Re: Latest stadium up date : Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:24 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

That is unless they were mixing concrete...

I think you will find that they are mixing concrete, but it's down at the Jungle.

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:46 am  

12noon wrote:

I think you will find that they are mixing concrete, but it's down at the Jungle.

I understand the arguments around corporate/hospitality facilities etc etc but I'd much rather stay at an improved Jungle if the alternative is a soul-less,2 sided/open-ended wind tunnell with little or no prospect of further development.

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:27 am  

smoking monkey wrote:

I understand the arguments around corporate/hospitality facilities etc etc but I'd much rather stay at an improved Jungle if the alternative is a soul-less,2 sided/open-ended wind tunnell with little or no prospect of further development.

I think most of us would prefer that, but it matters not what we want, it's what the RFL want that will keep us in Superleague or send us into oblivion!

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:21 am  

Kr are remaining at CP, Leeds did so at Headingly, Bulls at Odsal
If the jungle was suitable, you can stay.

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:30 pm  

Exactly thew jungle needs 2 brand new stands,

The main stand need completely rebuilding, all seater, same sort of stand to the new one at leeds but going all the way down the side.

The railway end needs rebuilding, with a roof, i would make that all seater.

With them improvements i believe it could be one of the best grounds in SL.

Why not secure loans againt the land the Council have given us and get some investments from local companies, im pretty sure local companies would rather invest in rebuilding The Jungle rather than building a lifleless, soulless widtunnel. But the chances of this happening though are ZILCH

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:49 pm  

tigersteve wrote:

Exactly thew jungle needs 2 brand new stands,

The main stand need completely rebuilding, all seater, same sort of stand to the new one at leeds but going all the way down the side.

The railway end needs rebuilding, with a roof, i would make that all seater.

With them improvements i believe it could be one of the best grounds in SL.

Why not secure loans againt the land the Council have given us and get some investments from local companies, im pretty sure local companies would rather invest in rebuilding The Jungle rather than building a lifleless, soulless widtunnel. But the chances of this happening though are ZILCH

I don't want rebuilding I am fine thamks. With regards to me being all seater, are you saying you want to sit on my face?

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:08 pm  

The problem with redeveloping Wheldon Road is training facilities. One of the key things about starting from scratch is getting in better facilities for the players.

Also, the location of Glasshoughton is second to none, and would be a massively missed corporate opportunity. Not to mention the opportunity to vastly expand the fanbase.

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:54 pm  

And also there's limited parking next to the Cas ground, it would be just as expensive redeveloping The Jungle.

[tb]

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:55 pm  

Therailwayendisuponus. wrote:

I don't want rebuilding I am fine thamks.

Debatable

Re: Latest stadium up date : Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:58 pm  

RW has said that the Jungle is not too far off the absolute minimum SL standard (yeh I know, pinch of salt and all that) but the question is can we fund the necessary improvements bearing in mind external investment will be far harder to find than for a new-build? If we can I would go for it, accept our franchise bid will be less competitive around stadia criteria than most others but put everything into our on-field development and challenge SL to demote us from a league position some way above the bottom 2-3. If we continue to immerse ourselves in the potentially impossible dream of relocation we run the risk of sliding to the foot of the table in, at best, a half built, half full stadium which still compares unfavourably with our rivals....the licensing implications of that scenario are pretty obvious.