This was my fault. My definition of a waterpark may be slightly different to the Castleford Artistic Impressionist.

We all went to Orlando as a family for my dads retirement (10 of us).He lost his glasses on a ride at Typhoon Lagoon. They called for someone and a 'Helper' in a full frogman outfit tipped up and they shut the ride whilst he collected the glasses. Of the 7 pairs he pulled out only one of them was my dads!.

yes yours seemed to be in a renowned holiday resort with a captive rich audience!

now unless disney and warners are planning something in the guaranteed heat of glasshoughton in the next few years, with expensive hotels that subsidise your exciting rides i can see a tad of an economic hole in their argument!

Yeah - when we went it was only open 4 days a week I think. It was a sort of wet adventure playground where you were supposed to fall off. I don't think people got it!

Stop ruining my dream.

Of course Pugneys could never happen, it was only a view from the Clan.

Water Parks often struggle to make money in the States, Water Mania in Orlando closed years ago but there is more competition in Orlando but a bigger audience.

It looks a cracking scheme but will require massive Capital Investment and one hell of a nerve from the investors.

Will be great for the area if it comes off but I would guess its a long way from becoming reality. Good luck to Castleford, I for one hope it happens and they get their Stadium.

I hope even more that the Stadium at Newmarket comes off for us.

River Country I think it was called.

soz bud!
just gets me these grand plans ffs

best one ever was disney world paris, it had all disney backing etc etc and................

anyway
tiger world glasshoughton here we come!

The deal was for a total figure of around £3.5m with various payments made at certain key stages (i.e. obtaining planning permission). Some of the money will have gone to repay the bank so that the legal charge they held could be released - just like it would if you sold your house for more than your mortgage was for. The bulk of the remainder is being used as the club's contribution to the community trust that is building the stadium.

We all know that WR is a bigger site than Belle Vue, so will obviously have the potential to give Cas greater funds, however, the real value cannot be realised until the blast zone from the Hicksons site no longer exists so that a residential development can be built & the last I heard was that the various plans for that site had been withdrawn.

Even when that hurdle has been cleared, there's no guarantee that any house builder will want to buy more land for a few years yet. An agreement in principle may exist, but in reality it's a meaningless term and is something that either side could easily get out of if they wanted.

For the good of the future of both clubs - and therefore local RL - I want to see both sides get the new stadia they deserve. It doesn't really matter who gets their's built first or whose is considered to be the better stadium. What matters is that both clubs have progressed far enough with their individual plans that it isn't an issue when it comes to the next franchise decision.

Equally, if both clubs make the playoffs for the next couple of years (and ideally don't fall at the first hurdle) it will be extremely difficult for the RFL not to give both clubs a franchise regardless of the progress for new stadia.

I take an interest in these 'new' stadia from an economics point of view. The less outlandish designs seem to move forward quicker and I sometimes wonder whether these concept drawings are used to keep people sweet as there is actually very little in terms of actual movement forward.

I refer to St Helens and Salford stadia where Saints chose to build a Saints ground and it appears to me moving forward whereas Salfords with its Learning Centre and Hotel is now haemorrhaging these follies.

exactly spot and dead correct!
edited because the above post is correct and makes a better point than i did!

There was a nightclub (Baralona's which is now a JJB gym) on the trading estate at Birstall. They had free buses from Huddersfield and Leeds but it just didn't work as people didn't want to sit on a bus for an hour wasting valuable 2 for 1 time.

In reference to a post above on the values of the land sold - BV was sold with planning permission for Housing whereas I cannot find any planning permission on WR at present. Housing granted land is still worth more than commercial so size of plot may be irrelevant.

WR has not got any planning permission, its not even zoned for housing but it will be in the not too distant future.

I can't believe its been sold to a developer. He may have an option at an agreed price subject to planning and may have paid a deposit. He may even have entered into a contract to purchase but contracts are not binding. He will be able to pull out or seek a renegotiation of the price. If he pulls out he will probably lose the option fee or deposit but he cannot be made to buy the land if he does not want to.

at last, someone with sense

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exactly


it'll keep all the little tigers fans from terrorising the streets

Fantastic customer service that.

What would you get in the uk? a shrug, computer says no etc

I wish more fans from both sides of the common had this attitude.

I hope Cas get a new stadium and I hope we get one as well, I don't subscribe to the theory that one will set the other back, but that seems to be what some believe, hence the jabs on both sides!

How many was he expecting?

The problem is the franchise system. Some people subscribe to the theory
that if Superleague is to expand then the number of teams in the heartlands need to be rationalised to make room for new expansion teams.
People fear that one day Cas or Wakey may be culled 'for the good of the game'. Therefore the supporters of each club may feel it beneficial to have an advantage over their near neighbour in order to ensure their survival.

I agree but it might be too much for some on both sides though which is a shame.

actually long term i think the biggest disaster for either club could be getting a stadium that bankrupts them!

but for now one for us and one for our stripey friends please.

Hopefully it will not bankrupt us or yourselves should we both get them.