Football hub plans submitted!

[silent majority]

Mr McKay yet again trying to build on green belt land;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dennz45dgo

'State-of-the-art' football hub plans submitted

[graingrover]

If ever he put in a bid for our club the feathers would fly would they not !

[Sprotyrover]

If ever he put in a bid for our club the feathers would fly would they not !

Doubt he would pass due diligence

[LincsRover]

If ever he put in a bid for our club the feathers would fly would they not !

Doubt he would pass due diligence

Plenty have who are just as dodgy! Allegedly of course! 

[drfchound]

It wouldn’t surprise me if this project was passed.
I seem to recall the new government (Raynor perhaps) saying that NIMBY objections wouldn’t be heard and that we were entering a period of business growth.
Also that green belt land would be permitted for building use.

[Ldr]

Wasn’t there a Charles Dunn around Richardson?

[Nudga]

Don't see why it wouldn't pass when huge swathes of farmland is giving way to solar farms.

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Is it really going to cost that much? Where's the funding from? How would it ever make money back? Very strange.

[keith79]

It looks great.

[Usher wide.]

I’ve bought a 25cm x 25cm plot for £25.

Think I did a similar thing in our last season at Belle Vue.

Still waiting for the sod….no pun intended.

[silent majority]

Is it really going to cost that much? Where's the funding from? How would it ever make money back? Very strange.

My thoughts entirely.

But putting aside the cost of building such a facility where would the operating revenue come from? We wouldn’t use it,why would we? And I'm sure the vast majority of EFL clubs wouldn’t either.

EPL sides would have a need for it if they were travelling north to play a fixture and needed a base for the day before or day of the game, but Bawtry isn’t close to any EPL clubs. Throw in the competition from St George Park at Burton, which is a very comprehensive and all inclusive resort style facility and I can't see the business case.

[Bessie Red]

Is it really going to cost that much? Where's the funding from? How would it ever make money back? Very strange.

My thoughts entirely.

But putting aside the cost of building such a facility where would the operating revenue come from? We wouldn’t use it,why would we? And I'm sure the vast majority of EFL clubs wouldn’t either.

EPL sides would have a need for it if they were travelling north to play a fixture and needed a base for the day before or day of the game, but Bawtry isn’t close to any EPL clubs. Throw in the competition from St George Park at Burton, which is a very comprehensive and all inclusive resort style facility and I can't see the business case.

I'd imagine his plan is to get Planning permission then sell it some gullible fool!

[A9]

Looks like it would make a nice holiday park if the football venture doesn’t come off, potential to sell of the accommodation on all year round occupation and in essence , you’ve got residential then .

[Iberian Red]

I think you're all missing the bigger picture here.
He's not looking at a national hub,more an international one,especially South America.
Get them over for so low altitude training,the ColumbiansPeruvians and Bolivians would be turning up in numbers. They'd bring there gear/kit with them,help Mark the white lines on the pitch,and suddenly it could be a real hub.