The stock car racing is sorted out now for a return to Odsal. This idea was for it to return in 2013 and only fell through because the "OK Bulls" version of the club collapsed.

The spend on bringing the ground up to standard has been £500K split between the RFL, Bradford Council. the Stock cars people and the current version of the Bulls themselves. Things were not that bad. Toilets had been vandalised and the end terracing was crumbling in places.

Talking of grounds the police are interested in the deal that got Wakefield their stadium back. Let's hope that whatever happens it stays back in Trinity's hands.

Anyone who wants to denounce these iconic venues is welcome to make donations for improvements directly to Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Carter do not forget to get a receipt.

are you really sure odsal is getting back its stock car racing 76% of bradford citzens are concerned about pollution within its boundies Bosses at Bradford Council are waiting to hear whether Bradford will be among a further tranche of more than 20 cities to have Clean Air Zones imposed on them. this won't help unless the go clean battery powered https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... ners-warn/

are you really sure odsal is getting back its stock car racing 76% of bradford citzens are concerned about pollution within its boundies Bosses at Bradford Council are waiting to hear whether Bradford will be among a further tranche of more than 20 cities to have Clean Air Zones imposed on them. this won't help unless the go clean battery powered https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... ners-warn/

Quote ="snowie"are you really sure odsal is getting back its stock car racing 76% of bradford citzens are concerned about pollution within its boundies Bosses at Bradford Council are waiting to hear whether Bradford will be among a further tranche of more than 20 cities to have Clean Air Zones imposed on them. this won't help unless the go clean battery powered https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... ners-warn/'" The news appeared on TRL this morning when a thread was started and a link to the two Bradford Stock Car guys discussing the confirmation of a return on some social media platform with some other stock car guy. It looks to me like John Drake turned up at the TRL office and immediately pulled the thread as "off topic". The issues over Trinity buying back their ground was also pulled (you maybe have have heard that one?.) See what happens TRL isn't the only news outlet....

Quote ="snowie"are you really sure odsal is getting back its stock car racing 76% of bradford citzens are concerned about pollution within its boundies Bosses at Bradford Council are waiting to hear whether Bradford will be among a further tranche of more than 20 cities to have Clean Air Zones imposed on them. this won't help unless the go clean battery powered https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... ners-warn/'" The news appeared on TRL this morning when a thread was started and a link to the two Bradford Stock Car guys discussing the confirmation of a return on some social media platform with some other stock car guy. It looks to me like John Drake turned up at the TRL office and immediately pulled the thread as "off topic". The issues over Trinity buying back their ground was also pulled (you maybe have have heard that one?.) See what happens TRL isn't the only news outlet....

Quote ="Donnyman"The news appeared on TRL this morning when a thread was started and a link to the two Bradford Stock Car guys discussing the confirmation of a return on some social media platform with some other stock car guy. It looks to me like John Drake turned up at the TRL office and immediately pulled the thread as "off topic". The issues over Trinity buying back their ground was also pulled (you maybe have have heard that one?.) See what happens TRL isn't the only news outlet....'" this link https://forum.stoxnet.com/topic/33702-o ... -bscda-tv/

Quote ="Donnyman"The news appeared on TRL this morning when a thread was started and a link to the two Bradford Stock Car guys discussing the confirmation of a return on some social media platform with some other stock car guy. It looks to me like John Drake turned up at the TRL office and immediately pulled the thread as "off topic". The issues over Trinity buying back their ground was also pulled (you maybe have have heard that one?.) See what happens TRL isn't the only news outlet....'" this link https://forum.stoxnet.com/topic/33702-o ... -bscda-tv/

Quote ="snowie"this link https://forum.stoxnet.com/topic/33702-o ... -bscda-tv/'" Yes, that's the one? Have I read it wrong? what do you think?. Also same as regards the Belle Vue "Buy back" again your considered thoughts always welcome......

