The stadium is set to be designed in conjunction with local firm Yorkcourt Properties.
The wildcats, who are currently housed in the Belle Veu stadium, plan to design the stadium in order to safeguard the Super League future of Rugby League in the district, and to encourage the development and retention of local sporting talent.
The club has promised that the venue will be ‘a community stadium in every sense of the word with the potential for an educational element, with the local college and university considering the possibility of a sport science department on site.’
Colin Mackie of Yorkcourt Properties said, “This is a very exciting opportunity for Yorkcourt to be involved in. We are confident that the project can be delivered in a timescale to guard the future of Rugby League in the district and create a facility for sustained sporting success”.
Chairman Ted Richardson said: This is very exciting for rugby in the district. We are under enormous pressure to be playing in a stadium which lives up to the world-class rugby league being played in Super League. Having seen a number of false dawns, we are confident that this is a deliverable plan and should safeguard the future of the club for many, many years to come.”
The Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a British Rugby league club based in Wakefield, Yorkshire in England.
