Stadium Rumour

[bspittles]

One club in Div 4 paying more rent than Oxford...

http&#58//news&#46bbc&#46co&#46uk/sport ... 752&#46stm

Bradford have reached agreement to stay at Valley Parade.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 494920.stm

[Snake]

One club in Div 4 paying more rent than Oxford...

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Bradford have reached agreement to stay at Valley Parade.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 494920.stm

Meantime things pass by our Rent Boy. Kassam must be licking his lips at the very remote prospect of even more development on his land - http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/904581 ... _planners/

[Sideshow Rob]

So...if the over-flow car park and Priory car parks are built on and we make it to L1/Championship, where the hell are we all supposed to park?

[Baboo]

So...if the over-flow car park and Priory car parks are built on and we make it to L1/Championship, where the hell are we all supposed to park?

A very good question Sideshow.

[Snake]

A bit more detail here - http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/104_Ite ... f#page=132

From what I know WPL have been looking at some shops on the overflow car park for many years as part of their bungling and sometimes comical strategy to purchase the Stadium, but while there has been the possibility of housing (with shops) on the other side of Grenoble Road this one has been on hold for ages. Now that the Tories are in power the development on the other side of the road is no-no so it slightly brings back into focus the possibility of development (and profit) on our side of the road.

As for Rob’s parking question, then it’s officially dealt with as vaguely as the ownership issue in the document above i.e. “The car park is overflow for Oxford United Football Club (OUFC) but OUFC consider that the land, including that around the stadium could be used more efficiently by providing the car parking in other ways and introducing new development around the stadium. The majority of the site is owned by Firoka Ltd but OUFC would like to purchase it and are considering possible uses to complement the stadium.

[Sideshow Rob]

If they go ahead with this the Council should create parking bays along the southern side of Grenoble Road. The Science Park owners should also be forced to open up their car parks on match days. The Council should also take care not to mess up any chances of a railway station being built adjacent to the overflow car park site (even though this remains a remote possibility for now).

[Sideshow Rob]

Why have the council included land to the north of the Northfield Brook? I have found a council planning report from 1999 which confirms what I thought, this land has nothing to do with United. If they want to develop this land I cannot see a problem. If they take away the overflow car park then the council must provide replacement parking and better public transport links.

[Snake]

If they take away the overflow car park then the council must provide replacement parking and better public transport links.

It would be nice, yes - but &quotmust&quot. Where did that come from?

If it were up to me I'd scrap the restrictive parking scheme in the Leys as it was only ever set up to pacify Labour voters at the time of the Land Deal. Hey, for 23-25 times a year someone parks outside your house for three hours on a public road and that's no big deal when you take into consideration the Civic Pride, jobs and opportunity that Oxford United brings to quite a deprived area of our City.

[Maurice Earp]

If they take away the overflow car park then the council must provide replacement parking and better public transport links.

It would be nice, yes - but &quotmust&quot. Where did that come from?

If it were up to me I'd scrap the restrictive parking scheme in the Leys as it was only ever set up to pacify Labour voters at the time of the Land Deal. Hey, for 23-25 times a year someone parks outside your house for three hours on a public road and that's no big deal when you take into consideration the Civic Pride, jobs and opportunity that Oxford United brings to quite a deprived area of our City.

You don't live in BBL do you Trevor, sorry I mean't Snakey.

[Joey's Toe]

&quotIf it were up to me I'd scrap the restrictive parking scheme in the Leys as it was only ever set up to pacify Labour voters at the time of the Land Deal. Hey, for 23-25 times a year someone parks outside your house for three hours on a public road and that's no big deal when you take into consideration the Civic Pride, jobs and opportunity that Oxford United brings to quite a deprived area of our City.&quot

Abso-bloody-lutely. They could also get rid of the unnecessary double yellow lines on all the roads around the science park - plenty of room on one side for a lane of parked cars.

[recordmeister]

At what point does an &quotoverflow&quot car park become just a car park? Surely we have used this &quotoverflow&quot ever single game since moving to the Kassam therefore it should be classed as simply Car Parking and not Overflow Car Parking...

[Kernow Yellow]

&quotIf it were up to me I'd scrap the restrictive parking scheme in the Leys as it was only ever set up to pacify Labour voters at the time of the Land Deal. Hey, for 23-25 times a year someone parks outside your house for three hours on a public road and that's no big deal when you take into consideration the Civic Pride, jobs and opportunity that Oxford United brings to quite a deprived area of our City.&quot

Abso-bloody-lutely. They could also get rid of the unnecessary double yellow lines on all the roads around the science park - plenty of room on one side for a lane of parked cars.

Agree. Many of the yellow lines were painted on after a couple of seasons - there was much more street parking allowed at the beginning. I don't see how it's helped the situation at all.

I don't understand why the science parks don't open their car parks - surely the money they could rake in, at eg two pounds per car, would more than cover the cost of a couple of security guards?

[Yellow-Robbo]

It still really pains me that we didn't build the stadium in the Centre of Oxford. It was very nearly voted to be built next to the Ice Rink, NEAR THE TRAIN STATION which made a lot more sense all round. Both home and away fans could get the train in, bus in, park and ride etc etc. Obviously there are other implications, but in my opinion (and many others) it really is infuriating where the stadium is - it's barely Oxford is it!

[Snake]

If they take away the overflow car park then the council must provide replacement parking and better public transport links.

It would be nice, yes - but &quotmust&quot. Where did that come from?

If it were up to me I'd scrap the restrictive parking scheme in the Leys as it was only ever set up to pacify Labour voters at the time of the Land Deal. Hey, for 23-25 times a year someone parks outside your house for three hours on a public road and that's no big deal when you take into consideration the Civic Pride, jobs and opportunity that Oxford United brings to quite a deprived area of our City.

You don't live in BBL do you Trevor, sorry I mean't Snakey.

Trevor? Eh?

Anyway, if you want to come and watch North Leigh I'd have no problem with you parking legally outside my house. After all, it's not my road - it's a public highway paid for by taxpayers money.

[Baboo]

Trevor? Eh?

Made me laugh.