The Tigers have been at their existing home, The PROBIZ Coliseum, since 1927 when Castleford became an elite rugby league club.

Shortly, rugby league will say goodbye to the old venue on Wheldon Road, with the club moving across town to an exciting state-of-the-art new sports complex.

The new stadium will catapult Castleford Tigers into one of the region's most forward thinking sports organisations with a venue that will be envied across the sports industry.

The new stadium will be part of the Glasshoughton entertainment and retail district, which attracts over 4m visitors per year and is regarded as one of Europe's biggest out of town retail developments.

Transportation links to new venue will be second to none. The stadium is located at one of the busiest motorway interchanges in the UK (Jct.32 M62). Over 40m vehicles pass the site each year.

Rail users will be catered for with a new station being built adjacent to the complex. Public transport will be fully integrated with bus and rail services working in harmony.

The stadium project will create a multi-activity venue designed to provide dynamic, high-quality sporting environment with a community focus.

It will breathe new life into the area and be a catalyst for further regeneration in the future.

For updates on how the project is progressing see below:

Part of an article looking back on the achievements of 2011, CEO Richard Wright commented on the 'significant' new Stadium progress made:

Moving on to the Stadium, and we have undoubtedly made significant progress in the last year. In the last twelve months we have secured full planning consent for a new 13,300 capacity Stadium at Glasshoughton, and have found a solution to fund its construction through an agreement with developers Opus Land (North) Ltd. We are confident that 2012 will be a big year for us in terms of the new Stadium and at this point I would like to express thanks to Andrew Duncan (director, Opus), Richard Morris of Consult Group who is acting voluntarily as project manager, and a group of professionals who make up the club's Stadium Steering Group (SSG). Andrew, Richard and the SSG have been working extremely hard behind the scenes to ensure our aim of a new Stadium becomes reality.

We are in advanced talks with food operators and hope to be able to make an announcement in the early part of the New Year. We've come such a long way in the Stadium project and we are certainly not going to let it slip. We have support now from all the key stakeholders and everyone now just wants to see the stadium being built. I would like to thank Wakefield Council for their help and support and in particular Leader Peter Box and Deputy Leader Denise Jeffery.

Castleford Tigers chief executive Richard Wright has issued a statement to give clarity to a letter that was read out at a planning inquiry into a mixed use development which includes a Stadium at Junction 30 of the M62 yesterday (Tuesday).

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Developers Opus Land (North) Ltd have today issued a statement to inform Castleford Tigers fans - and the community of Castleford - of progress regarding the project to deliver a Supermarket on the club's existing ground on Wheldon Road.

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Andrew Duncan, director, Opus Land (North) Ltd has moved to explain the reasons why a planning application for a Supermarket development on the current Castleford Tigers - PROBIZ Coliseum site was not be submitted to Wakefield Council as quickly as planned (by the end of August).

"Firstly, I'd like to confirm to all Tigers fans and the people of the Castleford community that we (Opus) are committed to, and fully confident in, the proposals which will see a Supermarket developed on the current Castleford Tigers ground. This will, upon planning consent being granted, see funding made available to construct the new Tigers Stadium at Glasshoughton and be the catalyst for other developments providing investment and jobs across the area.

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The Supermarket development is key to enabling our move to the new Stadium. As you will most likely know, our partners Opus Land (North) Ltd agreed to release the necessary funds for the construction of the new Stadium immediately upon receiving a planning consent for a supermarket by Wakefield Council.

Andrew Duncan, Director of Opus, has confirmed that they are in advance discussions with a major food retail operator. The cost of submitting a detailed planning application is significant and underlines further how serious Opus are about delivering this project.

The significance of the petition is that it will greatly assist us in the planning process. It adds more certainty to the outcome, will most likely speed up the process, and it gives everyone involved the confidence to continue to move forward and deliver both the supermarket and the new stadium. Opus plan to submit the planning application next month.

Castleford Tigers has today (7 April) received detailed planning consent for its new stadium at Glasshoughton.

In a meeting at the Town Hall, the Wakefield Council Planning Committee confirmed the detailed planning application submitted by the club in December for a 13,300 capacity stadium has successfully been approved.

Richard Wright, Chief Executive, Castleford Tigers (pictured) said:

"Today is another significant milestone for Castleford Tigers.

"Having addressed all the relevant issues in our outline planning application, we always had confidence in the strength of our detailed planning application.

 "On behalf of the club, I'd like to thank David Ramsden, Alan Powell and all at architects Ramsdens & Partners for delivering a wonderful design and application.

"This consent is not just good for the club. The delivery of the new Stadium will act as a catalyst for further development of the Glasshoughton site and will also kick start regeneration in the Wheldon Road corridor and Town Centre.

"I'd also like to put on record our thanks to the Wakefield Council planning department for their professional assistance with Ramsdens through the process.

The club's attentions now turn to realising the funding required to construct the new Stadium.

The Tigers recently announced that is has secured an agreement with Opus Land (North) Ltd and its financial partner Palmer Capital to redevelop its current site on Wheldon Road as a large format store, subject to planning permission.

