I highly doubt it will be that successful and I'd even go as far as saying it'll be closed down within 3 years maximum.

Why would people go there when there are far bigger & better galleries only a couple of hours away?

Quote: wakeyrule "The Hepworth will bring 250000 tourists a year to the region, and was built with the help of a great deal of grant money. The 30mill will be more than recovered, and is an investment not just for Wakefield but for the whole of Yorkshire for years to come. More people will visit the gallery than any of the individual clubs over the year. Live and let live .... it may not be your cup of tea, but then RL is a minority sport!'" Do you really think the concrete monster will attract almost as many people as the Royal Armouries news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/pe ... 407162.stm I drive past it every day and trust me its posible the worst new building in Wakefield if now Yorkshire. Yes i know its whats inside that people will come and see but 250000 really ??

Quote: wakeyrule "The Hepworth will bring 250000 tourists a year to the region, and was built with the help of a great deal of grant money. The 30mill will be more than recovered, and is an investment not just for Wakefield but for the whole of Yorkshire for years to come. More people will visit the gallery than any of the individual clubs over the year. Live and let live .... it may not be your cup of tea, but then RL is a minority sport!'" Do you really think the concrete monster will attract almost as many people as the Royal Armouries news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/pe ... 407162.stm I drive past it every day and trust me its posible the worst new building in Wakefield if now Yorkshire. Yes i know its whats inside that people will come and see but 250000 really ??

The best solution for both clubs is to do what we did on Good Friday, and the other teams, and show that exciting local derbies do more for rugby league than some pin on a distant map. See you Saturday, and I hope we're both in next year.

I take it you've forgotten the 5 million they spent on a bridge, yes a bridge! That's really going to bring in tourists isn't it?

What a sad game RL has become if this is what we are reduced to, I really don't think IA is trying to troll, either way whoever stays up or go's down i really have fallen out of a game I have been in love with since my earliest memories to now 30+ years later, I can't see any of that passion returning whilst the game keeps with the current franchise system. It's a real sad state of affairs I'm afraid.

So I_A writes in a fashion that makes it sound factual although the only 'factual' element to it is that it's come from a 'credible source' with no concrete evidence supporting it.

Going to keep my powder dry but then people hear different things. I have no question that Opus would have pulled out had talks with the Council not gone their way.

The Council know that something will be built down there - Hicksons, The Jungle, Nestle and I think the Bus Depot are all going to get redeveloped. They are not going to have to pay a penny and any issues can be resolved. Think I_A may have got some info and exaggerated it tenfold to try and make it worse than it is.

Maybe I_A is a secret agent trying to undermine our licence bid?

I_A you cannot post something as though it is factual when you weren't there at all. And judging by what you've said your "source" wasn't either. So it sounds like a lot of hearsay.

Like I said, why would the Council turndown not just one piece but A LOT of inward investment. The whole of Wheldon Rd is going to be redeveloped and yes, in time, that could take a long time to resolve and issues to sort. What you're forgetting is that Cas only need planning permission to go through to get the funding so IMO, even if does get a load of section 106's, that's something for Opus to resolve - Cas will still get their cash.

Why hasn't this clown been banned yet? He's a no-nothing troll and he's just making it look like he knows something by making big posts.

It's been shown time & time again by multiple posters all he does is come on here on trolling missions all the time.

IA has forgot, or dare I say it, didn't know everyone who was present at this at meeting.

My Boss/friend actually did go and has no ties whatsoever with Castleford RL and his take on the meeting was one of a more optimistic one for Cas RL. His take on it was that whilst it's true to say that time is an issue (as it always is); it's not as negative as the opening post. To say or imply that the Council were negative just is not true. They have agreed to work extremely closely with Cas and Opus in a way that best serves the community.

My Boss/friend knows how much I love my club and couldn't wait to tell me he'd been to the meeting and how impressed with what he had seen and heard he was, and the interest that Cas' plans have sparked amongst developers and every major supermarket chain.

I hadn't bothered posting this until told by my Mother-in-law (wakey fan....though there's still time!) that it was on here, because it's not really news!

So it would seem to me that IA is indeed here to stir the pot as someone has already alluded to.

As a side issue; I understand why you don't want to publicise your "contact" IA; so I ask that you PM me with it. I'm more than happy to PM you the name of my Boss/friend on the understandig that neither is announced on the open forum. That way I can ask my source whether you're source was at the meeting, thus checking their credibility. Thanks.

Not being negative isn't the same as not being as positive as you hoped.

Just as an aside. This is a quote from the Wakey chairman today about today's game: "it’s a perfect opportunity to show the RFL and wider audience just how much our two teams bring to the game". That should be the message from both clubs.

From a conversation I had at the ground with one of the Tweeters it sounds like they've realised that they overstepped the mark a bit & future comments will be toned down.