Rugby league team to move into £135m stadium by 2020

Superleague team Castleford Tigers is expecting to move into its new Five Towns Park stadium by 2020.

The development, which will cost £135m and includes retail and leisure facilities, was given planning permission in September 2015.

Its website says the development will deliver 2,000 jobs for the Castleford area.

The Tigers have been located at their current stadium The Jungle, at Wheldon Road for 90 years.

“There has been a lot of work gone in,” Castleford’s chief executive Steve Gill told the Super League Show.

“The plans were drawn up four years ago, millions of pounds have already been invested, and I think by 2020 we’ll be in our new stadium.”

“We see ourselves as a top-four side in the making now,” he added. “We can get to the new ground and get the revenue in from hospitality by opening 365 days a year. That’s what been holding us back.

“I don’t want to go from this place, we’ve probably got another 30-40 games before we move. I want everybody to enjoy it and soak it in because when we do leave here there won’t be a dry eye in the house.”