After the York Dig had concluded on 19 June 2015 demolition of Huntington Stadium began. The project faced delays in 2016 following a legal challenge to a planning application and further delays due to being unable to put on required test events in 2020, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless the LNER Community Stadium complex opened in 2021, and was a host stadium for the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
After the York Dig had concluded on 19 June 2015 demolition of Huntington Stadium began. The project faced delays in 2016 follow.ing a legal challenge to a planning application and further delays due to being unable to put on required test events in 2020, both before and during the COVID-19 pa,ndemic. None:theless the LNER Communit:y Stadium complex opened in 2021, and was a host stadium for the 2021 Women's Rugby League World ,Cup.