No Docks Stadium

Quoted from diehardmariner

Two different target audiences.

This isn't bucket and spade, dipping your toe in the water with a hankie on your head. It's serious swimming. Those who would be interested in the facility are probably less interested in having an ice-cream and fish & chips.

The docks itself is the absolute perfect location for it.

HHmm thanks for that post / opinion/ i see your point
It could in turn bring a uniqueness to the town

Quoted from diehardmariner

Two different target audiences.

This isn't bucket and spade, dipping your toe in the water with a hankie on your head. It's serious swimming. Those who would be interested in the facility are probably less interested in having an ice-cream and fish & chips.

The docks itself is the absolute perfect location for it.

I have no idea about this type of sport, are there national/ international type events that could be attracted to the Town by such a facility?

Where I live there was money spent on mountain biking trails and we get a lot of international visitors along the routes and events a couple of times a year too. Outdoor sports are popular these days.

It's good that we finally have some clarity with what's happening on the docks.  I'd still like to know exactly why the stadium plan was dropped.

I'm not too unhappy.  Shutes was planning to make the same mistake as the 1982 board.  One upper tier would have ruined the atmosphere right from the start.

Quoted from ska face

State of this thread. There’s no wonder most young people leave at the first opportunity & the town’s a shitehole. One bloke with little real attachment to the town spends a wedge buying land & planning a massive redevelopment of the docks, trying to bring in investment, and a load of old codgers dump all over it.

Are you saying an outdoor pool and some commercial, office and light industrial units will encourage Grimsby's brightest young minds to stay in the town?  Okay, I won't try to argue with that.

Swimming is a very good form of exercise.

Quoted from barralad

With the greàtest of respect that "plan" came from somebody who pulled out of another plan to buy the club. The article talks about Shutes speaking to John Fenty. Maybe I'm being over simplistic but it is hardly surprising that an up to date plan doesn't include an aspect he isn't invested in-unless you are suggesting that he should build the stadium and rent to the club?
If there is nothing from the current owners then, just my opinion, the criticism is a bit unfair.

Stockwood and Pettit were part of the original consortium backing Shutes.  The latter quit at the last minute for "personal reasons", but didn't say if that meant the stadium was dead.  All we've had from the owners since then is "relocation not a priority".

They are being very savvy, very professional in a way.  They're not making promises they might not be able to keep, but equally not disenchanting ambitious supporters by saying "we have no intention of leaving Blundell Park".

They must realise that BP is an embarrassment in the post-Taylor era, but won't admit it.  That would be like Gerald Ratner saying his jewelry was cr@p.

Quoted from White_shorts

Stockwood and Pettit were part of the original consortium backing Shutes.  The latter quit at the last minute for "personal reasons", but didn't say if that meant the stadium was dead.  All we've had from the owners since then is "relocation not a priority".

They are being very savvy, very professional in a way.  They're not making promises they might not be able to keep, but equally not disenchanting ambitious supporters by saying "we have no intention of leaving Blundell Park".

They must realise that BP is an embarrassment in the post-Taylor era, but won't admit it.  That would be like Gerald Ratner saying his jewelry was cr@p.

If you think BP is an embarrassment mate, you should travel away... Sutton and Barrow make BP look like a work of art. 75% of the stadiums in this division are shitholes

Quoted from diehardmariner

I never claimed it was my plan. I'm not the one knocking plans to start with.

There's such an irony in you bemoaning white elephants when you had your tongue up the bottom of the king of white elephants for so long. How much was the bridge 20feet away from a perfectly good bridge? £1million upwards wasn't it. And who can forget the Palm Tree? Impossible to forget it because the pavements still direct to it!

I always knew about OWS but didn't actually realise how big it was until I ended up at an event with one of my friends, so many people there and like you've said it's growing. It's something myself i've wanted to get into but didn't really know how to get started, i've been in the docks but again like you stated before it wasn't for me. I'll definitely be giving this new place a try if it gets built.

Quoted from White_shorts

Stockwood and Pettit were part of the original consortium backing Shutes.  The latter quit at the last minute for "personal reasons", but didn't say if that meant the stadium was dead.  All we've had from the owners since then is "relocation not a priority".

They are being very savvy, very professional in a way.  They're not making promises they might not be able to keep, but equally not disenchanting ambitious supporters by saying "we have no intention of leaving Blundell Park".

They must realise that BP is an embarrassment in the post-Taylor era, but won't admit it.  That would be like Gerald Ratner saying his jewelry was cr@p.

Unfortunately, the previous bloke in charge decided to either not spend money on the stadium or do it on the cheap. Add that to the £2-3m (not a clue at how much tbh) that was wasted on vanity projects that never materialised, then those 1878 chaps that you’ve castigated would have had possibly more money to invest into the facilities.

Quoted from Stadium

Laughably out of touch.
You don't seem to understand the range of activities you can promote with such a development.

People like him are tarantulas who want to decry everything. A significant reason why our town is held back.

Quoted from Swansea_Mariner

I have no idea about this type of sport, are there national/ international type events that could be attracted to the Town by such a facility?

Where I live there was money spent on mountain biking trails and we get a lot of international visitors along the routes and events a couple of times a year too. Outdoor sports are popular these days.

Hand on heart I don't know if could be of the scale to attract international competition. At present it's difficult to see beyond not having the other infrastructure to support that.

However, everything has to have a starting point.  What I can say with a degree of certainty though is that the popularity is growing and there's a distinct lack of good OWS venues, especially in this region of the country.

I've said a few times before that I really believe and hope in the potential for what that stretch of water could do for the area. Right from Ross Tiger all the way up to the Pier.  Fingers crossed this could be the catalyst.