I was actually thinking of building a Wetherspoons that has a normal bar area that people can access from outside the stadium...and on the other side, a counter serving beers from the other for those when inside the stadium.

You'd have 24/7 usage then. Plus, people could pay for some decent beers. But that sounds too good to be true IMO.

It was only in the YEP and P&C 2 years ago the ground was sold

Wetherspoons isn't a franchise though and it'd be highly unlikely that Cas would want to lease out their facilities to a company rather than making the profits themselves with a local catering company.

Yeah but if it helps pay towards one stand then I'm happy for it. Plus, for use of the facilities it could be sorted that Cas get half the takings on matchdays or something?

But why settle for half takings when we could have the whole lot? Wetherspoons have 3 bars in the area, the closest to the ground only being the Winter Seam. It'd be a bad business decision from them, and it's also not the type of business they do anyway (stadiums).

....and also, one stand? So somehow, Wetherspoons would fork out £3-5mill to have the bars at the Cas ground? Profit in a bar is roughly 25% profit. They'd only be open mainly on matchdays, it wouldn't be worth the injection.

LOL you not been in the big city for a while i take it.......

OUCH!

No mate, never go near the place.

Don't like fast food and only have 95p so i stay away

I'm sure i read somewhere that we were planning to have a bar open 7 days a week to bring more cash into the club.

Indeed but we've already ascertained that facts have no place in this thread.

Still, why would they want to pull people away from one business less than a few hundred yards away for another?

Why does this pub have to be owned by Wither and die spoons? There are other breweries surely that would be interested?

Well, true. We shall see tonight anyway.

I have one word for your new stadium... Casino!

There's a 10% sale on in one of the pound shops so you're quids in!

Isnt that pence in???? and please dont mention pound shops or chissit will give the story AGAIN of how he came up with his catchy colourfull forum name

awww go on, don't think I've heard this story, I'm quite intrigued

Pm me

Maybe some other time

No worries, I wont forget

I know nothing of this story, but I'm going to guess the punchline is something like:

"(How mu..) Chissit?"

Yep thats the li(n)e

Can anyone shed any light on this? saw it on the BBC RL forum:

ADMINISTRATIVE COURT AT MANCHESTER
Before HIS HONOUR JUDGE WAKSMAN QC sitting as a Judge of the High Court
Friday 17 September, 2010
FOR HEARING
PART HEARD
CO/11016/2009 The Queen on the application of Yorkcourt Properties Limited v Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Yorcourt are the prime movers behind the Newmarket site and unless it's unconnected what's the issue being heard?

Would have asked over there but you get accused of wumming even when asking a legit question

More importantly, why do you care and what relevance is it to our stadium plans? Let us just concentrate on getting our project off the ground.

Maybe ask on the Wakey forum?