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Are we moving to new stadium at odsal (now with Poll)

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by king karl, Jan 14, 2020.

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Should City move from Valley Parade

  1. No, stay at VP improve the facilities

    82 vote(s)
    61.2%

  2. Yes, move to Odsal

    19 vote(s)
    14.2%

  3. Yes, move to a new site within half a mile of the City centre

    33 vote(s)
    24.6%
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  1. king karl

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    #1 king karl, Jan 14, 2020
  2. Bradford End

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    No thanks.
     
    #2 Bradford End, Jan 14, 2020
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  3. Storck

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    Wonder if they will pay off Flamingo Land pension fund
     
    #3 Storck, Jan 14, 2020
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    Same old same.
    Won't happen.
     
    #4 Foghornleghorn, Jan 14, 2020
  5. Silverbantam

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    18,000 !?? We need 25,000 just like now !!
     
    #5 Silverbantam, Jan 14, 2020
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  6. Ashton Bantam

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    Nope.

    Though I'm not against a move to a new ground per se, this isn't it.

    Limiting it to 18,000 would effectively seal our fate as a L1/2 team forevermore.

    The current pricing structures have allowed us to 'relatively' regularly exceeded 18k crowds in L1 in the recent past. If those structures were to remain imagine what crowds we could get in the Championship. No matter how far away that seems at this point in time!
     
    #6 Ashton Bantam, Jan 14, 2020
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  7. king karl

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    From what I heard its initial 18k with option to extend to 25k in the future

    Were a way off 25k yet
     
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    #7 king karl, Jan 14, 2020
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    I think we have to at least consider it, we’d be foolish not to. But it would have to benefit us financially to justify it, so it can in some way progress us as a club.
     
    #8 Gardscoigne, Jan 14, 2020
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  9. Carts #CTID

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    No thanks. Won’t happen. The end.
     
    #9 Carts #CTID, Jan 14, 2020
  10. bantamlad92

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    Suppose it’s a nicer area
     
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  11. Mike Hunt

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    File under 80,000 Seats, sliding roof, Wembley of the North super dome.
    Having said that, VP will need some money spending to update it in the next lease period
     
    #11 Mike Hunt, Jan 14, 2020
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  12. Storck

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    is it?
     
    #12 Storck, Jan 14, 2020
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    When Bradford had the great Westfield Hole in the centre, that was a time to rethink the way forward. They could have had a City Centre purpose built stadium, which could have accommodated both City and “nouveau Northern’. Good central links to both rail stations. Close to Manchester and Wakefield Road arteries for visiting fans. Creating a good footfall on many Saturdays. Allowing the sensible regeneration of Kirkgate Market, Rawson Market and John Street Market. A stadium which in addition to sport could have housed music and cultural events. Sections of the stadium under the stands could have had commercial units/select shopping/food/sports/cinema/bowling alley and health functions.
    But no lets go to the hole in South Bradford, take the footfall away from the imploding/deteriorating centre, stacked with units that no one visits at all!
    Lets demolish the Broadway Centre, build the stadium at the heart of the City, and sell Odsal for housing and/or warehousing/light industrial units!
     
    #13 Bigrod, Jan 14, 2020
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    This in the last 10 minutes on twitter from Ryan Sparks:
     
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    This may be an opportunity,to look at the possibility
    in view of making Gordon Gibb worry about losing
    our tenancy.

    Don't know how long is left in current lease but I could
    see a landlord with an empty football ground that we
    could maybe afford to buy and have a substantial
    asset which I think we need to move the club forward.
     
    #15 Old city man, Jan 14, 2020
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    A WOAP article based on ST sales clearly showed where our support base is, not South Bratfud, but North Bradford, where us dwellers do not venture to manky areas such as Odsal.
     
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    Of all the things that are likely to cement our place in L1/2 forever and a day, ‘only’ having 18k seats won’t be it.

    Personally, I’d love to see a visionary, joint venture to set up a modern sports ground us to share with the bulls. Could be a fantastic catalyst for both clubs.
     
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  18. How

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    might be somewhere we can have a pitch that drains too
     
    #18 How, Jan 14, 2020
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    Not a fan of sporting stadiums way out of city or town centres, doesn’t matter whether it’s 18k or 80k. If we are to build a new stadium show some creativity and knock down foster square, a perfect venue which would bring much needed footfall too the city.

    Also as mentioned above Bradford South has always been more rugby country and football Bradford North, so it’s a poor location for us.

    Hope bin it doesn’t happen, although I’m not against a new modern stadium in a better location.
     
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    Why? How many times have we exceeded 18000 in the last decade? Not many and only because in cup games the away fans have brought 4500 and filled the the Midland Road or league games where away fans have managed to fill the 3000+ capacity.

    Granted, it limits the future potential slightly but 18000 would be fine for where we are as a club right now.
     
    #20 NorthernMonkey, Jan 15, 2020
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