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Yorkshire warn of deadline on Headingley development
- Updated: December 21, 2016
Yorkshire and Leeds Rhinos, their rugby league counterparts, have appealed to Leeds City Council to give the go-ahead to their Headingley development next month to allow the staging of the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and the Rugby League World Cup in 2021.
The new stand, on the rugby side of the ground, would serve both sports and is seen as essential in raising Headingley to a necessary standard to attract the sort of fixtures that will make the ground financially viable.
A positive outcome in a council planning committee meeting on January 12 is deemed essential as Yorkshire press for the same level of political support in Leeds as has been displayed by other major cities in the UK including Cardiff, where support from the Welsh Assembly has been integral to the ground’s international status, Birmingham and Manchester.
Plans to replace the …
