Well at last some very good news and hopefully some concrete go forward at last.
What a shame it’s took so long and a so much hard work by the club and other individuals to get what at best is very little of what we all stood in front of the city hall for all those years ago and that although it will never go any further, we all now know (if we didn’t anyway) how corrupt and useless our councils are and how far developers will go to just keep taking and taking from local areas with no care for them.
So happy for us as a club.
Shame on those who have profited or tried to profit at the clubs and local people expense. Still not really seeing any real community plans like them that were supposed to be built on the Newmarket land and doubt there ever will be.
Hopefully we can eventually sort the whole of the stadium to be as good as the east stand, else this is a real kick back rather than the club changing stadium that we were promised.
But for now this is a massive win and go forward for us. But it’s still not what was promised and shame on those who have made us accept this instead of the promised vision.

If I'm buying it officially I'd expect delivery.

If I'm pinching it an haversack full will do.

As long as reprofiled means filling in the broken bits then I agree with my absolute zero expertise. The problem is its old and has broken underneath so they'll need to break the top and relay it. I assume that's what you mean.
Can't think that is a massive job.

Looking forward to my new fancy seat in the east stand.
Pity the pitch has to go but its understandable if they want to use it for community as well as just us

Great new. Time to start emailing our local councillors in support of the planning application. It seems we should also support the Newmarket development, part of our funding is dependent on their application being passed.
East stand, North stand, Rolling shack to be done first. I think this is too much work to do in one off season, but I’m no expert. No mention South end hospitality boxes or West terraces.
God, how I hope this all comes to fruition. West

From what I was told in my SWAG days there are numerous ways to mend it. The cheapest and easiest involves getting rid of loose or rotten bits then creating wooden forms and pouring super string concrete over the top. The only issue here is it won’t increase the stands capacity as its cosmetic.

However for me this is all it needs. Remember the stand has a safety certificate so decrepit though it looks it is amazingly structurally sound, that’s the bit people forget. It’s been reinforced and underpinned twice in the last 25 years. So no major structural work is required unless we intend to increase capacity or add extra permanent structures.

As I say all will be made clear. Perhaps those who made social media such an unpleasant place for MC are now regretting it. A year ago he’d have been on here answering all our questions. Oh well.

Good news, although the mention of Yorkcourt and funding in the same sentence makes me nervous. Once bitten twice shy and all that. Still fingers crossed for the umpteenth time.

Absolutely tremendous news!!!

I'm someone who normally stands infront of the East Stand - I can't tell from the drawings whether or not there will still be some standing capacity up front, however, will gladly buy a seat instead if this is to be our new East Stand.

Am absolutely chuffed to bits, November has been a great month to be a Wakefield Trinity fan!

Doesn't look like it to me, I suspect it's easier to construct one or the other rater than mix both.

This goes for me too.

You might regret saying that if your sat next to scarlet.

Is there a full plan available to see ?

This is great news for the club, in what has been a difficult year for the club.

However, in 50 years of watching, I have seen some false dawns indeed, so excited about it, but with an air of caution. I am though optimistic about it, we own the stadium now, and it would appear funding is in place

I'll be social distancing until at least 2028

After several failed plans, fingers crossed that this goes ahead. The plans do look good though.

I’m a bit cautious though in reading this, as Yorkourt’s name has been mentioned.

Hopefully, this is phase one, with East and North Stand in these plans, with further phase(s) for South and West. It wouldn’t look right, just two sides being revamped.

Having sat in offices in the Benidorm flats, I disagree. On a cold day, they are very cold and cheerless. I’m sure MC said the same about the warmth in them a while back. They have, or did have electric storage heaters, which weren’t very energy efficient.

Not sure on the 4G pitch though, given the quality on our playing surface, unless maybe there is the possibility of maybe one of our local football sides moving in too.

Great news, but without wanting to sound churlish I would hate to see the loss of the grass playing surface. I always thought we had the best surface in Super League, and prior to that. But quite like the AIs. Can't wait to see the first sod raised.

Exciting news, as a few others have said something feels different this time around, but I guess we will see in the not too distant future!

Does anyone know the situation re Yorkcourt and funding? Last I knew the club were talking about pursuing legal action, probably missed a lot of the story since then.

Something tells me that in the next couple of years, this development will allow us to retain our Super League status.

It says on the club statement Yorkcourt are part of the funding consortium as part of the S10 agreement.

How binding that is god knows.

If it's a truly community stadium there us no alternative to 4G grass. Shame but needs must.

That’s it, the pitch can be used 24/7 if needed coupled with conference facilities we have a stadium in use 7 days a week.

Up the Trin

Excellent news!

In terms of phases, the hospitality section will clearly replace the Benidorm flats, but allow the flats to be used until the other stuff is completed. I assume that the extra revenue generated by the year-round pitch and conferencing facilities will held fund a revamped west stand and a new away stand in place of the flats, similar to what they have down the side and behind the sticks at Salford.

Ok we had post from Wakefield fc last year stating that Rodney Walker will pay for a 4g pitch.well if so he can f o hope that’s not true.traitor to the club

seen a flaw on the drawing at both ends of the east stand, the words Gates won't be welcomed by one of our fans

The plans to upgrade the floodlights got me thinking as to when the 4 pylons for the existing lights were erected. I was surprised to find they were put up in 1992 to replace the 8 pylons ( 4 either side ) which were fitted in 1967. Remember the opening of the lights in 1967, Yorkshire v Australia when big Neil played a blinder to turn the Aussies over.

I dont post very much on here these days. I have been very close to all the various schemes and plans over many years regarding the stadium. Some were obvious fakes from the out set, while others seemed genuine only to fail to come to fruition. As a result I am very cynical these days, but I do feel there is something very positive about this latest scheme. OK it may not be all we expected, but is probably enough to satisfy all the stadium criteria and ensure the clubs long term future.

Why am I a bit more optimistic ? Simple, this is the first real scheme that Peter Box has not been in power to manipulate the outcome. If this happens then you can draw your own conclusions as to the true reason there has been so many past failures.

As you know PB, once Thornes failed I argued that BV was the only way forward. I didn’t buy NM and I don’t think you did either, it stank of Peter Box but tbf on all involved it was worth pursuing.

However once NM failed I feel we should have gone all out for BV, the all for a nee development simply wasn’t there. Never was, heck it wasn’t even there for Cas.

It’s tragic we lost so much time chasing a dream. It was tragic that we took that swines advise and didn’t buy BV when it was up for a song. We’ve lost 5 years and are a million plus out of pocket.

Still like you I feel it is at last moving after 16 long years. It wouldn’t have happened at all had the fans not rallied around the SWAG cause. Ultimately fan power and an honest club leadership may finally have prevailed. Shame it took so much time, sweat and tears.