Bulls should move to Valley Parade

[Gateaux]

A Bradford MP today led calls for the Bulls to leave Odsal and make Valley Parade their new permanent home.

Bradford East MP David Ward insisted Odsal will be never be anything other than a “big black hole” in the Bulls’ finances and claimed a groundshare with City held the key to a sustainable future for both clubs.

Ward said the Bulls’ financial crisis was partly due to the cost of being at Odsal and that City were paying an “absolute fortune” in rent to Valley Parade landlord Gordon Gibb. His solution would see both the city’s professional sports clubs play at Valley Parade, with a potential long-term possibility of buying the stadium from Gibb.

Ward told the T&A: “This needs to be raised as a matter of priority in any discussions about the future of the Bulls and City.

“When you are on the terraces at Odsal it’s awesome in terms of a venue, but the cost is bringing the club to its knees.

“Odsal will never be anything other than a big black hole, sucking the resources out of the playing side and detrimental to the development of the club.

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[chesterhino]

it makes sense, also opposition supporters would have much more appeal to go to a ground like bradfords rather tan the hole in the hill that is odslum.

[displaced_northener]

City should move to odsall

[jools]

It worked before.

[Derbysi]

Valley Parade is a better ground. Both sides would benefit.

[8ULL5HITT4]

Would it class as expansion. North Bradford is a different country.......almost outside the M62 corridor.
Would suit me as it would knock a good 20 mins off travelling and its even close to the train station.
Its been a poor surface for city this year...drainage problems so can't see RL doing much to improve it.
Its definitely a nice stadium and good sight lines everywhere. Maybe the RFL could buy it from Gibb.

[Cheese]

was odsal a millstone round the bulls necks when they were romping around the early super league yrs??

[rhinos4life]

cant see this happening.

[LambertandWebbler]

(04-27-2012 07:49 PM)Derbysi Wrote:  Valley Parade is a better ground. Both sides would benefit.

of course they would and it did work before - but unfortunately for the rest of us normal Bull fans the luddittic idiots who live near odsal and want to crawl to the game every sunday all moaned their arses off..

[Hudzilla]

This will never happen as the RFL owns Odsal. How stupid would It make them look if they own a stadium that doesn't even host games!!!!

Not happening, move on.