Headingley Stadium Redevelopment Plans For Cricket, Rugby Revealed

New proposals for the redevelopment of the Headingley Stadium "have been revealed," according to the BBC. The Leeds site is "home to rugby league side Leeds Rhinos, rugby union side Yorkshire Carnegie and Yorkshire County Cricket Club." Plans "include a new South Stand on the rugby ground and a new joint stand overlooking both the rugby pitch and cricket ground." The capacity of the cricket ground "would increase under the plans with the aim of hosting matches in the 2019 Cricket World Cup and securing future Test matches." The plan is for a £50M ($72M) revamp of the cricket ground, "which currently holds about 17,000 spectators." The new combined stand "proposes about 4,200 seats for cricket and 3,800 facing the rugby pitch." The new South Stand for the rugby stadium "has a planned capacity of 7,700 with 2,200 being seated" (BBC, 1/28).