[Bullseye]

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:28 pm  

No chance of private money coming on board for a few years yet. Just the same with public money too. We'll need to see real economic recovery first and even then that guarantees nowt.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:35 pm  

Make sure you get your lottery ticket then.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:59 pm  

BM wrote:

That's not true. The decision with the £75m scheme was that it was an 18,000 ALL seater stadium period.

Sorry my mistake.
The 75M scheme was always all seater my confusion was the other OSV schemes did include possible a mixed seated/standing stadia.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:26 pm  

Making it all seater was probably the single most bonkers part of the plans. You can save a bunch by not installing seating in a sizeable area, and allow people the choice to stand all at the same time, no losers in that scenario.

I think the problem was the underlying sub-plot that if City moved to Odsal, that would be no good as yer soccer types have to have all fans securely caged in all-seater pens with gun turrets and guards.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:31 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

No chance of private money coming on board for a few years yet. Just the same with public money too. We'll need to see real economic recovery first and even then that guarantees nowt.

all true. which is why what I suspect will happen is we'll end up going with one of schemes which retains bowl and puts a roof on but done in stages. probably sports Centre built on northern view land + first stage of roofing built over pop side. this allows Richard dunn to be demolished and land sold ( hopefully by then land prices will have gone back up) with this cash and any funds generated from stadium sponsorship and hotel/retail part used to fund rest of roof and the other outdoor pitches etc.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:07 pm  

mat wrote:

all true. which is why what I suspect will happen is we'll end up going with one of schemes which retains bowl and puts a roof on but done in stages. probably sports Centre built on northern view land + first stage of roofing built over pop side. this allows Richard dunn to be demolished and land sold ( hopefully by then land prices will have gone back up) with this cash and any funds generated from stadium sponsorship and hotel/retail part used to fund rest of roof and the other outdoor pitches etc.

The one factor in all proposals is the Community Sports scheme, ie Sports Centre and additional needed facilities.

I personally think that if they take the approach you state above ie sort out the Community elements and roof some of Odsal then that will be it.

The local and national elections will be over, there will major cuts in public spending due to economic payback and any promises made now or even then will be swiftly forgotten as we're rattling around for change to plant some trees and another water feature on the new grasslands formerly known as Forster Square.

Get whatever you can NOW and get them to sign up and pay for it NOW - and I'm against CT money paying for any stadium redevelopment/purchase for Bulls or City

Just my thoughts.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:09 am  

Alan Carling gets another large chunk of the T&A to comment how 'obvious' it is Bulls should move in with City. Funny how that paper can crusade against us but have slept while the council demolished the city centre and left it like that for a decade and some.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:55 am  

af wrote:

Alan Carling gets another large chunk of the T&A to comment how 'obvious' it is Bulls should move in with City. Funny how that paper can crusade against us but have slept while the council demolished the city centre and left it like that for a decade and some.

I don't think it was fair of the T &A to mix his photo up with Harold Shipman though do you?

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:25 pm  

yep saw the bit by mr carling the guys a muppet as he dont care about bulls all he wants is council to buy vp to bail out city then a few years down line city would prob want to kick bulls out with no ground to go to

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:14 pm  

bradbull wrote:

yep saw the bit by mr carling the guys a muppet as he dont care about bulls all he wants is council to buy vp to bail out city then a few years down line city would prob want to kick bulls out with no ground to go to

he does have a pretty transparent agenda doesnt he. worrying thing is amount of airtime T&A gives him. more he spouts off, more the idea of a groundshare gets in peoples minds.