The home of Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Rugby League Football Club for 120 years, Belle View Stadium, was sold after several months of strong interest having been originally marketed at a guide price of £600,000.

88m Group has a multi-million-pound commercial property portfolio and develops new business centres and housing as well as investing in commercial properties. 

The stadium is set to continue to serve as the rugby club’s home and was purchased subject to a lease to the club.

Manni Hussain, chairman of 88m Group, stated: “We’re delighted to have purchased the historic Belle Vue Stadium and we are looking forward to working with the local council, supporters trust and the club to ensure its future in Wakefield.

“The Wildcats, in one guise or another, have been an integral part of the city’s identity for decades and I look forward to its continued role in the area.”

The sale was managed by chartered surveyor and property consultant Sanderson Weatherall.

Neil Bestwick, a partner at Sanderson Weatherall, said it was great to see the stadium under the stewardship of an organisation that wanted to see it thrive.

“There has been continued speculation about where the Wildcats will be based going forward and the purchase by 88m Group – not just of the stadium, but the adjoining former Superbowl site – [has] revealed exciting new multi-million-pound plans for a new state of the art community stadium with student accommodation and retail park.”