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| No hmm, see the ticks in the boxes you have listed. Any idea who is building the houses and if there are any incentives to buy one on the hallowed turf? Which may be difficult given the turf will be auctioned off a la Wembley.
I feel a competition coming on, the name of the estate, and the roads (sorry, Lanes, Squares, Avenues, etc)
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| Quote: martinwildbull "No hmm, see the ticks in the boxes you have listed. Any idea who is building the houses and if there are any incentives to buy one on the hallowed turf? Which may be difficult given the turf will be auctioned off a la Wembley.
I feel a competition coming on, the name of the estate, and the roads (sorry, Lanes, Squares, Avenues, etc)'"
My money's on Rimmer Road, Nigel Neighbourhood, Gregg's Green.
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| Quote: rugbyreddog "My money's on Rimmer Road, Nigel Neighbourhood, Gregg's Green.'"
Greggs Green would fit in well with Bradford. God knows there's enough bloody Greggs shops in or around the city centre!
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| There might have been the tiniest glint of a possibility in all that if the RFL actually owned Odsal. However they don't.
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| Quote: HamsterChops "Greggs Green would fit in well with Bradford. God knows there's enough bloody Greggs shops in or around the city centre!'"
I often wonder why we don't have a sponsorship deal with Greggs.
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| Quote: Frank Whitcombe "It won't be housing, but it is being sold and a new modest sporting village on Richard Dunn's is gathering momentum.'"
Another done deal, eh?
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| ...So much action, it's becoming difficult to keep up!
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| Quote: martinwildbull "Any idea who is building the houses'"
Terry Homes.
They're not built to last.
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| Quote: vbfg "Terry Homes.
They're not built to last.'"
Thought you were going to mention his brother Jerry, his building isn't much better.
I'll get my coat................
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| Quote: Mr Dog "Another done deal, eh?'" another frank e way bet....
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| Quote: Surely not "another frank e way bet....'"
You'll be favourite to win, so take it.
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| On 20 August 2017 BB's Ferocious Aardvark said and we paraphrase his words for emphasis .... [i"I've been banging on about this for a while. The reason the RFL are up to something, and why they acquired the lease on Odsal in the first place .... (The) Bulls aren't important to them (i.e. the RFL) after 2019 when the rugby playing covenant expires, but (the Bulls) have a sublease so can't be booted (out)".
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Ferocious Aardvark may be somewhat correct, but what proof (if any) does he, or any forum member for that matter, have of the time dependant covenant in the Odsal stadium head lease that he refers to above?
Spring 2019 is after all not far away. And what use is a sublease to us Bulls fans anyway if our iconic Odsal stadium can't, or won't, be used to play rugby league on post Spring 2019?
If it is in fact planned that there is to be no rugby league played at Odsal post Spring 2019 then what do Bradford Council and all the rugby league loving 'stakeholders' (inc Neil Hudgell and Michael Carter) have to say about this?
Rugby league fans are in any event 'stakeholders' in the sport of rugby league. The RFL may presently own the Odsal head lease, but in effect so do all the 'stakeholders' of rugby league, including ourselves. Don't we have a voice re the future of the sport's most iconic stadium?
If Odsal stadium is to be redeveloped without rugby league being played there, then why would all this be kept under wraps, and have other more higher value development options from other external well funded parties been considered?
The time is surely nigh for open public consultation in regard to the future of Odsal stadium; such consultation is of less use after 'the act'.
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| I don't expect us to be moving any time soon, the Odsal millstone will remain around the club's neck for years to come.
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| I don't expect us to be moving any time soon, the Odsal millstone will remain around the club's neck for years to come.
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| Well Bullsgeye you must agree that you don't always get what you expect.
In any case we are certain that the head lease for Odsal, in particular if rugby league were not to be played there, given it's excellent strategic and regional transport links, would be an attractive proposition for many investors if the sale of the head lease (or the freehold) for Odsal were put out to an open and competitive tender.
To say that the head lease for Odsal (as per recent RFL statements) is only worth a reputed sum of say £650K - £850K is laughable and scandalous. We would suggest that if that devalued figure is accurate, then Bradford Council should buy back the lease from the RFL for that bargain basement sum and sell it for the many millions that it is worth to the highest bidder who will guarantee that Odsal has a multi-purpose use, inc rugby league, moving forward.
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