Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:26 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Been doing the rounds for quite a while that one. Cannot see it happening myself. We cannot sell the ground so why try and sell part of it ? Who would want to live on the door step of a RL stadium anyway ?

Presumably those who live on Princess St

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:31 pm  

I 'm not sure but I think the houses on Princess Street were there before the stadium.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:18 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Been doing the rounds for quite a while that one. Cannot see it happening myself. We cannot sell the ground so why try and sell part of it ? Who would want to live on the door step of a RL stadium anyway ?

Would be used for 'affordable housing' I should guess. They are not going to build these types of developments in leafy suburbs as the land prices would be too high, somewhere like the training ground would be the type of area they would target.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:23 pm  

I could understand selling off the car park next to the training pitch for "affordable housing "and using part or all of the pitch for parking, but that would not raise much to "improve" the ground. Essential repairs and a make-over only.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:12 pm  

If you're looking at housing that won't generate anywhere near the money you need for a new stadium of your own.

If you move to NM from the start I think you have a chance of establishing a "ground share" mentality, ie neither ours nor yours. If you come late to the party (any later than May IMO) the ground will forever be seen as the home of Wakefield Trinity.

Although if you'd prefer to go to Donny.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:22 pm  

sixtogo wrote:

The latest 'rumoured' plan doing the rounds is that the training pitch and car park is to be sold off for housing to finance some vital ground improvements at WR.

That would raise about £3m. Wouldn't even build us a new stand.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:14 pm  

I don't think its to build a new stand, more make essential repairs to existing fixtures and fittings around the place.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:32 pm  

sixtogo wrote:

I don't think its to build a new stand, more make essential repairs to existing fixtures and fittings around the place.

Or to pay the outstanding debt to the Fulton Family!

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:20 am  

deeHell wrote:

Or to pay the outstanding debt to the Fulton Family!

Why - do they want paying up ?

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:24 am  

"If you move to NM from the start I think you have a chance of establishing a "ground share" mentality, ie neither ours nor yours."

That ship sailed long ago. Not a cat in hell's chance.