Quote ="coco the fullback"So what are these community facilities?
The link uses the word 'community' many times but is a bit vague on what is being built for community use. Maybe you have more up to date links to the details?
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"An educational and Elite Performance Centre together with indoor and outdoor training amenities are set to be situated at the site. A four court sports hall, a fitness gym, a medical treatment room, several class rooms, a restaurant and a massage suite are all proposed to be incorporated into the Centre."
These look great in theory but at the moment they look like they will never happen.
A privately run stadium which may be available to rent out for concerts that Dicky sees as a community project is pushing the definition somewhat. It's like saying the 10-pin bowling or skiiing are community projects because they're available to the public.
Not trying to get into an argument or anything, just looking for more info on the community element of your stadium. Not happy at all with the current state of limbo. Hope you get started soon so at least there will be an option for the RL teams in the district. At the moment the future is looking grim for both clubs but especially Trinity... and the clock is ticking.'"
Various local sports facilities currently under-represented in the area to be confirmed by WMDC who were supposed to be investing in that aspect of the stadium.
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While it might be short on specifics, it's clear that the club is working with the council to produce a stadium with community sports facilities, and which has always been the intention from the outset.
The original point put by wakeyrule was that
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.. I was under the impression that (until you ran short of money) it was a stadium for the Tigers... How have the plans changed to make it a community stadium?... If it is genuinely going to be built as a community stadium then I have no objections at all to WMDC helping out - if not, then the council should steer clear and use the money to benefit the community they represent
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The facts are these:
The stadium was always intended to be a community stadium.
The plans have not changed in that regard.
Any input from WMDC would only have been towards the community facilities provided by the stadium.
All this has been well-publicised in the past.
I'm not on here for an argument, either. Because I'm a Cas fan, I've taken no interest in any of the plans for a new stadium for Trinity and I assume that when the Glasshoughton plans started, many Wakefield fans wouldn't have taken much interest in our plans. All I wanted to do was put the story straight. I've got no connections with anyone at the Council, Waystone or the Tigers so if you're looking for meaty stuff that's not available in the public domain, you've got the wrong bloke.