Cardiff City Council leader Rodney Berman has expressed concerns over the delay to Cardiff City FC’s proposed new stadium, according to local media reports.
Berman warned the club that if they haven’t finalised contracts with companies to occupy the retail space at the facility by 31 December 2005, the Council will take the project over.  “We can't just let this drift on indefinitely,” Berman commented to reporters.  “If the football club is not able to deliver then we would consider stepping in.
 I think 31 December is a fair and reasonable time to gauge whether progress is being made. “We would owe it to the people of Cardiff and the club's fans to look at the whole scenario.” Cardiff council reached agreement with developers Capital & Regional, giving them the extended deadline to reach a target of pre-letting two-thirds of retail space. Once the targets are reached, funds would be released to allow building to commence. So far only Costco, a US-based retail outlet has agreed a deal. The GBP100m stadium would be built in the Leckwith area, about a mile from the 72,000-seat Millennium Stadium, replacing the club’s existing Ninian Park home.

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