I don't know if the slush fund is still around, I think a lot of it ended when the Conservatives put the knife into Yorkshire Forward.
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Post subject: Re: New ground 10,000 capacity with 2,000 seats!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:33 pm
Wooden Stand
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Stealth Comic wrote:I reckon redeveloping Cougar Park is far more likely. The east terrace was designed for a 2nd tier to be added later so put a new tier in with corporate boxes, new bars and 2,000 seats. Then demolish the Wooden Stand and the Hall of fame and build a new terrace with changing rooms and facilities sited underneath.
Stealth Comic wrote:I reckon redeveloping Cougar Park is far more likely. The east terrace was designed for a 2nd tier to be added later so put a new tier in with corporate boxes, new bars and 2,000 seats. Then demolish the Wooden Stand and the Hall of fame and build a new terrace with changing rooms and facilities sited underneath.
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Post subject: Re: New ground 10,000 capacity with 2,000 seats!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 5:33 pm
Wooden Stand
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Stealth Comic wrote:It's one thing to talk about a new ground, another thing all together to get the bricks and mortar on the ground.
The only decent sport I could think of would be the now demolished Airedale Spinners site behind the fire station.
I reckon redeveloping Cougar Park is far more likely. The east terrace was designed for a 2nd tier to be added later so put a new tier in with corporate boxes, new bars and 2,000 seats. Then demolish the Wooden Stand and the Hall of fame and build a new terrace with changing rooms and facilities sited underneath.
Apparently there's a steering committee set up to progress the new ground but it's not said who's on it.
In actual fact, i've been looking at that area behind the fire station and off dalton lane mentioned by stealth comic. That could really be a goer. Not an enormous space so the new stands/terracing would have to be as close to the pitch and as steep as possible. Most of the money would have to go into one side as a main stand with all the facilities and bars needed. The other three sides would need to be just pure terracing used for matchdays. There would need to be a park and ride say at Marley for matchdays but there would be a good chance to have activities - stalls, kids rides, entertainment at Victoria Park so long as a foot bridge over bradford road to the new ground was provided.
As regards funding i reckon nothing could happen without bradford council. If bradford council could offer the Co-op vacant possession of the cougar park site i.e. if cougars agreed to move, and with planning consent for out of town retail development it should be worth them paying quite a few million £. If Bradford council could organise matching funding it would pay for the new stadium to be built. The council could then lease the ground to cougars for a reasonable sum a bit like its deal with bfd bls at odsal.
Post subject: Re: New ground 10,000 capacity with 2,000 seats!
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:32 pm
Stealth Comic
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Wooden Stand wrote:Apparently there's a steering committee set up to progress the new ground but it's not said who's on it.
In actual fact, i've been looking at that area behind the fire station and off dalton lane mentioned by stealth comic. That could really be a goer. Not an enormous space so the new stands/terracing would have to be as close to the pitch and as steep as possible. Most of the money would have to go into one side as a main stand with all the facilities and bars needed. The other three sides would need to be just pure terracing used for matchdays. There would need to be a park and ride say at Marley for matchdays but there would be a good chance to have activities - stalls, kids rides, entertainment at Victoria Park so long as a foot bridge over bradford road to the new ground was provided.
As regards funding i reckon nothing could happen without bradford council. If bradford council could offer the Co-op vacant possession of the cougar park site i.e. if cougars agreed to move, and with planning consent for out of town retail development it should be worth them paying quite a few million £. If Bradford council could organise matching funding it would pay for the new stadium to be built. The council could then lease the ground to cougars for a reasonable sum a bit like its deal with bfd bls at odsal.
If as part of the development the club acquired the land where De Cafe and the Janitorial services place are sited opposite Burgess Ford it'd be spot on. Parking wise, could cut a deal with the College to use their Car Park although a chunk of it is pay and display for the train station.
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A couple of terraces like the südtribüne aka the yellow wall at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund behind the sticks would be nice. http://m.flickr.com/lightbox?id=8259521788
A couple of terraces like the südtribüne aka the yellow wall at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund behind the sticks would be nice. http://m.flickr.com/lightbox?id=8259521788
I've been to "Shedingly" a few times and must admit it would look good in place of our wooden stand. Oddly, it looks out of place at Headingly (although I do like the atmosphere at the ground.)
I've been to "Shedingly" a few times and must admit it would look good in place of our wooden stand. Oddly, it looks out of place at Headingly (although I do like the atmosphere at the ground.)
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