Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:55 pm  

financialtimes wrote:

I think you'll find that Sir Rodney Walker does not speak on behalf of WTW and the cost you mention will be the responsibility of the Stadium Trust (A non for profit organisation) of which he does speak on the behalf of

Fail!

Sir Rod gave his evidence to the Inspector as Chairman of the Trust at which he presented Heads of Terms for lease agreements between 1) YCP and the Trust and 2) The Trust and Spirit of 1873.

Hope that helps.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:22 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

For a Cas fan you know so much about our affairs, you're either obsessed or thinking of jumping ship - I honestly can't decide which.

There's some delicious hypocrisy (not specifically you but generally) in that comment.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:27 pm  

Fully wrote:

There's some delicious irony in that comment.

I'm glad I have appealed to your discerning ironic bent.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:22 am  

If Milan and inter Milan can do it why can't Cas and Wakie?

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:53 am  

browney wrote:

If Milan and inter Milan can do it why can't Cas and Wakie?

A valid point indeed. Now if the location was in the Centre of Wakey or Cas I could understand the opposition. In Newmarket the location is neutral, 4 miles from either town Centre. The Stadium and facilities will be owned by a neutral community trust and all the district clubs are welcome to play there.

I personally rather just Wakey play there because I feel we would be going down the road to a dreaded merger if we share. Having said that it not our choice to make. Cas would be mad to turn the opportunity down. It's a chance to clear the massive debt to Jack Fulton and others and go into Newmarket with a clear balance and a bit off money in the bank.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:58 am  

Gronk! wrote:

Doncaster.

Rent will be cheaper, it's actually built and is easy to get to from Cas.

So what your saying is that The Cas BOD and majority of fans will be willing to travel nearly 20 miles to Doncaster but not 4 miles to Stanley? Is it really easier to get to the Keepmoat than going 1 or 2 junctions down the M62? I hope you don't take up Transport Planning for a career!

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:03 am  

frank5613 wrote:

No brass, a company with a poor track record for delivering and thats why their after the £2m allocated to the J32 scheme

The £2m that Cas were after should all go to the community trust. At the end of the day their the ones building the facilities for the whole community to use.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:06 am  

deeHell wrote: The Stadium and facilities will be owned by a neutral community trust and all the district clubs are welcome to play there. So this "neutral" community trust then, is it this one that will run the stadium? :- http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/comm ... nity-trust The one with the fleur-de-leys emblem in red, white and blue. Definately neutral.

deeHell wrote: The Stadium and facilities will be owned by a neutral community trust and all the district clubs are welcome to play there. So this "neutral" community trust then, is it this one that will run the stadium? :- http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/comm ... nity-trust The one with the fleur-de-leys emblem in red, white and blue. Definately neutral.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:24 am  

Tigerade wrote: So this "neutral" community trust then, is it this one that will run the stadium? :- http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/comm ... nity-trust The one with the fleur-de-leys emblem in red, white and blue. Definately neutral. I think you might have that confused; the Trust you're referring to is the Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust - that's the part of the club responsible for outreach work in the local community. The body managing the Newmarket stadium will be the Wakefield & District Community Trust; a different organisation altogether.

Tigerade wrote: So this "neutral" community trust then, is it this one that will run the stadium? :- http://www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk/comm ... nity-trust The one with the fleur-de-leys emblem in red, white and blue. Definately neutral. I think you might have that confused; the Trust you're referring to is the Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust - that's the part of the club responsible for outreach work in the local community. The body managing the Newmarket stadium will be the Wakefield & District Community Trust; a different organisation altogether.

Re: Would the club go to a community Stadium : Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:27 am  

If I knew BOTH clubs could stay in SL playing separately there's no way I'd entertain the idea of sharing.

However if your franchise was in danger, which if the RFL followed the letter of the law it probably will be should you have 0 movement on GH/WR (all hypothetical), I'd be more than happy for you to share either temporarily or on a full time basis.

The idea of Doncaster is laughable, WR to Keepmoat is 26.3 miles, WR to NM is 4.7 miles. That's before we mention that moving out of your city isn't seen in a positive light. We asked to play games at Oakwell (9.2 miles from BV) & were flatly told by the RFL that this was impractical. How many fans would go for that? What chance of catching passing fans? Even if you picked up some from Doncaster how many would travel when you eventually moved home? On an ethical level I would appose this, it would be a step too near the NFL for me, with franchises being picked up & moved at will.

Now I know the RFL are famous for changing their minds, but a move of the best part of 30 miles is stupid IMO, unless you change your name to Doncaster.

At the end of the day the season/my general interest in RL would be diminished by the loss of our derby. If sharing would save that I'm all for it, if we don't need to share EVEN BETTER!