Sports agenda: Nottingham Forest have four options for a new stadium

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Nottingham Forest could leave City Ground

Nottingham Forest have threatened to leave the City Ground amid a row with the council over rent – and they have no fewer than four options for a new home. The club lease the land on which their iconic base since 1898 sits from the local authority, who are now demanding the £250,000 rent is increased to £1m.

That prompted chairman Tom Cartledge to comment that unless there was ‘significant progress’ they may have to ‘look elsewhere’. That elsewhere could be land bought – and now not needed – for HS2.

The Independent Alliance opposition group on Notts County Council say the Toton site could be an ideal home and will attempt to move a motion at a meeting later this month.

However, Cartledge told Agenda Toton is not the only alternative. ‘Since we made public our frustration with the city council we have been delighted with the response from a wide-range of organisations in the region,’ he said.

‘As a result we have had four potential sites proposed to us. While we prefer to remain at the City Ground we are now evaluating those options.’