Just done some research into the ADO stadium, the one pictured above.
It belongs to ADO Den Haag, a Dutch premier football team, it holds 15,000 (slightly more than were looking at, but could be easily reshaped by cutting 1500 seats from each of the touchline stands).
It Cost 28M Euro's when it was constructed in 2007, thats aprox 24.6M Sterling, although i think when Sir Rodney gets final confirmation of the allocation of funds he will be able to get it done a good deal cheaper at present market climate. Builders are crawling over there mothers for work.
The ADO Stadium only took 18 months to build too, so if we get cracking by Nov next year could well be our last at BV!
Good times Wildcat fans

Dutch Builders >>> English/Polish builders.

Both do the job for the same thing.... MONEY!
If you have it they will build it.
And judging by who is spearheading the building and running of the project i wouldn't spend too much time saying how "Wakefield don't have the money.. blah blah. credit crunch.. blah blah.."
Because RW (Sir Rodney Walker.. not Richard Wright) has money, connections and experience in abundance.

He sure does and he was the man that over saw Leicester's move to a new ground

£5 odd per man per hour in build costs....this is getting cheaper and more realistic every second !!!!

Wembley too.

Not a good example.......

you what?
have you been? when Bates ran the show the budget swelled and work almost never happened, Mr walker was drafted in and the work overcame the technical problems and shot up. Without RW we wouldnt have a national stadium!

anyway with the funky roll ups they have over there we should be able to do it well quicker if it took the dutch 18 months! They must have had 6 meal breaks per shift!

I meant as a project it isn’t a good example, no slur meant on Mr Walker.

No think this is a prime example.

A project on the rocks, dogged by financial worries and former inept leadership (mr bates in the wembley fiasco & mr box et al in wakefields case), that was turned around by the leadership of a proven world class businessman and sporting fundraiser.

Thanks granny.

Lets be a realist here. Im all for new stadiums and improve facilities at all clubs but planning permission for this stadium will take over a year. It is very early stages and whilst i hope cas,wakey, saints and who ever else want new stadiums get them. Cas are well ahead of wakey in preperation and because of the credit crunch, plans have been delayed.

I have been told end of October and they start to build, 18 months later it's done




But hey what do i know



Edit, I've since been told that i'm way off the mark and should button it, so my opologies.

Seems a bit quick that. Planning for such a project can take 12 months+ and thats if it doesnt get called in by the government. Next october is more realistic i think.

Saints aim to be in their stadium in 2011 and we've had planning permission for nearly a year.

Have a look [url=http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/Planning/PlanningApplications/MakinganApplication/planning_workflow.htm?wbc_purpose=basic&WBCMODE=presentationunpublisheddefault.htmdefault.htmdefault.htm%23centrecontentdefault.htmdefault.htmhere[/url

If that can be done by october then





to your council!

Whilst having no idea about how long the process may take, you have to imagine with Rodney Walker spearheading the trust he has the experience and knowledge to ensure this moves quite quickly and smooth

In the 2007, 2008 and current season (thats over 30 games iirc, whether you include play-offs or not) we have only had one crowd under 12k. We have also had 4 crowds over 22k iirc again. So you are very, very wrong with that statement.
Talking about Wakeys ground, although I think a capacity of 14-15k would have been better (I think Wire's capacity has hindered them slightly. If they had a ground of around 16-18k, I feel early on they would have attracted a couple more thousand fans for some games who could have stayed with the club, but thats a different story) the idea of Wakey getting their new ground finally should only be met with positivity. Their current ground is shocking, I've never been to a worse ground and if Wakey were building a new 5k stadium that would be an improvement!

Yeah not a easy and quick jobby by the looks of it




But i think brown paper bags will save us some time

I'll give you that one

Just wait until the i's have been dotted and the t's crossed concerning Cougar Park!













































We havebeen waiting for quite a long time time but it is imminent

[size=109 I have been writing that on here for years. But the minute I write it, some dope comes on here and accuses me of trolling.

The fact of the matter is that there may be no approval or agreed contract by 2011, in which case Wakey are likely to drop back into the Championship. At that point I would think that a more modest 8,000 capacity stadium, with 5,000 seats and 3,000 terrace capacity, would be appropriate.

People need to understand that the Championship is going to become bigger and better, what with the TV telecast on Sky every Thursday night, and all the great French clubs joining in (Paris or Lyon or both could well follow Toulouse in 2012). There will be a great international competition to enjoy in the Championship[/size

LOVELY!

Go watch Warrington play in it then!