Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds push on with Wrexham's Racecourse Ground plans

Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have welcomed the decision for the club to take over the Racecourse Ground lease and allow them to push ahead with stadium development.

The lease is currently held by Wrexham Supporters Trust, who wanted a binding covenant that the Hollywood-owned League Two club could not be moved away from the ground.

WST members have now agreed to surrender the Racecourse lease under the terms of a deal that will see Wrexham continue to play at the ground until at least June 30th, 2115. Wrexham will also make a payment of £187,000 upon surrender of the lease.

Co-chairmen McElhenney and Reynolds said: “We were delighted to receive the support of the directors of the WST and share their understandable desire to protect the long-term future of the club.

"The Club were delighted to be informed that the Directors of the Wrexham Football Supporter’s Society Limited (WST) would be recommending to their membership that they should accept our proposal to surrender the lease for The Racecourse Ground."

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