Wakefield hope to share redeveloped ground with football club to meet bills
WAKEFIELD hope to share their stadium with a football side as they look to end the ‘mocking.’
Trinity’s Belle Vue stadium is being renovated around them after years of opposition supporters poking fun – calling it dilapidated was being kind.
Wakefield CEO Michael Carter hopes to share a redeveloped Belle Vue with a football sideSWPIX.COM
New Zealand forward Kevin Proctor is their biggest signing on what will become a 4G field but many aims lie off it.
And chief executive Michael Carter revealed hopes of sharing with a football club to keep money coming in.
He told the club: “It’s impossible to cut costs here. We run it on a threadbare system and everything’s rising – utilities are probably going to go up by about £60,000.
“So we’ve got to get the pitch hired out and everything else working. We’ve got to try and get at least £500,000 of new income coming in.
“We need to use the pitch as much as we can and it’ll be ideal for football and we’re actively seeking a partner – but it can’t just be the Dog and Duck, they’re not going to bring crowds in.
“It needs to be a club of a certain standard with a certain ambition to get as high as it can up the pyramid.”
Carter also revealed what will happen to chairs in the current dugouts that have become the focus of many fans’ jokes.
He added: “We might just preserve them or give them a place of honour.
“People have mocked us, probably rightly so in some cases, after 40 years of talking about a new stadium.
“But at some point this year, we’ll have nice facilities that will look great. We’ve been the brunt of many jokes but it’s coming together.”
Trinity’s ground has been the source of jokes for opposition fansSWPIX.COM