Quote ="snowie"this link https://forum.stoxnet.com/topic/33702-o ... -bscda-tv/'" Yes, that's the one? Have I read it wrong? what do you think?. Also same as regards the Belle Vue "Buy back" again your considered thoughts always welcome......

never went to Odsal when the stock cars were there but I did go to one near Great Yarmouth many moons ago when on holiday and it wasn't a bad event quite entertaining but boy was it smelly and dirty and the smell clung to your clothes well after bit like bonfire night, doubt I'd be bothered to go to another one, wonder what the neighbourhood is going to think of it

as for Belle Vue with all the shenanigans that's gone on over the past years I hope its linked to a certain ex head of council and a knighted person that has stopped progression for years, being held to ransom knowing that we had no option but to purchase it at an
extortionate price after being told not to put a bid in kind of makes you think there's more to it

You chose your words quite skillfully there. If Trinity managed to get the ground cheap then good for them. Let's hope they can also get their plans through to modernise it and get the crowds up accordingly.......

As for Odsal do they have Electric Stock Cars nowadays?

Quote ="Donnyman"You chose your words quite skillfully there. If Trinity managed to get the ground cheap then good for them. Let's hope they can also get their plans through to modernise it and get the crowds up accordingly....... As for Odsal do they have Electric Stock Cars nowadays?'" yes https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/stock- ... e-set.html

Quote ="Donnyman"You chose your words quite skillfully there. If Trinity managed to get the ground cheap then good for them. Let's hope they can also get their plans through to modernise it and get the crowds up accordingly....... As for Odsal do they have Electric Stock Cars nowadays?'" yes https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/stock- ... e-set.html

Quote ="snowie"yes https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/stock- ... e-set.html '" That would certainly minimise how much of the corners we'd need to take up. I'm sold!

Quote ="snowie"yes https://www.scalextric.com/uk-en/stock- ... e-set.html '" That would certainly minimise how much of the corners we'd need to take up. I'm sold!

Some relatively new houses built next to odsal as well. I wonder how the owners of those houses would feel about stock cars.

Would be nice to have someone to share the bill but I still hold out some faint hope on that ‘Boutique stadium’ across the road one day.....sharing with BPA.

ha ha was that Chalmers that one?

Who is pumping the £500k in,to bringing the hole in the ground to current criteria?

from what I read £250k the stock car organisation and £250k RFL

I presume the stock car job is based on 10k crowds? When considering the pandemic would we actually see 10k at Odsal? Before March?

Hansons mortar.

They want to test out a new product, so a nice big hole to fill will do nicely.

A bit like the Pfizer Jab !!





It would make a lovely car park.

Clapped out dilapidated cars going round a track in a clapped out dilapidated stadium.

Quite fitting.

Many a true word spoken in jest. If this was done the site would become very valuable as land for a massive depot for a logistics business.

Flog that off and build the Bulls a new stadium across the road......

And get The RFL (and the rest of the RL family) to pay for it

Sounds good. I think we can make this boutique stadium a real RL family effort. Firstly we could probably start the site-clearance and groundworks if the SL clubs gave back the sky money they took off the club and distributed among themselves. Then given their frankly staggering expertise we might get Feath fans to build us a few stands.

not going to fall back into arguing about the rights and wrongs of sky money, I made in my past posts and one of your fans even agreed to being it wrong when we suffered in our early years, so I haven't a problem with the RFL spending money on the stadium as long as some profits are divided back to all clubs and Bradford don't get some peppercorn rent for odsal

does that sound fair

Profits

The peppercorn rent is in place (circa £70k) presumably as an acknowledgement that the maintenance costs of Odsal (c £350k to 500k per annum) that the club has to pay are so high. If we have a remedy to the unsustainable cost of maintaining the place then we'd perhaps be able to pay a larger rent. I still don't think Stock cars brings us remotely close to making Odsal sustainable.

I'm not sure what profits you are hoping for though. You would think that as lease-holder the RFL would want to sweat the asset but that's certainly not happened to any meaningful degree. Renovating the place might enable them to hold double-header semi-finals there, or an international 9s comp, or other events that might generate a profit but I don't think they have the nous to fully utilise the place.

It would be good for a 9s comp, with that tiny pitch.

It's fit for nothing else, bar landfill.

& crashing into clapped out crumbling terraces, safety concerns ?

What happens if those safety concerns are dealt with?