Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 32084 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
Jack Burton wrote:Unless they can get significant investment into Odsal, they should move to Valley Parade.
Valley Parade owners wanted £750k a season so that was a non-starter. We're stuck with the Odsal millstone unfortunately since finding someone with tens of millions needed has been impossible since the 1930s.
Valley Parade pitch is smaller than Odsal BTW. Odsal pitch has a dispensation to be the size it is. Length wise it's no different to many RL grounds.
"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.
Bullseye wrote:Valley Parade owners wanted £750k a season so that was a non-starter. We're stuck with the Odsal millstone unfortunately since finding someone with tens of millions needed has been impossible since the 1930s.
Valley Parade pitch is smaller than Odsal BTW. Odsal pitch has a dispensation to be the size it is. Length wise it's no different to many RL grounds.
Not sure how you get that. Valley parade is reported as 64 metres wide
No idea what the answer is for Bradford , given the financial pressures facing the game, ground sharing needs looking at more widely in the sport.
Share a ground with Halifax? Share the new Ken Davy ground, Share Headingley, I know this will bring Bradfordians out in hives , would probably do same for me.
On our game, 1,310 in attendance is abysmal and emphasises the game’s income challenge, see above share costs suggestions
Sir Gregory ParsloeP wrote: On our game, 1,310 in attendance is abysmal and emphasises the game’s income challenge, see above share costs suggestions
Competition for leisure £'s combined with what was only ever going to be a no contest, procession of a game. The CC needs a serious overhaul. I'm not sure what that is, but I can't see this format being repeated next year.
The attendance was terrible, but if we'd been away to say Batley, they would have had a nice crowd for them. Probably true of most Championship sides. I'd say the view of most people in the game as a whole about this round was largely positive, but it clearly needs a tweak to get the sort of draw that would help the game more.
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 32084 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
Sir Gregory ParsloeP wrote:No idea what the answer is for Bradford , given the financial pressures facing the game, ground sharing needs looking at more widely in the sport.
Share a ground with Halifax? Share the new Ken Davy ground
Would think sharing a ground with Fax or Hudders wouldn't be too bad - somewhere on the border would be ideal. Not sure how having primacy of ownership would work for IMG purposes but it makes sense to have a stadium that gets plenty of use. Pitch would need to be made of stern stuff. The challenge is who pays for it?
The Bulls are stuck at Odsal until I win a Euromillions treble rollover.
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