As Tweeted by Micky G www.aewarchitects.com/bradford-bulls/ Look at the Date!

As Tweeted by Micky G www.aewarchitects.com/bradford-bulls/ Look at the Date!

Hmmmm...Interesting is that.

Is "phase one" the current corporate area behind the sticks?

Looking at that it doesn't seem to leave any room
for a track. so no Speedway etc?

I thought the tweet said something about it being Peter Hoods plans ? b

That's what it looks like, but it also refers to "providing much needed corporate and function space that would also create a fourth side to the stadium" which might be the area behind the popular side. The Coral stand doesn't seem a whole lot different apart from the seating over the speedway track, which could be removable type. The date is before the recently suggested speedway use.

They could have a tunnel under the Coral stand (is it still the [iCoral[/i stand, btw?) a bit like the Monaco GP. It would be a first for Speedway (unless you know different) and brilliant a marketing wheeze. Can't beat a bit of innovation, I reckon!

No roof then

Actuially TT, given the date, the work on this must have been done/commissioned quite a while before before Peter Hood even suggested there might possibly be a slight problem in the finances department. Mmmmmm.....

I can quite understand that might well be the case, but it still doesn't actually answer the question of whether this scheme is actually in the mind of the people in control at the moment. It is interesting though.

Apparently though the speedway has hit a snag now, the minimum pitch dimensions for super league now mean the straights are too narrow for speedway. Special dispensation would have to come from the RFL to make the pitch smaller. I wonder about the feasability of dog racing up there, used to be stadia in bradford somewhere didnt there and im sure the coral stand would make suitable venue similar to the dining set ups at belle vue and kinsley

There were two dog tracks; Greenfield at Dudley Hill (on land currently occupied by the Morrisons food preparation facility)which was also used by Northern for a period, not to mention Speedway, though as it was before my time I'm not sure if it was contemporary with the rugby.

The other was the City track at Listerhills on land which is still used by AE Autoparts or Federal Mogul as it is now, and also more recently by a big new asian food complex, not sure who the owner is to be honest. The road into the area is still called Greyhound drive.

The current regime have discussed a shop facing onto Rooley Ave

There is a reason why there are hardly any dog tracks left, that is that hardly anybody is interested in going to the dogs any more. Belle Vue in Manchester has managed to do OK but Bradford used to have a real flapping track at Willowfield and even that closed down many years ago, the nearest track now is Kinsley and that is sply attended whenever I've gone. Can't see that there's any prospect of any money from greyhound racing.

We already had speedway for many years, at first it was popular and got good crowds, you could say the same about the stock cars although I never went to that, but it all tailed off, don't think speedway at Odsal ended because the people running it had made too much money. Indeed IIRC the Dukes were actually Champions at the time so presumably as attractive as they could get? Still, it wouldn't be the Bulls' risk, and if Tony Mole thinks he can do it, and we get a reasonable return out of it, then I'm all in favour, except for one thing -

Whether either venture has any legs or not, reducing the pitch size emphatically does not. We are first and foremost a rugby league club and let's not forget that.

There is also the complication that the Council own the land, and the RFL own the head lease, so would they all agree, and would they want a piece of any action?

If they really wanted to bring back speedway they could take out the bottom rows of terracing to avoid encroaching on the pitch. I don't think we have that many capacity crowds to worry about.
The other point about the plans was that an all seater stadium seemed to be envisaged?