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We can’t sell the stadium to the Warriors , the fans will not let it happen.
They paying the wages?
Won’t happen don’t worry. He didn’t want to buy it for £2m he isn’t buying it now.
It would look quite nice with all red seats though.
Play like that second half for the rest of the season and we’ve a chance.
Feel like I’ve said this for the last few games but we NEED to beat QPR.
If it’s Pollard, I’m with you Bickymon; only away games and will not put a single penny into that stadium.
Isn’t that what rugby fans are being criticised for? ;)
What worries me more is how do the players and staff get paid next month and the month after !
This total mess will do untold damage to the club; since with such a poor track record how are we expected to retain or buy a good standard of players. We might as well be a pub team !Absolutely gutted and disgusted.
I suspect the sale would bring enough money in to pay the wages until the end of the season and then we would let everyone go and start afresh with smaller wages and probably a few years in the lower echelons of League One.
IF they are selling the ground then IMO it will be to a third party.
This COULD be an FFP thing in which they sell the ground to themselves and then WAFC pay a small rental fee as opposed to the normal costs. Similar to how it ran before in all honesty. Until the new owners, WAFC never legally owned the stadium.
Hi Jason,
There are a few grumblings and rightly so about the bridge over the canal and it feeling a bit dangerous getting over it after matches. (bottleneck, slippy, puddles and very badly lit).
I know it isn’t the responsibility of WAFC, but I think it needs bringing up with the Council by the Football Club before someone is seriusly injured.
Please let me know what you think and get back to me if possible.Cheers,
Paul.
The issue has been raised with the council, Canal and Rivers Trust, plus internally at the DW STADIUM.
The Council did resurface it in 2014, so gives an indication it is their issue to deal with.
Canals and Rivers Trust have no involvement
The stadium doesn’t believe it is their issue.
I’ve raised it with Mal Brannigan and he has asked for the Council to do something or give reasons why they’re not doing.
Ill let you know when there is an updateThat’s fantastic Jason, I’ll pass it on to those concerned. Thanks for your help with this.
Cheers,
Paul.
Bridge was terrible on Tuesday. Like a skating rink. One lad fell over and nearly knocked about 6 down the steps.
The rugby aren’t going to pay a higher rent for less facilities.
They use it for 15 days a year. No office space, no storage space, nothing.
Would you pay £500 a month for a house with all bills paid (sounds a great deal) that they then tell you that you can only use for 15 days of the year and can’t keep your clothes or furniture in on the other days? Hull and Huddersfield pay more rent but both have offices in the stadium and keep their profits on matchdays.
Also, if you owned a pub, would you tell all your regulars to go and drink next door instead of in your pub?
The answers simple….
How much does it cost to host a game of RL? Wigan pay that, plus say 10% and then keep the profits.
Latics don’t even pay the catering staff anymore and I don’t think they even make any money from it. It’s all outsourced.
Anyway, back on topic…
As I mentioned elsewhere….if the owners have decided not to put any further investment into the club then how does fans not buying season tickets help?
Not sure how much Latics actually make on bar sales these days with the Sodexo deal come to mention it
I wouldn’t be heaping too much praise for that on Begbies.
The land is owned by the council and can only be used for a sporting Stadium. Same with Christopher Park.
If they could have been sold to developers they 100% would have been.
Personally, I’d give both clubs a 50/50 stake but I support both.
Plenty is said about the rugby paying minimal rent, but they get no income from beer sales, food, hospitality beer sales etc so it’s a poor deal really. I’m sure they’d rather pay more and get some income from it.
