Tick Tock

Quote: BaldRick "Or to simplify ..
That's fingers AND toes .
The waiting is frustrating, but that's it now; All or nothing on (or before) the 19th.

Personally I love old grounds with character and history. I hate sitting in plastic seats to watch rugby. However, we are well past the point of no return. BV would cost a fortune to redevelop and we have no money. We don't even own the ground! and even if a few fans won the euromillions it would still be hampered by access and parking issues.

Wigan and Warrington seem to have adopted their new homes and I guess St. Helens won't be far behind.

It would be interesting to know how many 'walk-ups' we get at BV. The immediate surrounding area doesn't seem to be a hot-bed of RL supporters. Stanley, in contrast, is very much a traditional RL village, producing many professional players over the years. It also has a decent population these days, although many are commuter belt dwellers (and probably support Leeds, but might be converted by the new facilities). It will be further away for many of our traditional fans from South Wakefield, but possibly easier to access. It is directly on junction 30 of the M62 and one junction from the M1.

The other advantage is the sports facilities included in the NM site which will be a massive bonus to the club and the community.

As for 'build it and they will come'? they are already coming. An average this season of over 8000, an increase of 1500 over the last 2 seasons (which have been fairly unattractive on a sporting front). I don't think it's that much of a field of dreams to expect an average of 10k fairly quickly after occupation of a brand-new stadium, possibly sooner should we experience any measure of success on the field.

We have someone in control now who knows about sales and marketing. In Glover we trust.

For now, all we can do is wait for the political decision to be made....... then the real work starts.