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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 30, 2014 8:02:12 GMT
The University of the West of England will not ride to the rescue of Bristol Rovers' stadium dreams if the club fails to sell the Memorial Ground. The club plans to sell the old stadium to Sainsbury's but some, including local MPs, have voiced concerns the supermarket may pull out. Fans might be hoping that even if that should happen, the university would still build the stadium, which is to include some teaching facilities. But UWE Vice Chancellor Steve West, pictured, has dashed such hopes. He told the Bristol Post the club was paying for the new stadium, not the university, and buying the land from UWE. "If Bristol Rovers can't sell the Memorial Ground to Sainsbury's and can't find any other buyer then clearly they don't have the funding to be able to develop the stadium," he said. "For UWE that would mean we then have however many acres of land to do something else with. It's as simple as that. Would I rather build a stadium than a faculty of business and law? Absolutely not. Our core business is education. "We are clear. The sale of the old stadium pays for the new stadium and buys the land. "We would be building the car park because we need the car park, which would happen to the serve the stadium when we are not using it." But Mr West stressed he still expected the project to go ahead. He said: "As far as I am aware the stadium is still scheduled to go ahead. Yes there are some delays but we are still expecting the stadium to be built." The university is investing heavily in its own facilities, with plans for a new £50 million Business School on the Frenchay campus near the proposed stadium. Work is already under way on a new students' union. Planning permission for the 21,000-seat UWE Stadium on land the university bought from Hewlett Packard was granted in July 2012. Since then the club has been relegated to the football conference, but remains committed to the plan. The proposed Sainsbury's on the Memorial Ground site was given permission six months later, although legal challenges followed, delaying the project. The city's four MPs recently wrote to Sainsbury's outgoing boss Justin King asking for reassurance its plans would go ahead after the retailer, which has been hit by a fall in profits, shelved plans for some new stores. He wrote back reiterating the firm's commitment to the city, blaming "legal challenges" for the delay... but stopping short of a direct promise on this store. Read more: www.bristolpost.co.uk/University-West-England-won-t-rescue-Bristol/story-22015352-detail/story.html#ixzz38w8qfQ6nRead more at www.bristolpost.co.uk/University-West-England-won-t-rescue-Bristol/story-22015352-detail/story.html#muZvzFVMryxFshmU.99
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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 30, 2014 8:03:03 GMT
What a bollox story
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Post by JeffNZ on Jul 30, 2014 8:06:40 GMT
And in more breaking news, Flight Centre has just told me they won't pay for my World Cruise in the event I don't win the lottery.
Yep, bollox story alright.
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Post by Big Dave on Jul 30, 2014 8:09:32 GMT
Can I be mischievous before I go to work...? I thought we were leasing the land for a negligible rate in exchange for naming rights, but the 'quote' in the piece says Rovers are buying it...
...maybe that's the change and/or the delay...
....or maybe rubbish reporting....
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Post by Northville Blue on Jul 30, 2014 8:15:47 GMT
A slip of the tongue by Mr UWE Big Dave, the land is being leased
There you go Lincoln Gas, somebody has asked UWE and there's your answer.
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Post by GasMan on Jul 30, 2014 8:20:55 GMT
Cant believe they never reported that the chocolate hobknobs have been taken off the tea trolley...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 8:26:15 GMT
I did say about the carpark mind.
#ITK
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 8:29:36 GMT
What is the point of printing that crap ?? is obvious the UWE will not build it
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Post by lockleazer on Jul 30, 2014 8:38:38 GMT
THe only point of interest in that is this bit
"If Bristol Rovers can't sell the Memorial Ground to Sainsbury's and can't find any other buyer then clearly they don't have the funding to be able to develop the stadium," he said.
"For UWE that would mean we then have however many acres of land to do something else with. It's as simple as that. Would I rather build a stadium than a faculty of business and law? Absolutely not. Our core business is education."
seems to suggest he would have prefered education blocks rather than a stadium ... not that it matters now as it will be a stadium as long as Sainsburys come up with the dough!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 8:46:37 GMT
THe only point of interest in that is this bit "If Bristol Rovers can't sell the Memorial Ground to Sainsbury's and can't find any other buyer then clearly they don't have the funding to be able to develop the stadium," he said.
"For UWE that would mean we then have however many acres of land to do something else with. It's as simple as that. Would I rather build a stadium than a faculty of business and law? Absolutely not. Our core business is education."
seems to suggest he would have prefered education blocks rather than a stadium ... not that it matters now as it will be a stadium as long as Sainsburys come up with the dough!! Simply not true, the University wants the stadium but it needs the carpark. He's just saying if the stadium isn't built the carpark still will be, then some blocks will be built (probably on the footprint of the stadium). The university is looking to get everything on one campus ideally but needs more parking spaces.
