Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Thu Jul 28, 2016 11:43 am
chissitt wrote:
I don't know how true this is Shifty old boy so don't be shooting the messenger, but I was told on Sunday that just about the only thing we own at Bellevue were the seats in the Eastern stand, and that if the club were going to Dewsbury so would those seats, maybe that might go someway to answering your fears about upgrading the ground.
Without wanting to ignite another row, you’re info is wrong as far as I’m aware.
We do own pretty much everything in or on the ground.
However what is true and perhaps what was meant is that it all has virtually no value.
The terracing is basically rubble.
The floodlights are past it and not worth moving.
Ditto the boxes, which if my memory serves me correctly are meant to last no more than ten years according to the manufacturer so are already 6 years past their sell by date. Whether they could be moved and re erected at an economical cost I don’t know.
The main stand is a glorified bus shelter and has no value except to a scrap metal merchant.
I don’t know if we own the roofs over the northt and west terrace - if we do they may have a value to us.
Cats bar, some fixture and fittings perhaps and any retail equipment but the building itself has no other use..
Nothing unusual here - truth is you can build a stadium or a stand that cost hundred of million but without a team or fans it’s worthless scrap only fit for a bulldozer.
Our problem is that the above ground facilities are so poor they simply devalue everything else to such a point as the venue becomes untenable.
As Prince Buster says, the issue is all about cash or the lack of it - everything else is a side issue.
