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Council kicked into touch over plans for rugby museum

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Vincent
Published date17 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
It had initially been agreed that the George Hotel - the birthplace of rugby league in 1895 - would be the venue for a museum in conjunction with Rugby League Cares

Towards the end of 2021 it became clear that the proposal to develop the museum in the George Hotel was not viable without significant future costs to the Kirklees ratepayer.

The council has offered instead to seek to identify an alternative location within its plans for remodelling the area around the library and covered market.

Huddersfield Unlimited, a business-led organisation, says that if the museum cannot be housed within the George Hotel then an alternative venue must be found in Huddersfield. Huddersfield Unlimited say they are concerned that the saga is dragging on and, as a result, the Rugby League Museum might go elsewhere. The organisation say they are working to promote Huddersfield as a place to do business and to invest, and that they not want to see its image and reputation suffer from failure to deliver on the commitments made in 2020.

They have therefore urged both the council and the Rugby Football League to work together to develop a practical alternative offer.

Sir John Harman, Chair of Huddersfield Unlimited, states: "We agree with the council that to house the whole of a national museum in the George would incur unsustainable cost to the public purse.

"We support the council's plans to redevelop the George and that the only obvious commercial...

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