It was mentioned a bit since about room hire facilities, which could generate revenue for the club on non match days.



Do we know as to how many they will have.



Room hire varies costs wise, given the different sizes, but the room hire alone, without changing for catering etc, could make about £200, a time. Over 365 days, that would be £73,000.



If there are several, and most other clubs I believe, do have several, that could be a decent return in itself. I know, and appreciate that there will be outgoings from this side, but still

There’s literally plans of the whole build including every room on them. Take a look and it will answer all your questions.



As I understand it is one very large function/corporate room with a kitchen area adjacent. I think it can hold a few hundred people and expect it could be used for corporate events/training and potential weddings/parties outside of match day.

From the clubs FB page



ℹ️ For those who have reserved East Stand seats, you can collect them at the stadium between 5pm and 6pm today!

Picked my bits up from the ground this evening. There is a lot of fencing being erected both around the perimeter and within the car park. Some areas looked to be making secure areas for machinery etc. The car park will certainly have a reduced capacity on match days, just hope everything goes well for MC,JM the club. Whatever your opinions are of the club, it’s personnel or the recent performances, we all need to get behind the club, you know the old adage “Use it or lose it”.

It sounds great in theory doesn't it. You have to sell and market the product though. So it might be a case of short term pain for long term gain. My concern is will 365 different groups of people want to go to a conference / venue at a non picturesque location?

I've been to some ropey hotels as part of of conference, a brand new facility with ample parking is will be better than anything else on Wakefield. For a start I will recommend the facility to the company I work for.

I don't disagree and like you I've been to some terrible venues as part of work. As you say if people turn up and get a great rolls Royce experience that's fantastic. But is that going to happen from day 1? The club need to be well prepared to hit the ground running to make this a success. Hence my reference to short term pain ie. They'll need to put hands in pockets. Also the facilities could be wonderful but let's be honest the location isn't in my humble opinion.

Wakefield College are again having to hold their staff conference (August), at Elland Road.



There is just no-where in our City to hold a big event.



The new facility will/can be a game changer.

There was only Cedar Court Hotel, which is now unavailable.

What's happened there? Was always the go-to place around here.

You're really on one today but this is ridiculous and groundless.



So for what reason do you think they won't 'hit the ground running'.



Off field the club is well run and we always sell our hospitality, so I think its very disrespectful to suggest we don't have it all worked out.



Finally, what do you expect from a Wakefield window, herds of wilder beasts sweeping majestically......

I've sampled the hospitality twice at BV and once at the Etihad, surroundings (and price) aside there was little difference between them in my opinion so I feel the club are well placed to make a success of that part of the redevelopment. It almost certainly will have formed part of their future revenue projections

What is ridiculous and groundless? An OPINION that the club will have to get their ducks in a row to make something a success?



Re-read my posts. Where do I say the club won't make it a success? You'll actually find that I say I hope it's a rolls Royce experience.



Your last point about what do I expect from wakefield proves my point / reservations to be correct. Your getting married. Are you realistically going to chose a function room at Belle Vue or somewhere a bit more appropriate? Or your booking a conference for a multinational company - would you pick wakefield?



I hope the club smash this out of the park. But if you disagree that they need to get it right then I'm not sure what else to offer.



I eagerly await your neggy reply that will ultimately lead to me not posting on here again..

Cedar Court has been used to house asylum seekers for about 2 years (?) now, so not open to the general public, although there were some travellers caravans on the car park about 3 weeks ago, but they didn't stay long

Wasn't aware of the caravans there.

I presume people will want to hold receptions at Belle Vue,not go there on honeymoon!

Probably got fined for parking by those Scammers called Parking Eye FIL so they f*cked off!

There were only about 8 of them and they only stopped for a night or two so I suspect they were just passing through ??

I doubt very much that they would pay any parking fines

Not much news about the ground just now, but is anyone aware if work has started on installing the 500 seats in front of the hospitality boxes. Only 5 days before the Saints game, and I’m sure the club will require a safety certificate before bums on seats,

My understanding is that isn't happening. My daughter has a sear and is a cheerleader and came home and told me she was being moved to the west stand.

When is the east stand due to be knocked down? Thought it’d be demolished by now.

If that’s the case, then the club should announce asap, if seating will be available. I can manage to stand throughout the game, but a lot of the East standers won’t be able to. No point for some people attending on Sunday only to find there are no seats.

I was informed the stand is now closed off with all services isolated, and only the demolition teams have access.and work to remove the asbestos roof is due t start Monday after the Saints game. This will take possible 2 weeks due to the nature of roof material and safety procedures. Only when all the asbestos is off site the demolition teams can start working.