Well with the plods right next door it shouldn't cost much for the policing of the thousands who would be attending...

Isn`t that a bit near the edge of the district? Jeez, it would take me an age to get there.............no, I`m not paying my rates for that

Both which have relatively recently had large wads of cash spent on them IIRC.

Shipley pool definately had a refit not too long back.

I've used both Keighley & Shipley heavily while my daughter was growing up, both excellent facilites. I have no problem with my tax being spent on them, neither do I on OSV even though it's unlikely I will ever use it, obviously providing it is done efficiently etc.

You'd have to demolish a lot of housing to do that.



Do you mean the land between Royd Ings and Hard Ings?

I don't know, it's all so far away...



I mean [url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=royd+ings+keighley&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.374478,39.550781&ie=UTF8&ll=53.874038,-1.901729&spn=0.006022,0.019312&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addrthis bit[/url. Maybe it would have to be in two pods, one on each side of the road...

Afternoon Andrea, the Bulls kicked the OSV idea off and Mr Hood has done a good job of it. It certainly was NOT a council initiated idea.





I'm bemused by the idea of facilities being restricted at Richard Dunn's. Antiquated yes but restricted ? Outdoor floodlit footy pitches, indoor footy pitches, large swimming pool, gym, squash, badminton - what other sports will the new OSV Sports Centre offer if the existing one is restricted by comparison ?





The motorway used for all those residents of Bradford to access the OSV ? Hmm I'd venture that the residents of Bierley would come along Rooley Lane rather than through the Euroway and up to the roundabout but hey

Afternoon Adey





Off the top of my head ...



1. £4.6m pay out of the lease based on the annual figure at the time multiplied by years left on the lease. It could be argued that the Council saved money by avoiding any inflationary increases over the period of the original lease and avoided and health & safety obligations. To balance that they lost the bar / food takings.



Seems to me that everybody knew the Bulls couldn't afford the ground when they took the money and therefore is rather churlish to then blame the Council for the woes encountered since.



2. £550,000 immediate health & safety remedial work.



Total pay out : £5.15m



Da*n it, did I do just that ?





For the record, I have never had a problem with RD's being rebuilt, I do have a problem in principle with Council Tax payers cash paying for Bulls facilities and a bigger gripe with the fact that some people seem to think this is a right for their privately owned club. Nothing to do with City / Bulls rivalry, I said exactly the same when City were in administration. I'd rather have seen City in the Conference than take the Council's cash.



Nearly happened anyway

Come on Bullseye ( oh and Good Afternoon

).... think AJ's been pretty clear all along. Use the private cash that's been lined up for additional local facilities for the University, College etc and use the Council cash for the new Sports Centre and associated facilities. I'm curious as to where the "new" stadium for the Bradford Bulls fits into this or what rent the Council propose to charge the Bulls for using this facility?



You have me stumped with that one !

How weird. I agree with Adey that the deal between the Bulls and the Council can't be fairly described as the Bulls getting some sort of windfall for nowt from 't Council, but on what do you base that strange view?



In my opinion, the Council wastes / spends many millions of pounds on all sorts of things of varied, dubious or no merit so far as I am concerned, and mostly things which are no use or benefit to me, so why on earth should I have some strange pangs in the unlikely event that a bit of the Council's money came my way, either directly, or indirectly such as to the Bulls, or City, or some other organisation that does mean something to me?