Huddersfield Giants head coach Luke Robinson has backed the thought of transferring to a brand new stadium amid hypothesis the membership are leaving the John Smith’s Stadium.
Giants proprietor Ken Davy confirmed earlier this week, external that the membership are within the preliminary phases of planning on transferring to a brand new stadium however remained tight-lipped on the small print.
“That’s been on the playing cards for some time now,” former scrum-half Robinson advised BBC Radio Leeds.
“We went to the Shay Stadium in 2011 once I was nonetheless taking part in, and the ambiance [was] electrical. We have been averaging 7,500 on the time and the followers have been nice.”
Huddersfield’s common house attendance for the 2024 Tremendous League season stands at simply over 4,600 in a stadium that holds 24,121.
The ambiance on the John Smith’s Stadium has been put into query not too long ago following the Giants’ dismal kind which continued on Saturday after they have been humbled 66-0 by Warrington Wolves.
And Robinson has prompt {that a} transfer might assist ignite a turnaround in fortunes for the West Yorkshire membership.
“While you have been inside a smaller stadium, it felt like they [the fans] have been on prime of you. It felt wonderful and it went on for fairly some time.
“Our followers are actually loyal, they’ll sing their hearts out however sadly should you’re in a 25,000 seater stadium, you may type of get just a little bit drowned out by the opposition or simply the stadium measurement itself.
“I feel it’s nice for us if we are able to even have a house we are able to name our personal”.
Giants moved to the John Smith’s Stadium in 1994 together with Huddersfield City.