After increased speculation about the future ownership of the AJ Bell Stadium – the home of Sale Sharks and Salford Red Devils - we spoke with Sharks CEO Sid Sutton to find out about his plans for the future of the club and where stadium ownership fits into those plans. Q.
How did we get to this point? It’s been an ambition of this club for a long time to own our stadium. We want a home with a brilliant atmosphere that the fans love to come to, and we want a stadium we are in control of.
One of the options we looked at was building a new stadium at the Crossford Bridge Playing Fields, in Sale, but, as was well documented, Trafford Council withdrew its support for that plan last September.
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