Let’s hope so, there’s always been the odd pixel missing most games.



The NS upper is so restrictive on what could be a much higher capacity stand. Though I don’t expect it will be on the to do list for a while yet with the south east restaraunt/sports bar seemingly up first in the off season.



If we can up the capacity some way before or during next season then great. Can see us hitting max for games like Leeds/Cas/KR etc.



As for the showroom place for sale. Waste of money that could be spent elswhere.



You’d have the cost of purchase, cost of pulling the property/extension down or refurbishing it. Would probably cost as much as the LED boards.



My thoughts are that Ellis is a business man. You have to consider either monetary or utilisation payback to the outlay value.



The size of the foot print is relatively low and restrictive. The building quality looks poor on the extension especially.



But what would you actually use it for to justify the spend?



A lot of people saying club shop.



That’s an expensive outlay for something we already have and also could incorporate elsewhere.



You could probably secure a shop in Trinity walk and utilise the screen for advertising highlights and deals/matches for 5 years and more and likely still not reach the price you’d outlay but also benefit in neutral footfall and city centre enhanced presence. Or you could just stick with ridings and have pop up shops in stadium locations at match days selling smaller/match day items and accessories at a tiny cost. It’s just not viable unless it’s a seriously small price or Ellis feels like burning some cash.



That said if he can find a use that would make it worthwhile then great.



Maybe player training facility/gym but I don’t think it’s that big at all. I just can’t see how it would pay back. Especially with the stadium needing work, LED etc to guarantee points, options to increase capacity etc.

Unless something has fallen through, the seller accepted an offer on the unit a few months back from the resident of the house next door. I believe the plans are to turn the unit into an education of some kind.

We are getting a bit too comfortable spending Matt Ellis’s money aren’t we, myself included.



However, it’s nice to speculate so, if we bought it I’d probably just demolish it and create more car parking spaces.

I know they’d be a very expensive 20 odd spaces but the purchase would give us 100% ownership of the site with no future considerations required for the owners of those properties, we could also secure the car park properly



No doubt there are more pressing things for Mr Ellis to spend his money on so while it’s nice to play fantasy Rugby Club Owner, I’ll sit back and let Matt do it for real

I got told this afternoon that Matt has bought that building

Let’s hope if true that it can be utilised in a way to really benefit the club either financially or in facilities.



The only things I could see it being any use for are :



Player training facility - refurbishing and using it as a player gym facility. Though I’m not sure if it has the floor space.



Business venture - coffee shop with pastry and quick meal options. Create a drive through connecting to the car park perhaps for operation 7 days a week.



I’m sure Ellis will have a way to make it profitable if that runour is true.

Not noticed before but looks like the flat are getting a paint job on tge outside. Looks smarter.

Can you tell whoever sits on your left to take their feet off the chairs please. They are new!!?!

When was this photograph taken? I thought Wakefield afc no longer played at BV.

We were at BV for a function on Saturday night and the pitch was marked out for soccer and not RL

Football played their last game at the weekend

Fev we're playing Toulouse at home so POR wasn't available.

They’ve also put a lift on the other side of it so now wheelchair access to all levels

Didn't realise they were doing that.

That's really good.

There's a really good picture posted today on Face Tube

Hard to believe that a lift wasn’t already in the original build!

Dewsbury built their stand 30 odd years ago and that had a lift for disability purposes even back then.

With all the fixes and rebuilding that’s been done since ME took over it really does look like the stand was a cheap botch job in many aspects.

While I’m at it, why on earth would you buy and fit a big screen that doesn’t meet SL, SKY & Img specification which now needs replacing after just 1 year.

It was only ever meant to be a temporary structure, so nothing like a lift would have ever been considered appropriate.



It's also a very old structure now, so will obviously need some titivating.



In respect of the screen, IMG apparently changed the spec between April 23 and March 24.



The hired temporary screens at Bulls and Cas don't meet the old spec, never mind the new spec.

It's not the main stand. That has always had a lift in it.

Oh wow! I've just realised he was on about our new stand, not the flats!

Was only ever meant to be temp, why would you have a lift in it?

Mr Avenger means the new stand!

Can’t say for sure.. but I think the original one was big enough . But seemed have few glitches with it .

But IMG have changed the dimensions wanting bigger screens…

Either way it needed replacing because of the iffy picture.

IMG have changed the stadium criteria to benefit those clubs that own their ground. They allow the value of the ground to be part of the financial section of the submission.

So I guess that helps us significantly? Especially with the new development adding some serious value.



Would that put the likes of Salford at a disadvantage too?

I see, misunderstood where it had been added

As for our Big screen, the one we originally bought was the correct size under the grading criteria that was brought out in June 2023, but it's just been updated. Not that it matters that much because we've had problems with ours from day one just about and it appears it was a bit of a cheap one. The new criteria that were updated in March 2024 for the big screen are below -