Where's the retractable pitch going to go?
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Perhaps we could ground share with them
Where's the retractable pitch going to go?
Where do we place bets on which game will be called off because they've only been able to wind the pitch out halfway?
They want a pitifully small capacity stadium of 15-20k (with flashy bells and whistles) to accommodate their tiny fanbase. That's the Trojan horse to throw up coffee shops and the like which Cardiff has more than enough of already. They'll very likely want some public funding one way or another. Any money it's the brainchild of some familiar local property developers who are such grabbers they'd flatten their grannies homes (with them still in residence if necessary) in order to fatten their bank accounts.
Apologies. I just re-watched it. I though the whole thing slid out. Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjOfiuhNfMs
It's a disgrace that another sporting / concert venue is even being considered in Cardiff!
Not only is it immoral, it means another 5 years of feckin disruption to the city centre and the surrounding areas.
Strange to compare to Wasps crowds in Coventry, when Wasps play in a 2/3rds empty stadium.
I'm not interested in other city centres, I'm interested in my city centre and the disruption caused from the constant building and demolishing.
We are on the 3rd major regeneration of the centre in my lifetime and I'm only in my fifties.
In any case, other city centres may have good reasons for the disruption, this in my opinion isn't one of them.
I'm no rugger fan but this facility would be a tremendous asset for Cardiff. Currently we only have indoor venues that are too big for many events (Millstad) or too small (CIA). This would cover the lot. I believe Bristol are finally intending to build an arena and there's a conference centre planned for the Celtic manor. We don't want to be losing out to those venues.
They had a ground which fulfilled all of the criteria the Blues need (granted, it didn't have boy's toys like a retractable pitch and a sliding roof), but stopped using it because too many of their fans were unwilling to make one of a twenty minute walk, a five minute train journey pr a ten minute bus or car ride to get there - I know we're talking about "the greatest club side in the world" here, but do they really think that all of this would bring about a situation whereby that claim would not be a laughing matter?
Didn't they just have some (tax payer funded) work done on Arms Park?
It's about time they built a replacement for the old Empire Pool, I like the way the swimming area can turn into a concert arena, genius