[Bullseye]

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:22 pm  

With some players looking like they play in the 1980s it's only right the stadium looks like it's from that era too.

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Mon Mar 22, 2021 1:39 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

If the club gets the lease then it'll have to share the maintenance costs with the stock car bods but without the RFL contribution.

Remember from 1986-1996 the club had all maintenance costs covered by the council and even with that and the contribution from speedway and stock cars they still struggled for money.

The only way out of this is to build a new ground but that's not happening.

Rfl didn’t contribute to maintenance costs. They paid the peppercorn rent and got commercial rent from us and we were still responsible for maintenance costs. At least we’re sharing those costs with the stock cars now, likewise you would expect Rates bill to be split between both users as well.

[Bullseye]

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Mon Mar 22, 2021 5:07 pm  

I'm sure I saw a press release from the stock car people saying the renovation costs had been split between then, us and the RFL. Oh well.

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:05 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I'm sure I saw a press release from the stock car people saying the renovation costs had been split between then, us and the RFL. Oh well.

I was talking about the maintenance costs under our lease with RFL. Afaik RFL are contributing towards the the renovation costs. Haven't heard anything as to whether they will contribute towards maintenance going forwards.

[Bullseye]

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:16 pm  

Right so the millstone remains around the neck...

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:48 am  

This feels like the last season for me.

Paid more for a family season ticket than I would have at St Helen's to sit in a sh1thole, watching a mid table team still living off past glories with about as much chance of getting back to the promised land as Vic Rangers...

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:29 am  

Giants charge £99 don’t they for an adult ST? What’s the club meant to do, reduce from this pro rate in line with quality of rugby?

Other clubs have backers or other income streams that allow subsidised tickets, we don’t and either lose money playing at dewsbury from corporate or lost supporters or move back to odsal and accept it comes with some cost. People still keep saying we need a brand spanking new stadium but everyone knows this but there isn’t one and one is unlikely so do we throw the towel in or keep trying?

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:57 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

This feels like the last season for me.

Paid more for a family season ticket than I would have at St Helen's to sit in a sh1thole, watching a mid table team still living off past glories with about as much chance of getting back to the promised land as Vic Rangers...

What do you honestly expect the club to do?. A new Stadium ain't going to happen we aren't as lucky as other clubs who have had council support.

The club tried the cheap ticket option and is one of the reasons we are where we are. We don't have a rich backer, you don't get Halifax,Fev fans complaining about the situation they are in, they get on with it, why should we be any different?

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:08 am  

bulls2487 wrote:

What do you honestly expect the club to do?. A new Stadium ain't going to happen we aren't as lucky as other clubs who have had council support.

The club tried the cheap ticket option and is one of the reasons we are where we are. We don't have a rich backer, you don't get Halifax,Fev fans complaining about the situation they are in, they get on with it, why should we be any different?

Agree with all that but there are huge issues with the eventual ownership of the club and how that came to be. This season is utterly crucial and as a fanbase we would need to see some significant investment in time/money/other resources in moving the club forward on and off the field for any of it to make sense. It boils down to one simple question; Why is Nigel Wood here?

Re: Redevelop starts 4th Jan? : Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:18 am  

Bullseye wrote:

Right so the millstone remains around the neck...

but hopefully now a smaller millstone if its shared with stock cars.