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It'd be cheaper for the club simply to provide people in the Western Terrace with ponchos on the relatively few times that it rains during a game.

But for some away fans it'll be one of the relatively few times they get a shower,

The original stadium masterplan had covered stands behind both ends. And interestingly enough that plan still gets referred to in lots of the planning application detail which in theory means the council have bought into it - but the reality of getting something approved is most likely rather different.

The published version of the masterplan was an artist's impression rather than a detailed layout so it's hard to see how they squeezed that west stand in- my suspicion has always been that, since it only provided for a single tier east stand, the proposed west end was only feasible by shifting the pitch eastwards a little.

Clearly the Carnegie Stand ended up being altogether more substantial and built on the existing touchline which may mean there now just isn't scope for anything of note at the western end without house demolition. (I do wonder if Caddick hasn't spent 20 years buying up some property round there though.)

One thing which the masterplan appears to suggest, although it's not totally clear, was opening up the ginnell to a small open plan plaza fronted by turnstiles to the stand. Given how irredeemably unlovely the ginnell presently is, suggesting something similar could get the club a bit of favour with planning. How that might then tie in with the back side of what has actually been built on the cricket side I don't know.

Lastly the masterplan provided for a proper, full size North Stand. The planning application for what is actually being built there is almost apologetic for deviating from this aspect, as well it might be. The west end is always going to be tricky but I do think we'll look back on what has been done on the north side as an unfortunate missed opportunity a few years down the line and one which will be monstrously expensive to fix.

Owt happened to the North Stand yet?

Started ripping seats out before the Hull semi final.

I thought that YCCC & the Rhinos were installing webcams so that fans could monitor progress.

Think they realised the lack of interest was zero so didn't bother going through with it.

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cant wait to see the steelwork go up

A pity it doesn't show the North stand as well.

Quote ="Old Feller"A pity it doesn't show the North stand as well.'" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPq-Zh ... FZg/videos It seems the Union lot have on their channel the video to keep tabs on.

Quote ="Old Feller"A pity it doesn't show the North stand as well.'" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPq-Zh ... FZg/videos It seems the Union lot have on their channel the video to keep tabs on.

Ref the West Stand, you’d think the club could buy the 4 Turnways houses closest to the narrowest part of the stand (behind the West Stand)… In the short term they could Let them out or allow overseas/youth players to stay there. Meanwhile they could transfer ownership of end of the gardens to the rugby club and divert the path slightly to the West.

This would give more room for a bigger terrace, mean no need to demolish the houses (just reduce the garden size). It would give the club a return on their investment (say £1m to buy the 4 houses?). They’d also own assets that could be sold on for said £1m.

Also when it came to planning, there’d be no objection from the owners of the gardens behind the stands! Wouldn’t need much extra space to give the Western terrace a rectangular footprint (rather than triangular at present).

I’m sure planning wouldn’t allow anything of the height of the Carnegie, but with a bit extra space could build a low covered modern terrace in the longer term?...

Phase 1 – buy houses (over a few years as residents sell up) and transfer part of gardens to club and redirect footpath to the West. Meanwhile Let them out/allow staff to stay.

Phase 2 – longer term rebuild terrace as required/cash allows

I'm sure the club will be mindful of the western terrace , they will know the stadium with three new stands does not look completed and they haven't said the western terrace is not going to get redeveloped have they?.I should think though any work on that end will be many years in the future .

Details of the financial backers of the scheme have been revealed: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cr ... -1-8810588 & no it's not any of Caddick's companies or subsidiaries.

Details of the financial backers of the scheme have been revealed: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/cr ... -1-8810588 & no it's not any of Caddick's companies or subsidiaries.

and its going to take an awlul lot of paying off . Maybe in a few years they will remortgage and do the same with the WT

Some pics of the North Stand demolition: https://yorkshireccc.com/news/view/6089 ... ent-latest

Some pics of the North Stand demolition: https://yorkshireccc.com/news/view/6089 ... ent-latest

Now that the backers and a bit of info on the terms of the redevelopment have been announced,what are peoples views on things?

Im not really clued up on things of this nature. Does it mean legal&general own the stands and we'r just renting them? And if so will we ever own them?

All in all are people who know what theyr talking about happy with the structure of the deal with regards to weather its good,risky or bad for the club? Cheers

I’m sure I heard somewhere that basically L&G will own the stands until they’re paid off over 40 years. Then they become the property of Rhinos/Yorkshire.
Though I think there is facility built in for them to be paid off quicker which the Rhinos would be looking to do.

I thought it was a 42 year lease? That would suggest L&G would retain ownership after 42 years. There may be an agreement in place to extend the lease or purchase the stand at the end of that period, but I wouldn’t of thought we’d just own it automatically.

When this is finished we'll be the only team with a modernized stadium that has kept their spiritual historic home, we'll be unique!

No we won't. Widnes are the same.

we will come in for bit of flack from jealous fans saying we don't own our ground completely

I'm not sure anyone should care how it's funded - and Indoubt anyone has enough info on the agreement to make an informed judgement anyway.

What we do know is that the group of people running our club have shown outstanding leadership of this organisation and dragged it from deaths door to being THE most successful rugby league club on the country both on and off the field by some distance.

However they have chosen to fund the stand, I have absolutely no worries and am confident they will have made the best decision for the club.

As long as the on field performances aren't impacted by it, and fans aren't forced to pay through the nose for it, nobody should really give a hoot.