Khalids announcement

This is bang on the point, in my view. If a longer ter lease were granted - let's say 99 years - the ownership group would have plenty of incentive to improve the ground. On the back of that is the possibility of bigger crowds, increased revenue, and further investment in the team. Whether it will work out like that? Who knows?

 

Club is never going to progress while we do not own the ground I disagree with you.

 

Unless it's a LONG term lease in which case they can spend as much money as they want improving it without any risk of losing their investment

 

The council owning the ground and leasing it to the club for anything between 99 and 999 years would probably be the best option to allow redevelopment while protecting Oakwell from being sold off.

 

Just a scenario. Council owning 100% means a disconnect to the playing side. So they could up and leave to somewhere they do own.

 

That would involve leaving Barnsley or building something new which would require planning permission from their current landlord

 

OP has disappeared since he got you all frothing. I'm calling WUM.

 

There has been no decision made yet by the council on the future of oakwell and no change in ownership. From the horse's mouth.

 

I've got another word....

 

Well look, I'm guessing the council are not flush with cash, all the regeneration we see going on is funded elsewhere - i.e the council aren't paying for it. I'm further going to guess that such funding is not going to stretch to the football stadium. Therefore any money invested in the stadium would be directly funded by local council tax payers at the expense of something currently being funded unless they are proposing to add 10% on everyone's bill as extra money for said stadium, furthermore I'm guessing that getting commercial loans, etc, the kind that private individuals and businesses can secure is not accessible to councils - hence why the joint council owners of Leeds bradford Airport sold it because it needed a big investment of commercial cash for expansion.

 

Considering the amount BMBC has spent on the town centre,spending a bit on BFC won’t bankrupt them.The amount the football club generates season in season out on match days makes it a win/win situation.

 

Whether the budget is there, and whether it is a good use of budget are two different things, the post I replied to was asking if it's a useful allocation of resources. Given the positive impact that getting better attendances into Oakwell would have on local pubs, restaurants, shops etc... then I'd say it is.

For some reason, investment in sports and the arts is always seen as a waste of public money, and I don't really buy into that theory.