You wouldn't necessarily have to limit yourself to just bands either. If Leeds reserve are willing to play at Belle Vue then I'm sure that they could be tempted to Newmarket. Same for small internationals, semi finals of the cup etc... I don't follow the live music scene enough to know what demand is out there, but I'm pretty sure a decent venue with a good act and good access should be able to pull a half decent crowd.



Is the stadium for Wakefield action group going to start fundraising as a contributor to the £10 million? It feels as though as fans, myself included, there is more we could be to effectively save our club.

SWAG has been dormant now for a good few years, whether we'll be needed again will probably come to light in the next six months.

Just to get back on topic, how does a council go about finding £35M worth of funding, were Leeds city council just the negotiators or have they pumped money in? How much money I wonder (if any) has come from the Cricket governing body? Central funding, Sport England (are they still going), lottery?

According to the report Leeds City council brokered the £35 million deal with a private finance services group, whoever they may be, it does not state.

Carefull with your suggestions, we'll end up with an indoor arena in Castleford.

I honestly think that one way we would stand a chance of pushing the stadium further is by having arts & gallery space, and the rugby league museum (supposed to be in Bradford) built into the stadium design. This would also open up additional funding streams.

I agree, i think we need to start fundraising and getting the message out. We need something to sell though, something along the line of stadium bricks should we have a contributors wall.



It could be;

£10 - name on a supporters board - similar to what HKR have done for their ST holders this year

£50 - a named brick in the new stadium

£100 - a named brick and a Trust T-Shirt

£200 - a named brick and a signed team shirt

£500 - named brick and a 25% reduction on season ticket price

£1000 - named brick, signed shirt and 1 free season ticket

£10,000 - a block of 100 seats named in your honour + freebies

£250,000 - a stand named in your honour + freebies

Your suggestion is ok but SWAG is totally the wrong vehicle for fund raising - I'd say the Supporters Trust is much better placed to carry out such a task though I may be wrong on that.

Not for a while - the last thing I went to in Wakey was the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show at Unity; and I'm off to see John Cooper Clarke in May. But if there are events I want to see in Wakey, I'll definitely turn out - as I'm sure would others.



For a small stadium type venue, I'd suggest there's a whole circuit that may not appeal to me, but would to plenty of others; as well as all the other non-gig stuff you can stage in a venue of that type.



All of which is academic of course - unless WMDC perform a massive U-turn.

Supporters Trust would probably be a better mechanism I agree. My only concern would be that any money raised would need to go towards a stadium for the City of Wakefield and not into the club. I think there's plenty that we could do to raise money, a sportsmen's dinners, buy a brick, legends matches, corporate sponsorship etc. All good ideas Banjo!

Your vision is very small. Belle vue or a stadium in Wakefield would generate massive interest apart from the hardcore nobody really wants to visit a run down dump belle vue. With better establishments in the city that are now there a new ground would be fantastic and would create more and more visitors that would visit the city. Even concerts at a new ground would generate interest.

Headingley ALREADY brings income to Leeds

Belle Vue MAY bring income to Wakefield IF a whole stadium is built and IF contracts can be placed for events and IF people attend.



Big difference.

Anyone on here mates of The Cribs? Could they be pursuaded to hold a summer "charity" concert at Belle Vue? They're a very popular local indie band from Netherton who sell out huge stadiums and have a star on the Wakefield "Walk of Fame" Say 10,000 punters at £20 quid a ticket plus bar takings, food etc etc.

I love The Cribs but they don't play huge stadiums at all. I'm seeing them on tour next month and most of the shows are in places with about 2/3k capacity.