York Knights Rugby League Club is to get a £45,000 subsidy from the Council next year. The payment will allow them to continue playing their games at Bootham Crescent. The recommendation is being made to a Council meeting next week and follows reports that the rugby club has been taken over by new owners.
It appears that the builders of the new Community Stadium may be unable – because of the delays caused by a Judicial Review of the plans – to sustain the tenders that they originally submitted.
Officials warn that the cost of the project could, therefore, increase.
Although the new stadium could be open in the summer of 2018, if the Judicial Review is successful then a new planning application would be needed.
This could add between 6 months and 12 months to the timetable.
Doubts continue over the future of the Yearsley swimming pool which – in the event of the new sports centre at Monks Cross getting the go ahead – could find itself in an increasingly competitive environment.
A report is expect early next year following discussions between the Council, Nestle and the Yearsley Pool Action Group. Many residents would prefer to retain the Yearsley facility while jettisoning the expensive new pool at Monks Cross, which is inessential and adds substantially to the Community Stadium project costs.
The Council claims in the report that agreement has now been reached on the use of some facilities at the Community Stadium by the NHS, York Against Cancer and York Libraries,
