Pie tries Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Big bid for funds to re develop Odsal which would transform the sport - and the city. About time too. Our sport punches well above its weight doing untold good for our communities. We don’t fight hard enough. If the government is serious about levelling up - there surely can be not better cause than RL and Bradford. We need - as a sport - to be in the governments face over this. No negative posts please about Bradford. This would be a huge shot in the arm for the sport. We are owed this… https://apple.news/ANvkgT-UxQCG-SzEsy3JcgQ 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Looks fantastic that, let’s hope it happens. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DI Keith Fowler Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Good luck to them, even a scaled down version would be a great boost. However I need to point out if you "levelled up" Odsal you'd lose the bowl. 2 I was born to run a club like this. Number 1, I do not spook easily, and those who think I do, are wasting their time, with their surprise attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Have to say I have doubts the Bradford MegaDome would look like that in reality but if it did happen that would be huge for RL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 When I clicked on this I thought it would be about filling in the hole... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishknight Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Can they level Batley as well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Browny Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Sorry, I roared with laughter when I saw the pic. Would be over the moon to be wrong. I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 It wont happen but they might ask for the world to get an 8-10k stadium. That would be a game changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragingbull Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 I appreciate the comments from the RL community, but believe me when i say, absolutely no one in Bradford thinks theres a cat in hells chance of this happening. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The storm Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 A lot of rugby league fans are defeated before they even enter the room 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 11 hours ago, The storm said: A lot of rugby league fans are defeated before they even enter the room Anyone who can add up should be joining the queue to take the mick out of this pile of nonsense. 2 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatmichaelsays Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 I look forward to traveling to that on the Leeds Supertram. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Skipper Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Saw the thread title and thought Odsal was being levelled. Which is more likely than this redevelopment. And I’m not your usual moany defeatist. “There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.” Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie tries Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 15 hours ago, The storm said: A lot of rugby league fans are defeated before they even enter the room Yep. If everyone wrote to their MP, Lindsay Hoyle and the Minister of Sport - plus of course our PM - rather than doing nothing then perhaps they'd realise this would make a difference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hull Kingston Bronco Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Surely “Levelling Odsal” would be a more constructive use of taxpayer funds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovenden Grunt Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Pie in the sky️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiner Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Levelling it all together sounds a better option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 17 hours ago, The storm said: A lot of rugby league fans are defeated before they even enter the room Sometimes it feels like some fans really want this, and other initiatives to fail. 2 "Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution." Albert Einstein (Fat chance on THIS forum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Here's a question, if Cardiff can have one, why can't Bradford? Another, if they can build half a dozen in Sydney why can't Bradford have one. How about, if other sports can get government support for a National Stadium, or even a regional one, why not Rugby League. In other walks of life, these things are not thought of as ''pie in the sky'' or ''impossible'' or ''laughable'' they are just considered ''do-able''. Not costly white elephants but life enhancing social investments. What I see is a widespread, cripplingly low, self esteem amongst our fans. The overwhelming, prevailing attitude seems to be ''we don't deserve it''. I just can't understand the mindset of people (from our fanbase) who take every opportunity to spread that message and revel in the squalor it engenders. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 6 minutes ago, fighting irish said: Here's a question, if Cardiff can have one, why can't Bradford? Because £100m doesn't buy you what's on the poster. Nothing to do with self-esteem. 1 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Yada yada yada You can make all the excuses and rationalisations you like, you can try as many diversionary tactics and bring on all the sleight of hand avoidance manoeuvres you can muster. I know it's unbearable for some people to admit it, but it's as plain as the nose on your face. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 59 minutes ago, Loiner said: Levelling it all together sounds a better option. Putin might be doing that for free for us before too long the way things are going 2 1 see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Just now, graveyard johnny said: Putin might be doing that for free for us before too long the way things are going Yes mate, we might all have bigger fish to fry in a short while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 1 minute ago, fighting irish said: Yada yada yada You can make all the excuses and rationalisations you like, you can try as many diversionary tactics and bring on all the sleight of hand avoidance manoeuvres you can muster. I know it's unbearable for some people to admit it, but it's as plain as the nose on your face. Okay, I'll make it clearer. This would not be an impressive state of the art facility at that price. It would be a joke of a 'stadium' done on the cheap. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie tries Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 1 hour ago, JohnM said: Sometimes it feels like some fans really want this, and other initiatives to fail. Yep seems that way. Very poor, but hardly a surprise. Many RFL fans could compete at the Olympics for moaning. Given how badly RFU seems to be running its sport: asset hiding, covid loans, HMRC not being paid - this is the time to get behind this project. Makes you realise how badly the RFU has been run - and how RFL has protected itself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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