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Post by brfclee on Jul 30, 2014 8:47:33 GMT
THe only point of interest in that is this bit "If Bristol Rovers can't sell the Memorial Ground to Sainsbury's and can't find any other buyer then clearly they don't have the funding to be able to develop the stadium," he said.
"For UWE that would mean we then have however many acres of land to do something else with. It's as simple as that. Would I rather build a stadium than a faculty of business and law? Absolutely not. Our core business is education."
seems to suggest he would have prefered education blocks rather than a stadium ... not that it matters now as it will be a stadium as long as Sainsburys come up with the dough!! I took that to mean he would rather spend the money on building education blocks than funding the stadium should BRFC not come up with the money.
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Post by phillistine on Jul 30, 2014 8:51:59 GMT
so UWE have basically said that if we cant find the money then they are not prepared to act as a bank and lend us millions of pounds. How tight fisted are they - its not as if we are in debt or anything ....ooooh wait a minute........
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Post by lockleazer on Jul 30, 2014 8:52:13 GMT
THe only point of interest in that is this bit "If Bristol Rovers can't sell the Memorial Ground to Sainsbury's and can't find any other buyer then clearly they don't have the funding to be able to develop the stadium," he said.
"For UWE that would mean we then have however many acres of land to do something else with. It's as simple as that. Would I rather build a stadium than a faculty of business and law? Absolutely not. Our core business is education."
seems to suggest he would have prefered education blocks rather than a stadium ... not that it matters now as it will be a stadium as long as Sainsburys come up with the dough!! I took that to mean he would rather spend the money on building education blocks than funding the stadium should BRFC not come up with the money. I agree its just poorly worded and leaves it open to rumour and conjecture...
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Post by supersteve73 on Jul 30, 2014 8:53:10 GMT
The paper is an embarrassment. McNamara and Stockhausen are beyond useless as well.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 30, 2014 8:53:51 GMT
Is this being reported just below the breaking news about the millennium bug?
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Post by PeterHooper57 on Jul 30, 2014 8:57:33 GMT
To be honest, I am not surprised Steve West saying he would rather build a faculty block; i am also not surprised Justin King saying Sainsburys are committed to Bristol, but not going onto commit Sainsburys to buying the MEM. Both parties are obviously getting fed up with Higgs and co. They realise our BOD are not able to fund the deal. Higgs seems unable to make the deal happen. So I would not be surprised if the UWE also walk away from the Project and simply expand the Business School and build their own car park. You can not blame them. My prediction is if the Project is not started by the end of September then it will not happen. UTG
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Post by phillistine on Jul 30, 2014 9:03:34 GMT
The real story would be if Sainsbury's had decided to pull out and as the Bristol Evening Post - Oxford edition - havent managed to discover that - it would seem to suggest that the sale is going ahead.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jul 30, 2014 9:32:22 GMT
THe only point of interest in that is this bit "If Bristol Rovers can't sell the Memorial Ground to Sainsbury's and can't find any other buyer then clearly they don't have the funding to be able to develop the stadium," he said.
"For UWE that would mean we then have however many acres of land to do something else with. It's as simple as that. Would I rather build a stadium than a faculty of business and law? Absolutely not. Our core business is education."
seems to suggest he would have prefered education blocks rather than a stadium ... not that it matters now as it will be a stadium as long as Sainsburys come up with the dough!! I took that to mean he would rather spend the money on building education blocks than funding the stadium should BRFC not come up with the money. Yeah, a new Business and Law block is already part of the UWE expansion plan (to be ready in 2016 iirc), as is the stadium. He's simply saying that UWE are prepared to fund the law block, coz that's the point of being a university, but they'd be idiots to spend that much on a stadium for someone else. It's such a non-story, it's kinda weird.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 9:46:08 GMT
To be honest, I am not surprised Steve West saying he would rather build a faculty block; i am also not surprised Justin King saying Sainsburys are committed to Bristol, but not going onto commit Sainsburys to buying the MEM. Both parties are obviously getting fed up with Higgs and co. They realise our BOD are not able to fund the deal. Higgs seems unable to make the deal happen. So I would not be surprised if the UWE also walk away from the Project and simply expand the Business School and build their own car park. You can not blame them. My prediction is if the Project is not started by the end of September then it will not happen. UTG Can't beat a good bit of board bashing first thing makes you feel so much better for the rest of the day Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 30, 2014 10:02:28 GMT
"Fans might be hoping that even if that should happen, the university would still build the stadium"
I can't recall any fans suggesting that was a hope, we all know if the Sainsbury's deal collapses so dose the UWE staduim.
Even by P Post standards this is a poorly thought out article.
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