Wakefield Trinity • Re: Pre-season friendly: Trinity vs Fax
Prince Buster wrote:
You don't have to convince me how bad the Western terrace is , in fact I would go as far to say it is totally unfit for purpose . Yes I know the club have run out of ground development funding and we are having to 'suck it' at the moment. However I wonder if anyone has considered what the dump is costing the club. There is no doubt about it, away fan numbers are severely reduced by the fact that the club has designated it as the away supporters area. I know supporters could use other areas ,but most away fans like to stand together. IF I supported any other club there is no way I could come to Belle Vue and pay good money to suffer the experience.
So my point is, I know Vastman has done an out line design for an upgrade which would be simplistic, low cost and highly effective. If the club could take out a long term loan to do the work, could the increase in away fan numbers and the extra revenue generated by this cover the costs ?
I mean the club are already paying the loan back to purchase the ground I suspect. Maybe once the new stand is making money then it could become an option to borrow some money to cover developing the west stand. Don’t think it will be much of an option now.
Perhaps the share scheme can generate enough funds to be able to offset any potential loan for further development.
Statistics: Posted by Trojan Horse — Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:50 pm