We need a bigger solution than just fixing the pitch.
Trafford Council should have been bending over backwards to bring Sale home, now is the time more than ever with a future football league club in the borough.
The new hybrid turfs that are at old Trafford, Wembley etc. can easily handle the rigours of rugby and football.
Time to get serious about a new home. It's already not going to happen overnight.
Do not disagree if a genuine cost / benefit analysis proves to be positive....otherwise, why should Community Tax payers support private sports clubs ?
Who said the Council fund it? They just need to show some willing to make it happen. They have been the core issue with every attempt that has been made by Sale to both stay (Heywood Road development) and to come back (Fletcher Moss Proposal being the most recent)
The idea behind it being a dual-team venue is how it can be funded... There are Billionaire owners at both teams at this point.
We build a 15,000 seat stadium with two on-site training facilities a la Carrington and Edgerton for both teams. They are available for the community each evening and for schools on schedule in the day.
We've no chance of staying at Moss Lane, we had issues getting locals on board for improved floodlights that reduced the light leak onto their houses. Does anyone honestly think they will stand for major stand builds on their doorstep?
To the out-of-town argument, York moved out of town and gained 1500 new fans...
15,000 seater stadium? No thanks. What's the point in the ground being less than 20% full? - having watched the United game, Newport's ground seems a good gauge and that's 7,500 (4,000 average attendance).
For me, the only solution which involved staying at Moss Lane would be gaining the allotment land somehow, turning the pitch and building two new home ends - a 2,000 all-seater main stand along Golf Road with the extra room we'd have, and a 2,000 capacity standing end on the allotment land - thus leaving two sides of the ground exactly how they are to keep short-term cost down.
But that would involve the council playing ball - and it certainly still wouldn't be cheap.
