Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Sep 03, 2011 11:05 am  

Bulliac wrote:

I can't imagine where their aping of Manchester will end though; Manc has trams so Leeds wants trams, Manc has an arena, so Leeds wants an arena, anything else they feel 'deprived' of, I wonder?

Premiership Football

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:46 pm  

Asim wrote: I don't care if Leeds gets a tram network, I just object with money being taken from Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield to pay for it - as is the fairly transparent plan (light rail being the first thing mentioned in that article, and on the internal LCC intranet article I saw). Maybe I'm being paranoid, but plenty of evidence suggests I'm not. Bradford might have already reached the point of no return but, if it hasn't, I wish the powers that be would open their eyes and realise that their dream of one power in a "city region" magically benefiting the rest of the "region" isn't having much of an effect. I'm struggling to see anywhere in the article that even mentions Leeds. Transport has to be thought of strategically. Unless you are a government & think breaking up the rail network will benefit the country, obviously. Although if you were responsible for handing out money which had to show a positive outcome you would not be giving it to Bradford.

Asim wrote: I don't care if Leeds gets a tram network, I just object with money being taken from Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield to pay for it - as is the fairly transparent plan (light rail being the first thing mentioned in that article, and on the internal LCC intranet article I saw). Maybe I'm being paranoid, but plenty of evidence suggests I'm not. Bradford might have already reached the point of no return but, if it hasn't, I wish the powers that be would open their eyes and realise that their dream of one power in a "city region" magically benefiting the rest of the "region" isn't having much of an effect. I'm struggling to see anywhere in the article that even mentions Leeds. Transport has to be thought of strategically. Unless you are a government & think breaking up the rail network will benefit the country, obviously. Although if you were responsible for handing out money which had to show a positive outcome you would not be giving it to Bradford.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:37 pm  

tigertot wrote:

Leeds is Europe's largest city without a tram type network.

I take it that was meant to be one of your silly flippant remarks? If not, it is a ridiculous statement.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:15 am  

billypop wrote:

it is a ridiculous statement.

Really? Why?

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:59 pm  

tigertot wrote:

Really? Why?

Clearly because Carlisle is the largest city in the UK, and that city has no trams.

Look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Carlisle

Trust me, there are nee trams theer like, eh?

Forgive me for teasing, and I will forgive your regurgitation of the marketing spiel from the "Leeds must have a tram because Leeds must have a tram" bunch.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:33 pm  

tigertot wrote:

I'm struggling to see anywhere in the article that even mentions Leeds. Transport has to be thought of strategically. Unless you are a government & think breaking up the rail network will benefit the country, obviously. Although if you were responsible for handing out money which had to show a positive outcome you would not be giving it to Bradford.

As Leeds, sadly, is yet to secede from the rest of us I'm pretty sure they are still one of the five West Yorkshire authorities mentioned at the start of the story, your last sentence may well be right - but unless there is some investment in Bradford the the vicious downward circle will continue. I'm not one of those who blames Leeds for all Bradford's ills (plenty are self inflicted) but the blue-eyed boy status of Leeds with successive governments, and their agencies, certainly isn't helping.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:26 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

There's no proof that's Saints' new ground. It might say "Sainsburys" when it's finished.

PHEW!!!

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:37 pm  

shaping up very nicely indeed.

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:48 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

PHEW!!!

They even left space for the opposing team's name to go after the versus

Re: Odsal Sporting Village : Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:18 pm  

Looks a fantastic venue.. something we can only dream about right now.