Wednesday 9th April 08

Last week Hull Kingston Rovers announced the latest developments for the Craven Park stadium and have now revealed the latest drawing of the North Stand development.

The £6million redevelopment of the stadium’s North Stand will also incorporate commercial and learning facilities to be used by the local community during the week.

Associate director John North commented: “Negotiations are under way with the city council and Hull College about possible opportunities within the new stand.

“The city region development plan for Hull and the Humber ports has identified a specific need for an enterprise hub to be located in East Hull to help support the development of key potential growth sectors for the local economy such as ports and logistics, energy and renewable technologies and to help underpin key existing industries such as caravan manufacturing.

"Craven Park is ideally located in close proximity to a major concentration of these activities and would make a convenient base for an enterprise hub to support new business start-ups plus related training and learning opportunities in order to assist the further development of these key sectors.

"Hull College is committed to developing a range of learning initiatives, including apprenticeships, specifically targeted at 14-25 year-olds, at Craven Park and these could operate alongside the proposed enterprise hub."

Future updates on the development will be available on the official club website: www.hullkr.co.uk/stadiumdev.php.