I won't believe it is happening until we have another feasibility study...

are any of you worried about the license situation? if cas and wakey get new stadia,along with the ones at salford and saints,then does it leave you fighting for a license?

Not this time around, but who knows in the future?

i agree,but having promised improvements to odsal,it's been the same as cas and wakey(and hkr!!)-nothing. tbh,i enjoy going to odsal,(honestly!!),as i'm a favourite of the old grounds.

Bulls were not one of the five clubs who were told they had to improve the ground.



Bulls already have ample seating and corporate facilities, as well as big car park and a full-size pitch bar about 1m - much as that surprises a few. The ground is not a major issue for a SL 2012 Licence.



The ground does NOT meet the "fit for 21st century" criteria. so going forward it will become more of an issue. If the OSV does not go ahead (I actually think there is more chance of progress than might be expected - the Camercleggerons seem to understand that you need to cut back on revenue spend not capex to deal with the deficit) then we'll need to revert to the earlier plan which was a big cantilever stand over the popular side. I suspect the club would now be able to finance that, now we have Bennett Duckett and Hood all focused on marketing and all with strong skill sets in that field, and after the amazingly-successful "Pledge" campaign.



If worst comes to worst (and IMO it would be worst) we'll just have to cut a deal with the owners of Valley Parade.



But I am not now worried about losing our Licence. The Pledge campaign made sure of that.

[url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8797768.Plans_for_Odsal_Stadium_remain_Bradford_Council_goal/Latest on the OSV[/url

Theres some sort of technical glitch on that link that means there are no bitter retorts from City fans. Hopefully they'll get that sorted soon.

To be fair, there is some bloke claiming with apparent seriousness that what's there now was carved out by a glacier.

As with the Orford saga, I am bored with this & want it to go away.

usual smoke and mirrors. all councillors want to build it but want someone else to pay. is there a local electtion due?

Whenever I see anything about Bradford Council, only a few words spring to mind. "P*ss-Up" and "Brewery" being right at the head of the queue.

Must be a slow news day I suspect.

Translation:



"Well, we'd still like it, of course, but I'm fooked if I know how we'll ever pay for it"

True! Inevitably blame will be apportioned to the Asian community like most other threads on the T&A.

and?

Another nail in the coffin: www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... is_pulled/ Think Peter Hood has got the public commitment from the council he was looking for right here. However, maybe not the one he wanted.....

Another nail in the coffin: www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... is_pulled/ Think Peter Hood has got the public commitment from the council he was looking for right here. However, maybe not the one he wanted.....

Sounds like some extremely disingenuous reporting or comment there - were we not told the £15m was for the OSV facilities aqnd tehre would be no actual money for a stadium itself?



That report makes it sound like all the money was for the Bulls. Detracts attention from the council not investing in otehr sporting facilities, I'd suggest?

There was never going to be £15m from the council, they ain't got a pot to pee in.



I'd offer stadium naming rights for the next 50 years for the sponsor who can fund some covers for the terracing and a few new bogs. That's all we need.

I like the way that the Councillor gets in the part that we need 2 special need schools and they take priority (and rightly so).



It's as though its £15m towards the Sporting Village or £15m towards two special needs schools and its the last £15m they have and it's one or the other!



I read at the weekend that there are possible planned closures of Manningham swimming baths amongst other things, so your point that the council are not investing in other sporting facilities also rings true.



Wonder if Connor will do a piece from the Bulls perspective on this....

Well they are seeking to blame the government for the "cut", saying the funding to rebuild two special schools was cut so they need it for that instead. Smoke and mirrors and disingenuous comment we expect from our elected representatives, but I would be even more disappointed than normal if there were downright lies in what has been said.



I regard most local politicians as lying scheming partisan self-serving toerags at the best of times, and I suspect there will be nothing in the spin on these developments that does anything to persuade me otherwise.



Hands up though all those who ever really expected the scheme - or indeed anything much else in this city - to go ahead?

Everyone's hands in Bradford have just gone through the floor.

Or ceiling!

I thought the £15m was to build facilities that would replace the ageing Richard Dunn's centre across the way?



The rest of the money, including funding for the new stadium would be coming from other sources?



I just hope that should the club find an alternative revenue for the project that the council don't drag their feet over allowing planning permission.

Bradford once had three professional footballing sides and soon may have none, but this is no concern of the Council obviously.

Just got home from the ongoing riot in City Square demanding two new special needs schools. There really is 'massive pressure' down there.



Sorry but even if the choice between the sporting village and new special schools wasn't erroneous (and it is) the priority for all councils in a recession should be to support projects which have the potential to raise the profile of the city and attract inward investment. The further the city goes into economic decline the smaller the overall take in business rates, council tax etc. Suggesting these funds come from the private sector when confidence in the city among the business community is at an all time low is just silly.



It's not only short sighted but one feels a little spiteful.