Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:17 am  

So what the consensus of the style of a new look Belle Vue, I liked the one we were shown before and would the stadium be moved around and try to utilise space.

Up The Trin

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:22 am  

Fordy wrote:

Just needs a Costa, with the club as the franchisee. That way they could take back most of what they pay out in wages seeing as that seems to be the favourite haunt of players!

Britain's favourite, no less.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:33 am  

Mable_Syrup wrote:

I’d have thought a ‘leagues’ club like in Aus. Big bar for before and after all games, corporate meeting rooms, food etc. Like a Wetherspoon’s but owned by the club generating income everyday.

The big money where grants etc are concerned is in education - a sports/learning centre would get s lot of funding. Retail is a bit old hat as Wakefield I’d not short of such things and there is ample land near BV on the bypass for that kind of stuff.

Just how I see it, community/education is where it’s at and I’d far more likely to get council support.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 10:43 am  

Fordy wrote:

Just needs a Costa, with the club as the franchisee. That way they could take back most of what they pay out in wages seeing as that seems to be the favourite haunt of players!

That's a great idea.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:07 am  

Trinity1315 wrote:

Last thing I want it to stand in a large stadium that is only half full, so you would think a 10k stadium wouild be sufficient for us. Well at the poresent time itwould but are we being a little under ambitious?
Suppose our fan base does grow and we become a major force again, or Wakefield football club come to play there, and they become a success?
I think it should be built to whatever size is anticipated is required now. How much would increasing the capacity cost once the stadium is built?

Even a 10k capacity can look bare when its 5/6k in. The design can incorporate tiered segments so you manage how the seating/standing areas are used always ensuring the lower tiers are filled before any upper areas, LSV has a capacity of 11k and even during their brief stopover in SL had to close segments down which reduces your operating costs and makes it look a bit tidier

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:03 pm  

RickK wrote:

Even a 10k capacity can look bare when its 5/6k in. The design can incorporate tiered segments so you manage how the seating/standing areas are used always ensuring the lower tiers are filled before any upper areas, LSV has a capacity of 11k and even during their brief stopover in SL had to close segments down which reduces your operating costs and makes it look a bit tidier

We could save a pokey corner for the visit of Hull FC fans.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:52 pm  

I guess we would follow Warrington's lead, build with 4 sides and then fill in the corners if\when demand grows.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:39 pm  

charlie wrote:

I guess we would follow Warrington's lead, build with 4 sides and then fill in the corners if\when demand grows.

Or build two stands down the touchlines, leave the ends until such funding comes forward.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:10 pm  

vastman wrote:

The big money where grants etc are concerned is in education - a sports/learning centre would get s lot of funding. Retail is a bit old hat as Wakefield I’d not short of such things and there is ample land near BV on the bypass for that kind of stuff.

Just how I see it, community/education is where it’s at and I’d far more likely to get council support.

Yes, certainly to attract grants to help with cost of the stadium build plus, right now, participation in sport, especially women's sport, which is the current flavour of the month.

Decent bar's and corporate are hugely important as far as matchday revenue and income from other events, especially if we try and attract and bands etc and most importantly we have to secure the revenue for bar takings etc, something that other clubs dont get as it's often taken by stadium management companies.

Re: Belle vue bought : Thu Mar 28, 2019 2:43 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Yes, certainly to attract grants to help with cost of the stadium build plus, right now, participation in sport, especially women's sport, which is the current flavour of the month.

Decent bar's and corporate are hugely important as far as matchday revenue and income from other events, especially if we try and attract and bands etc and most importantly we have to secure the revenue for bar takings etc, something that other clubs dont get as it's often taken by stadium management companies.

It’s been very noticeable to me how much effort our relatively cash strapped club has put into community projects, way beyond the minimum. Women’s team, disabled teams and loads of participation - very much the community HUB.

Leads me to believe and I may be wrong is that is the angle the club are running at. Very hard even for Box to ignore these worthy but very of the moment causes, so beloved of Corbyn and co.

Not politically digging as I’m all for positive stuff like sport and well being in lower income areas - the club is very much offering the service the council can’t be bothered too. This is why I believe we are now getting some though probably nowhere near enough from our council.

It’s a slow burner but it might just work.