Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:33 pm  

Mable_Syrup wrote:

Didn’t the chairman say to only believe what comes from the club or something of that ilk? I’m not celebrating anything until MC says the land is owned by the trust/club.

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I await news from the club not the council

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:23 pm  

snowie wrote:

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I await news from the club not the council

The chairman is quoted in the press release.

John Minards, Wakefield Trinity Chairman, said: "We are grateful for the support of Wakefield Council, without whom this purchase would not be possible. While it is great news that we will be owners of our own ground, this is only very much the first stage of our redevelopment plans and we continue to be in active discussions with a number of parties as we progress towards our ambitions for a world-class stadium fit for the 21st century."

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:43 pm  

They WILL be the owners. Not ARE the owners. As I said, I’m not celebrating until it’s confirmed. Lots can happen like it did At Newmarket. There’s be no talk if it or announcement on Trinity social media, so I guess it’s just watch this space.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:59 pm  

How strange some things seem & probably are, as I have been led to understand the loan from w.m.d.c. is for
3.2 million to buy the stadium & land from 88m but that wakefield trinity will not own it as a club, the community
Trust will own it with trinity paying rent which would be less than the current rent paid to 88m but that money size of rent would enable the trust to pay off the loan the loan being agreed in a fixed sum & term time. This would prevent future owner chairman's from doing what previous owners have sold the ground - profiteering etc.
Further to this the trust can access grants & loans for other users to utilize the community facilities.
However there still is the problem of major capital to demolish & build etc.
We all may be asked to help raise some funds in particular funds for a gym type provision similar to featherstones.
88m have made a good profit after purchase price, demolitioning, setting & filling levels, planning + drawing developments even though they have not come to fruition. In truth mani stands to make circa 1.5m profit which is
Not his fault, he has played a massive part on patience etc.
So onward & upwards i say, let's still support our trinity & to get this right if possible.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:10 pm  

TrinTrin wrote:

How strange some things seem & probably are, as I have been led to understand the loan from w.m.d.c. is for
3.2 million to buy the stadium & land from 88m but that wakefield trinity will not own it as a club, the community
Trust will own it with trinity paying rent which would be less than the current rent paid to 88m but that money size of rent would enable the trust to pay off the loan the loan being agreed in a fixed sum & term time. This would prevent future owner chairman's from doing what previous owners have sold the ground - profiteering etc.
Further to this the trust can access grants & loans for other users to utilize the community facilities.
However there still is the problem of major capital to demolish & build etc.
We all may be asked to help raise some funds in particular funds for a gym type provision similar to featherstones.
88m have made a good profit after purchase price, demolitioning, setting & filling levels, planning + drawing developments even though they have not come to fruition. In truth mani stands to make circa 1.5m profit which is
Not his fault, he has played a massive part on patience etc.
So onward & upwards i say let's still support our trinity & to get this right if possible.

Seems good to me if the ground will be owned by the trust.
As far as raising money for facilities is concerned I'm sure there would be support amongst fans to do this but that would be peanuts compared to what is really required . I wander where that money is coming from?

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:20 pm  

Better get some EU funding requests in quick!

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:41 pm  

The Council seem to be pretty involved with recent events considering, to quote Peter Box: "It's got nothing to do with the Council".
Listen only to what comes from the mouths of MC, the CEO or The Trust. A for Councillor Jeffries, she has and always did, speak with forked tongue.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:25 pm  

I'm not normally a cynic but it's interesting that the council has "given" us this facility just as things are looking good for Cas's new ground. I've always thought that if we were going to be dependent on the council then we could not be "ahead" of Cas and get a ground before them or get a better ground than them. I'm not knocking the "loan" or however the funding will work but it's an interesting timing.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:29 pm  

You have been knocking the council for lack of support but now they do confirmed by our chairman some of you just won’t accept it. We have a chance to move forward at Belle Vue be happy I know many of you are glass half empty but this is the first positive news regarding the ground in quite a few years.
If our chief exec could post something it would at least put many minds at rest, not all but I doubt these would ever be happy.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:50 pm  

No. You've got me wrong. I'm not knocking. I think it's really positive and like you I await MC's statement which I'm sure won't be long in coming. For whatever reason (and there may be many) the council now wants to do something. All I was saying was that the timing was interesting.