None of this makes sense at all. A stadium not fit for purpose which costs a fortune to maintain.This, to home a team that without serious investment, will not progress any time soon. A return alone will not inspire the masses to return.I think we need a completely new start, a new home in Bradford and an investor to provide funding for our squad. We can all from experience see little chance of this..so more of the same old same old.

IF we returned it would be under a new lease negotiated by current owners, who one would hope would not agree to saddle us with expenses normally paid for by holders of the head lease. So if RFL want us as a tenant in 2021 they would have to think about cutting their cloth.

BINGO!

Agree with most of the above.



The one thing which has changed is the owner. I'm not sure how that affects the cost of running at Odsal in any way and if it was too expensive under AC then it, presumably, is still too expensive under the new broom.



To be honest, I'm not fussed about Odsal - if it's too expensive lets stop pussyfooting about and get on with finding a new facility somewhere in Bradford, and I am fussed about 'In Bradford'. I agree with Pumpy, the T&A article does seem to be pushing Odsal as the intended 'new home' and the whole business gets evermore baffling with every passing day.

Who is mates with Rimmer

Maybe we could come to agreement with the RFL to only use the Southbank and Seating Stand at a reduced cost, maintenance would be less as both are more than suitable and wouldn't need much work.

Didn't the RFL announce that it would have to pay out around £250k for upkeep at Odsal for 2020?



If they're expecting the Bulls to come back and foot that bill and the club agrees then I'm done. I'm not bothering watching the club go over the cliff again which is what would happen in that scenario

All that's up in the air, to be fair, so best wait and see I guess. For me, I'm at a loss to understand how the sort of figures we've been given can be even considered by the new management.



For sure, being back in Bradford is paramount, but Odsal is not, and unless it can be done sustainably then the idea should be binned. I certainly don't think that giving out false hopes about Odsal is the best way to bring out support in the longer term. Unless there is a complete rethink on the lease pricing, by all involved, then best forget the idea.

If Wood owns the club then he certainly won't be footing the bill.

Well there's stuff floating round on social media regarding the return of stock cars/speedway to Odsal. How much truth there is, I do not know but I'm not suspecting more than a grain as I feel that the people touting it haven't actually seen the current state of Odsal or are completely aware of how much it would cost to bring that ruin of a stadium up to code for their sport.

There's bit more to it than that. The talk about Stock Cars returning was from Steve Rees, who who was the promoter when Stock Cars were last at Odsal, and (so far as I know) still holds the promoters license.



I'm not saying it will ever happen, but I'm pretty sure he will be all too well aware of the costs and complexities of bringing the stadium up to standard for stock cars - the state of the track and the fact that Mark Moore flogged off the fence being two obvious ones.



I keep a bit of an eye on this as I was big Stock Car supporter back in the day, and I know that Steve (who must be knocking on a bit nowadays) has often been asked about the possible return to Odsal on Stock Car forums, and his replies show that conversations and feasibility studies (at least rough calculations) have happened periodically over the years, and so, again, I don't think he'd have posted this on his promotion companies FB page if there was literally nothing in it.



IF Odsal is ever going to be viable again it's going to need to be used for more than 13 Sunday afternoons per year, and maybe this is one potential avenue that the Council would look at? Let's see what happens... probably nothing, but you just never know.

I'm pretty sure I read a story about the potential return of stock cars and speedway to Odsal at least once every 12 months.