The council still own the land and the development rights to it



The RFL now own the head lease to lease a stadium at "peppercorn" rent levels



They have been sub leasing it to Bulls at a more "commercial" rate

but does that mean they can't change the use of the land if say the bulls decide to go to valley parade??

Not without the council's approval.



Assuming that the head lease has just been taken over by RFL without any changes - because when we had the lease those were the terms we had

I would be surprised if the council would make any strong objections if it could turn a profit on any new developments

Oh yes. As long as the council got a good share, they wouldn't object. Tesco (and all supermarkets) though at Odsal have been & gone.



Logistics/warehousing though...

National Planning Policy is now in favour of 'sustainable development'. Ignoring the laughable abuse of that term, if there was some business venture that stacked up financially the odds on it getting planning at Odsal would be high, almost certain on appeal.

Everyone is going on about how much the bulls owe. What income is likely if someone takes over? Have we had all our Super League money upfront?. I take it season tickets are now voided if a new company is created, raised turnstile prices?. What other income is likely, new sponsors? Sell players? another pledge?

True except to develop a site it still needs the owners approval, which in this case is the council, so they would not be blocking any development as a council, but as owners.



It was just a thought given that allegedly Caisley was after renegotiating the Bulls lease, after the Bulls got £1.2m off the RFL, which the RFL took the Stadium lease for repayment. Then people are saying the lease is worthless without the Bulls. I was not so sure. Warehousing could be a good call, you could get a lot of warehousing on the site and lots of volume.



Especially given it's prime location to the motorway.

The thing is, there is no income to speak of, there is no sponsor within a 7 day camel ride, and there would be no point, at all, in even thinking about starting newco if your business model was begging money off the fans every month!



If season tickets were dishonoured then thousands would not pay so gate income (even ignoring the inevitable departure of the best players) would be way down.

You'd have to fill it in to build anything on it. Not sure how easy/difficult that would be. The land next to it has already been sold too IIRC (the land behind the main stand). The land behind the Coral Stand needs decontaminating too.

Your current season tickets may not be honoured due to admin i know AG did it when he didnt have to. Its a fan alienator but there would be no obligation if a new owner comes in.

Thanks for answering Mick, just too busy this pm to even look at the site. And, with tongue in cheek, a pledge is the other, too obvious, one. These have to be seriously looked at to ensure the newco/whatever long term viability, any business trading successfully would not have to do hang on to tax,