The new stands are temporary scaffold structures, they increase the capacity slightly but I wouldn’t say they improve the ground. The last major improvement was the North Stand and that was 12 years ago. Craven Park is probably tied with Wakefield for the 3rd worst stadium in Super League only ahead of Catleford and Bradford. That said, there’s a nostalgia to a ground like Craven Park that you just don’t get with modern stadiums, so whilst it’s a bit rough around the edges, I’m sure Rovers fans love the place, just like we did with Boothferry Park.
Fair enough. I don't visit any rugby league grounds so I cannot comment on the best and the worse of them, only that people I know say the present Craven Park is getting better and it is a good day out. One of my daughters helped raise the funding for the North Stand when she worked for Rovers. The present Board at Rovers are improving Craven Park and the surrounding area, they have big plans and the funding for it. I just wish we had the same ideas and funding in place to develop the MKM Stadium, because very little has been spent since the day it was opened. I'd say if there was any nostalgia it would be for the old Craven Park on Holderness Road, not this one, which is still relatively new. Agree about Boothferry Park and it annoyed me this week to see the memorial where the old Boulevard was, funded by the council and a fans group. Not that Hull Fc have one, but the fact that the one we were promised where Boothferry Park stood, and the 'memorial garden' seems to have been lost in the post.
It'll go full circle, as ever, and they'll be skint again. Not that they're flush, last year they posted a £1.3 million loss.
The ground caters for all sorts. The North Stand is very good. The East stand is dreadful. Some parts of the West stand have limited views . The southern end is a mix of temporary and food stalls.
