Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 1:09 pm  

KevW60349 wrote:

Pity that this project / masterplan, Wakefield Eastern Relief Road / Wakefield City Fields Development,in Wakefield costing £0.5 billion [yes that's £500,000,000 or £500 million however you want to put it] and which joins Doncaster Road less than 1/2 mile from Belle View Stadium could not have incorporated a £10 to £12 million Wakefield Community Stadium!!!!!!

I would think that the figure you quote is likely to be an estimate of the money paid by firms to build/buy warehouses etc. plus the price of the houses built on the land etc. etc. It definitely won't be the amount spent by the council!

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 1:15 pm  

Egg Banjo wrote:

It would be nice to think that we could have a brand new stadium built into a residential area instead of an industrial one, especially as there's supposed to be a pub going into the bottom of the city fields development. Though to be fair, I'd happily take a new stadium anywhere

Agree there. A pretty much exact copy of LSV and the stuff round it would be the ideal scenario for me.

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 1:28 pm  

There was a rumour on castlefords nutjob forum a few weeks back that we have had a piece of land offered around the old power station,but said it was to small.

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 2:31 pm  

sandcat20 wrote:

I would think that the figure you quote is likely to be an estimate of the money paid by firms to build/buy warehouses etc. plus the price of the houses built on the land etc. etc. It definitely won't be the amount spent by the council!

Of course, i doubt that Wakefield Council have two halfpennies to rub together.

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 5:48 pm  

On the news white hart lane is going to be demolished would love those stands

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 6:35 pm  

djcool wrote:

On the news white hart lane is going to be demolished would love those stands

We couldn't fill one of them. As a matter of interest only one of those stands is modern the other three are very old stands with new roofs - I'm a stadium anorak

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 9:28 pm  

Seemed very strange driving along the new road for the first time. Lived in Wakefield for nearly seventy years and seeing familiar areas from a different angle was a weird experience. I felt like I was in a different city.
I'd love to see a new stadium around the old engine shed/power station site.

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 9:52 pm  

Could be one of the new options considered and would be a great option. The City fields Community Stadium

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 10:31 pm  

Looking at former sports grounds, the Rushden & Diamond stadium is being/has been demolished.

Shame as it was a little cracker and if possible something similar to what Featherstone did would've been a relatively cheap way of getting new facilities. That with the Rotherham main stand and you get quite a nice set up.

Re: 0.5billion City Fields [WERR] PROJECT/MASTERPLAN : Fri May 12, 2017 11:36 pm  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Looking at former sports grounds, the Rushden & Diamond stadium is being/has been demolished.

Shame as it was a little cracker and if possible something similar to what Featherstone did would've been a relatively cheap way of getting new facilities. That with the Rotherham main stand and you get quite a nice set up.

I wonder if Wakefield Trinity are looking into the option of getting quality second hand stands [has Fev did] from other sports Stadia. If Wakefield Council are offering land to Trinity for a stadium, surely we would be able to get a fit for purpose Super League stadium together at a relatively inexpensive cost. It then could be upgraded over a period of time to even better facilities as Fev have done.