Both parties are winners as we have a stadium and they now have operational land, but Peel are by far the biggest winner out of this with potential £ms. The only one with anything to lose is the Council as they gain very little whilst funding an equal share as Peel.

I don't agree because the local council will get their share of any future retail profit from the site. This share should allow them to repay the multi million pound loan for the community stadium in full whilst potentially giving them a tidy profit to put back in the city's public purse. Another possibility when the stadium's built is that Peel give their share (Investment) in the stadium plus additional funds to the council to repay the loan in return for all the other development land on the Barton site.

I am not disputing that Peel won't do very well out of it but to say they are the one's who will benefit far more than others isn't quite true. At the end of the day peel & the council will make profit in the long term, Salford will get a new £20m stadium to play in and the local community will have use of the new facilities too.

And lets not forget our club must of had about 1.4 million in shirt sponsorship from Peel over the past few seasons.

I'm more pragmatic about Peel's ' The Trafford Centre ' involvement with Salford City Reds .
I think both parties are participating with open eyes ,
No-one is gullible enough to believe their financial involvement was altruistic fan based AKA S.J.M. at Warrington , It's not a plaything , it's [iBUSINESS[/i.
Without Peel and now the councils involvement we would be history , we are the pawn in a much bigger game

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Their involvement in Speke Airport turned it from a down at heel Airfield to an alternative low cost Airport to Manchester , It's not secret they have plans for Barton Aerodrome, an all weather racecourse near Worsley and the re-establishment of a container-port below Irlam Locks. They've also invested in Mediacity to bring BBC Manchester & BBC Sport & Childrens Dept's into Salford Quays.

Wilkinson early doors clashed with Peel over planning for the Barton Site. It became obvious very soon after that such was Peel's lobbying experience efforts to develop without Peels involvement would have been futile.

The Stadium and a viable sporting tenant is neccessity even thought it is just a link in a chain of greater Peel influenced projects. If there is a rumoured Peel representative on board in the near future , it reminds me of the way Mercantile Banks would appoint a board member to guide the use of their venture capital. I'm not expecting Peel to expect a fiscal return but a political one. proving themselves on this project would ease their designs on other projects.

Yes we are in for the ride of out lives over the next 12-24 months , one that will either be the re-making of us as a ' big league club ' or the final bitter end .. who said Rugby League is just a game

Correct Peel's involvment from day one has never been about their love and support for Salford City Reds. There is a much bigger picture and Peel identified an opportunity to use our club's need for a new stadium as a means of getting closer to some influential figures at Salford City Council. It's no secret that Peel Holdings have several large scale future developments planned in our city and they know the new stadium can unlock some doors for them.

Peel's primary goal has always been about getting approval for the new road network that forms part of the WIGIS scheme, without this their other planned developments wouldn't see the light of day. It's no coincidence that the new stadium is a key factor in getting approval for the new roads. I doubt Peel will be looking to make a huge profit from the Barton stadium site, it's more about what future development opportunities it can open up for them in the Salford West area of our city and beyond.

seems like HE IS COMING then

Keep dreaming fellas it's not going to happen