AJ Bell Stadium owed £1.5m by the Salford City Reds who play at the stadium. In 2014, SCC and Peel lent a further £410,724 to the stadium. On 13 September 2013, it was announced that investment platform AJ Bell had secured a nine-year stadium naming rights partnership with Sale Sharks Rugby Club. The deal saw Salford City Stadium re-branded and renamed AJ Bell Stadium. Initially, the stadium can accommodate a 12,000 crowd, but could be extended to hold up to 20,000 spectators. The stadium has areas designated for standing supporters. This partial-standing design is similar to the Halliwell Jones Stadium, home of Warrington
York Lions Stadium that the stadium would play host to the 2017 North American Indigenous Games. The stadium will be the site of the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics competitions in July 2017. The Toronto Arrows, a professional rugby union club which will join Major League Rugby for the 2019 season, announced that it will play exhibition games in 2018 at York Lions Stadium. York 9 FC, a soccer team in the new Canadian Premier League, will play at the stadium in its initial seasons while planning and constructing their own stadium in York Region. York Lions Stadium York