Wright continued:

"As part of this agreement, Opus Land (North) Ltd and Palmer Capital will fully fund the new Stadium construction immediately once planning permission has been granted for the current site.

"This is the final piece of the 'jigsaw' in terms of delivering the new Stadium.

"We are now firmly focused on achieving planning permission for the PROBIZ Coliseum as quickly as possible and we ask Wakefield Council and the town of Castleford to continue their fantastic support of the new Stadium project.

Pictured moments after the decsion are Richard Wright, architect David Ramsden and the fans who attended the meeting to show their support..

Castleford Tigers has today (24 March 2011) announced the club has entered into an exclusive development agreement to transform its current ground at Wheldon Road into a large format food store

In light of the revised usage of the PROBIZ Coliseum and subsequent funding stream, the club has announced that completion of the new stadium is anticipated to be in time for the 2013 season.

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Castleford Tigers chief executive Richard Wright has today (23^rd December) hand delivered a detailed planning application to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in their quest to secure the go-ahead for a new stadium at Glasshoughton.

Tigers club captain Ryan Hudson was also in attendance with Alan Powell from architects Ramsden & Partners to present the detailed planning application document.

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Ready to go! - Moments before submitting the application, Craig Poskitt (Head of Commercial Sales), Alan Powell of Architects Ramsdens' & Partners, Richard Wright (CEO) and Ryan Hudson (Captain) are pictured.

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Castleford Tigers are delighted by the news that Wakefield MDC has ratified their contribution of £2m towards the club's new stadium project at a cabinet meeting earlier today (14/12/2010).

The Tigers confirmed that they remain on track to submit the detailed planning application before Christmas.

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Tigers chief executive Richard Wright has penned a blog which gives an update on the progress of the new stadium project.

In this blog Wright indicates that the club's detailed planning application is likely to be submitted for approval before Christmas 2010

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Castleford Tigers Chief Executive Richard Wright has penned an exclusive blog for www.castigers.com with an insight into the latest developments in the club's stadium project.

The Tigers aim to be in-situ at their new stadium located at Junction 32 of the M62 motorway for the start of the 2012 Engage Super League season.

In the blog Richard confirms that this aim is "still on track".

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Castleford Tigers has revealed a significant breakthrough in the development of a new stadium at Glasshoughton.

A recent announcement by WMDC, after several years of uncertainty, declared that the Health and Safety Executive do not need to be consulted on developments outside the boundary of the former Hicksons C6 site. This means funding from the sale of The PROBIZ Coliseum, on Wheldon Road has now been assured.

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Castleford Tigers have received an "overwhelming" amount of feedback from supporters over architect's designs for their new stadium.

The club asked its supporters to give feedback on the designs by architects Ramsdens and Partners and they responded in their thousands via www.castigers.com and the Visitors Centre at Xscape.Castleford Tigers have received an "overwhelming" amount of feedback from supporters over architect's designs for their new stadium.

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Castleford Tigers are delighted to showcase the plans and designs created by architects working on the club's new stadium project.

Between Monday 16 August and Friday 27 August supporters can give feedback on the designs online and at the Tigers Visitor Centre at Xscape.

Feedback is being sought from supporters in advance of a detailed planning submission in October.

The plans below, created by architects Ramsdens and Partners, showcase a 13,300 capacity stadium at Glasshoughton on Junction 32 of the M62.

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Main approach

Aerial view of Main Approach

Motorway approach

Aerial view of Motorway approach
 

View of East and South Stands

 

Site layout

Ground floor plan

First Floor plan
  

Second Floor plan
  

North Stand elevation

Cross section through pitch towards South Stand

Cross section through pitch towards East Stand
 

South Stand elevation

West Stand elevation
 

East Stand elevation 
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The Tigers have issued a statement following a recent joint statement by Wakefield and District Community Stadium Trust and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in which the two organisations dismissed a ground-share deal with Castleford Tigers, if this was to be at its proposed Glasshoughton site, in favour of pursuing the Newmarket site only.

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Castleford Tigers have welcomed the suggestion of Wakefield Council to commission an independent feasibility study on the location of a possible shared stadium with the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

The independent feasibility study would consider the two sites proposed by the clubs at Junction 30 and 32 of the M62 motorway.

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Award winning developer Waystone Ltd has confirmed that it has signed an agreement that guarantees the land required for a proposed new stadium for Castleford Tigers rugby league club.

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Tigers CEO has penned the latest installment of his regular blog.

In the blog Richard gives an insight into the impact the new architects have brought to the project and confirms that plan for consulting the fans and public on the designs is on track.

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Castleford Tigers are delighted to announce that West Yorkshire architectural practice Ramsden and Partners Ltd have won the prestigious design contract for the new state of the art stadium development at Glasshoughton.

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Castleford Tigers Chief Executive, Richard Wright has penned his first entry of a new blog designed to update fans on the latest developments of the new Stadium project.

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