on page 8 of todays wakefield express there is an article 'Stadium....... no thanks'. Some of stanleys' residents have set up a petition to scrap the plans for our stadium.
Yet other reason for the council to knock back the plans, what are your thoughts on this?

It is a shame that there are people who don't want a nice stadium that could be of use to them if they wish to go and see it.

Cas fans living in Stanley

There's always going to be opposition to change, for some reason people form an opinion based on very little knowledge.

How can someone form an argument against it based on speaking to someone who lives in Belle Vue?

Pathetic IMHO.

NIMBY's

In fairness, I don't live anywhere near there. Does anyone tho'?


For me, our best plan was the park. Sadly, IMO, we missed out on a chance to enhance a great area of the City and fetch it into today's world, and relieve it of it's seedy reputation.
Moving on, Stanley is a good call for away fans, altho' further away for most home fans. But it is our only way of securing professional sport with Wakefield in the name. So bring it on.
Some people are just so insular, their own little world is all that matters.
And who is to say they are wrong? Only them I assume.


I wanted it built on my own doorstep.


Hey Ho!!!

to be fair some of em deffinately looked like cas fans!

Some people just like to kick up a fuss about anything these days so they get in the paper



They must have seen the same people on there as me last week

I do like how the group have gathered around the entrance to the site, probably never stopped off there before in their lives.

As ever the concern is about the stadium development having a negative affect upon the value of their house. I don't see how having a first class sports amenity on the doorstep would devalue a house, surely it would increase it. It's certainly a selling point. Hopefully the trust, the developers and the council can work with the residents and listen to their concerns and maybe put a few misconceptions about the project to bed.

to be honest its to be expected, and better out of the way now then later, wont amount to anything, mkes me laugh though that they would rather have a disused dump that gets litter thrown in it regularly than a nice shiny new stadium........sod em.

and of course outway the negatives with the positive press sories.."local businesses support wakefield stadium plan", "jobs boost to ailing local construction industry" etc etc

or just give them a concession to let people park in one of their many fields on match day for a quid a throw! i have a feeling the rebellion would be slightly less then!

It also says in the article that a full planning application is going to be submitted to the council very soon

. That show how this project is a lot more advanced than people think. There are always going to be abit of opposition and this was expected and they are in there right to. The thing is to let them see the whole plans and the positives it will have the area and district. The rest of us will get behind the project I'm sure SWAG will have something planned.

As posters have indicated, these people have not even seen the proposals so I don't know how they can be against it. I could understand it if the plans had been submitted and then they would have had a chance to see how it would affect their lives. I wonder if they have even considered that this development is much more than just a stadium and it could improve their lives and property values.

er no......but they got their picture in the local paper.so result, page 8 of wakey express!.............boy thats important!

I wonder if their lives and property values would improve if there was a dirty great pit behind their houses!!!!

these that are objecting I suggest are frighten that stanley will be taken over by vast amount of drunken hooligans, in the past few days the millwall / west ham fracas it enough to put anybody of sport all together, no one knows the package as yet as is not gone public, I wouldn't mind its not really in stanley village as such, there's a small row of house on the left before the planned site

another good review of the situation!
you swine!



yeah its about 6 houses and looks like a good spot for last of the summer wine!

but they are entitled to complain and we are entitled to ignore them.

I would move in

thought we would get it at junction 41 when it fell through last time in fact I was digging the foundations,

had to fill them in again

im too old mate, i remember yorkshire cricket at J39!

years later someone told me it had never been a serious proposal, i just told him id seen promo video they had done!

you swine etc etc

Nowhere in the article does it say that "full planning application" will be submitted.

Shame though that a group of people want to try and ruin what is the perfect opportunity to develop sport in the area. People need to see past the "it's just a rugby ground" facade and see it as a multi-functional 24/7 facility.

planning application is to be submitted shortly and that is full planning permission ie what the stadium will look like road access and other facilities. This has been brought forward has the project has gathered pace with funding been put in place etc, York court have been busy with this for the last few months.

everything is looking good

Exiting times if that's the case! Just one question if
anyone knows, what will happen with the current hospitality suites ie
little benidorm! Will it be sold on and used towards funding
for the ground or go towards team strengthening etc?

We will send them back for credit.


Trouble is I don't think we paid the full amount for them when we entered the CVA.(I think it's called that but maybe wrong)

heard salford is interested in the full block