Controversial sale of The Shay to owner Davy can go ahead

HALIFAX'S major sports ground, The Shay Stadium, can be sold to Huddersfield Giants rugby league club owner Ken Davy, senior councillors have confirmed.

- By ABIGAIL MARLOW

the Shay Stadium, Halifax, where a new pitch and drainage has been laid CALDERDALE COUNCIL

The Shay is home to the town's professional sports clubs, football's FC Halifax Town and rugby league's Halifax Panthers.

A legal restriction to ensure it is kept as a sporting stadium will be included, Calderdale Council's Cabinet members say.

Cabinet had been expected to consider the issue again when it meets on November 3, following a period of time in which community groups were given the chance to express interest in taking on the site, previously registered as an Asset of Community Value.

But with a community group expressing interest in running it on a not-for-profit basis pulling out of the process in the summer, and the period of time required for this having passed, Cabinet has agreed the controversial sale can go ahead without it coming before the councillors again at their next scheduled meeting.