Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:26 pm  

It dates back to Tricky Dicky doesn't it, when he thought that sticking the word 'Community' at the start of the sentence automatically qualified the previous build for the grant funding - without actually creating the appropriate legal entity?

Shouldn't think it applies now - it's not a community stadium - it's Cas Tigers stadium, and good luck to them; Steve Gill and whomever has worked with him in the background has pulled off what successive regimes at WTW have been unable to. Despite the smug asshattery of a very few Cas posters, I'm happy for them - but then I haven't read the Cas Forum recently...

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:38 pm  

chissitt wrote:

Just because the leader of WMDC and his associates will no doubt be heavily involved does not make it a community stadium for the City of Wakefield.

Agreed - but if (and it's a big if) the proposed new stadium at Glasshoughton were to be given "community" status would WMDC try to get out of building community facilities at Newmarket by saying the 5 Towns Development is for the people of the Wakefield district ?

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:42 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Agreed - but if (and it's a big if) the proposed new stadium at Glasshoughton were to be given "community" status would WMDC try to get out of building community facilities at Newmarket by saying the 5 Towns Development is for the people of the Wakefield district ?

They can pretend all they want but I live in Wakefield and it'd be a 36 mile round trip for me to get to the proposed site of the "community" facilities which actually isn't local to me or my community!

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:56 pm  

Its a big district but unfurtunately it's impossible to put everything in the centre. Wakefield city centre is not central to the Wakefield district.

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:28 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Agreed - but if (and it's a big if) the proposed new stadium at Glasshoughton were to be given "community" status would WMDC try to get out of building community facilities at Newmarket by saying the 5 Towns Development is for the people of the Wakefield district ?

WMDC have no intention or compulsion to build community facilities at Newmarket - they never did - and for anyone who was in doubt about that, the inimitable Mr Box has stated clearly in the media that it's nowt to do with him or WMDC and is entirely a matter between the club and the developer.

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:38 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

Its a big district but unfurtunately it's impossible to put everything in the centre. Wakefield city centre is not central to the Wakefield district.

and facilities in Castleford don't serve the Wakefield District

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:06 pm  

bren2k wrote:

WMDC have no intention or compulsion to build community facilities at Newmarket - they never did - and for anyone who was in doubt about that, the inimitable Mr Box has stated clearly in the media that it's nowt to do with him or WMDC and is entirely a matter between the club and the developer.

Yes he has, lots of times. But you can guarantee that if it ever does come off, that he'll be there claiming to have been responsible for delivering it.
TBH, I don't have much time for any politicians but he is the most self serving, arrogant to55er of the lot!

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:29 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

and facilities in Castleford don't serve the Wakefield District

Really? I live in the suburbs of Wakefield, on the opposite side of Cas, but travel to Castleford for many facilities incl. sporting facilities. The council can't be centric in everything they do.

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:35 pm  

Tigerade wrote:

No - not the plan AFAIAA - hence the question mark.

Awareness regarding all things Cas Stadia is not one of your strong points it would seem, the rebuilding or the not rebuilding of that princess St wall comes to mind

Re: Re: The City of Wakefield Community Stadium : Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:34 pm  

BD wrote:

Really? I live in the suburbs of Wakefield, on the opposite side of Cas, but travel to Castleford for many facilities incl. sporting facilities. The council can't be centric in everything they do.

Good for you, do you want a medal?

I live at the other side of Horbury Bridge and if the WMDC can't provide sporting facilities closer than the other side of Castleford then they're incompetent and unfit for purpose.