The loss of the Panthers is yet another blow to Rugby League in West Yorkshire.
Close neighbours, Featherstone Rovers, who were one of the Championship’s most successful clubs in recent years, went into administration in December.
Mike Pentley, who has been a Rugby League fan for 30 years calls it “another nail in the coffin” of the game.
“Featherstone have gone, now Halifax, who next?”
He runs the Cross Keys Inn, which hosts home and away fans before and after matches at The Shay Stadium.
“It is brilliant fun,” he says.
“It is the banter, you are in and amongst the opposition.”
Pentley says he is now bracing for a loss in takings and fears others will suffer too.
“We will lose a couple of hundred pounds per game,” he estimates.
“The smaller pubs that are close to the grounds will definitely feel it.”