club\u2019s defeat to Leeds Rhinos on Friday night<\/a> and was asked whether the Calderdale-based facility is still in the club\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n\u201cI think that\u2019s highly probable as far as The Shay goes in the short term, yes,\u201d Rimmer said in regards to a move for 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, we are looking at many different options.\u00a0I\u2019ve been in fairly protracted talks with the local authority of where we might find a site nearby.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not straightforward, as you would expect, but what I absolutely can tell you,\u00a0we will be in an 8,000 to 10,000-capacity stadium within the next three or four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be playing to some sell-out crowds, and we\u2019ll have generated a club that is really a club for people to be proud of,\u00a0a banging atmosphere of a club.\u201d<\/p>\n
Super League pundits discuss why Huddersfield Giants stadium move is a must<\/p>\n
His comments were then analysed by Sky pundits Jon Wilkin, Brian Carney and Kevin Brown, who all believe a move away from the Accu Stadium needs to happen for Huddersfield to succeed.<\/p>\n
Wilkin started the analysis by saying:\u00a0\u201cI think this stadium has been a problem for Huddersfield for a number of years.\u00a0The size of it\u2026 it\u2019s hard to generate matchday atmosphere.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to really recreate big game intensity at this stadium just because of how sparsely populated it is.\u00a0And there\u2019s two issues there.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne is the size of the stadium and two is maybe Huddersfield\u2019s inability over time\u00a0to actually draw casual fan base and increase their fan base.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something they\u2019ve struggled with and what Ken Davy said as been his biggest struggle in his life, actually finding fans to fill a stadium like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carney praised Davy for his efforts within both Huddersfield and the sport as a whole, saying:\u00a0 \u201cHe has been one of the greatest individual benefactors we\u2019ve seen in the game of Rugby League.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has promised them a stadium. It\u2019s not that easy a thing to deliver,\u00a0but he is determined it seems to find or build an appropriately sized stadium for this club\u00a0and he feels that may be the catalyst to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown, an ex-Huddersfield player, recalled some memories of his time at the club, saying even when the club were going through success it was incredibly difficult to generate a crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s tried everything else and it isn\u2019t for lack of effort from Ken.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember when I played here, we used to love playing here,\u00a0but it was quite empty and he opened up the stand once for free against the Catalans Dragons\u00a0and it still felt a little bit empty and I think there was over 14,000-15,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d need over 20,000 to fill it, so logistically it isn\u2019t going to be easy just to find a stadium\u00a0because it\u2019s got to tick boxes, it\u2019s got to be local, it\u2019s got to be up to Super League standards\u00a0and there are a couple that stand out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Backing the club\u2019s plans of moving to The Shay in 2027, Brown added:\u00a0 \u201cI think Halifax is probably the front-runner\u00a0and when I was here, we played there a couple of times when the pitch was being ripped up.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreat atmosphere, it felt like more of a home place that is intimidating.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the moment you come here, it\u2019s almost nice to play when you\u2019re an away player.\u00a0There\u2019s no pressure, you\u2019ve got a good pitch, but there\u2019s not many fans here cheering on.<\/p>\n
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