Saddened! wrote:
What has the new(ish) building between the athletics pitch and the reserves/academy grass pitch got in it? That seems big enough for a gym and physio setup? Could that be extended relatively cheaply, or does it belong to the council?
Yes it’s a council facility (criminally underused as the council want to charge a fortune for anyone to use it - Latchford Giants for example don’t use it or the pitch (though they do use the new 4G for training, as do a few other community clubs in winter).
There is no ‘Ground Floor’ of the stand due to flood risk - I think it’s used for storage. Not sure what’s on the first floor is used for, changing rooms are there, but not sure what else. Then function room on the 2nd Floor.
It cost £4.4m I think, that must be 8 years ago, I can’t see why they couldn’t extend it to the full length of the touch line, that would probably give room for offices, treatment rooms, gym and a meeting rooms. Not sure what else they would need? They already have a grass pitch and 4g pitch there, maybe an indoor training barn?
But if what’s their cost £4.4m then you can easily double that - who’d pay for it? Council with Warrington leasing it? Depends on the business case I guess if govt funding isn’t available.
