Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:22 am  

I'll start it off an a new thread as this deserves consideration:- http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... 6/8154377/ In these testing times I'm all for it. I wouldn't want to see us crippled with more debt from a new stadium we cannot afford to build or run.

I'll start it off an a new thread as this deserves consideration:- http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... 6/8154377/ In these testing times I'm all for it. I wouldn't want to see us crippled with more debt from a new stadium we cannot afford to build or run.

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:38 am  

Another interesting proposal from last night was to bring our catering in-house instead of renting burger vans ect. Wakey do this I think.

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:08 am  

All this as been mentioned before, but we got told it would be too costly whats changed now.

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:10 am  

I would be happy to stay at WR
It would be the cheaper option and something that I would have thought most fans would want.

Seem to remember we weren't allowed to re-develop WR because of the old Hicksons site but now they don't really do anything on there it shouldn't be much of a problem

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:18 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Another interesting proposal from last night was to bring our catering in-house instead of renting burger vans ect. Wakey do this I think.

If done right, this could be a real cash cow.

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:27 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Another interesting proposal from last night was to bring our catering in-house instead of renting burger vans ect. Wakey do this I think.

This sort of thing isn't difficult to do and I'm surprised we have rented vans for so many years.

Unless it was a case of - "We could do something but it's easier not to bother"

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:49 am  

...and you got a franchise saying you will have a new stadium in place blah blah

smack in the face for the likes of leigh, halifax

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:58 am  

brearley84 wrote:

...and you got a franchise saying you will have a new stadium in place blah blah

smack in the face for the likes of leigh, halifax

How does this smack in the face of the two Clubs you mention, there clearly didn't meet other criteria set down by the RFL Licencing Requirements.

And the primary plan is still to build a new stadium! But since our hands are tied by the Supermarket(s) plans the BOD are looking at other options one of which is redevelop WR.

The Supermarkets are currently re-evaluating their stance on all their plans, whether it be redevelop current stores, or build new ones, even the big 4 supermarkets are finding trading conditions tough. Tesco have only recently announced a large drop in profits.

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:03 pm  

bootie wrote:

All this as been mentioned before, but we got told it would be too costly whats changed now.

IIRC it was a case of a new build at GH costing no more than upgrading WR to a similar standard which would be necessary to qualify for a SL license.

If, as seems inevitable, SL relax/abandon their grossly disproportionate stadium criteria we may be able to sufficiently enhance WR for infinitely less than GH would cost us. In fact did I read somewhere that a company bidding to develop the Hicksons site had indicated funding could be made available for improvements to the ground as part of a general facelift for the area?

Shame though about the money already spent on planning GH...more shame on RFL for putting us in a situation where we had to do it when most right minded people saw the lunacy of valuing a new stadium higher than such as financial stability and on-field performance.

Re: Tigers could develop Wheldon Road : Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:08 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

...and you got a franchise saying you will have a new stadium in place blah blah

smack in the face for the likes of leigh, halifax

Point taken but can you honestly say that those two clubs were more deserving of a franchise than Cas because they had a better stadium.