Bennets Field-What is really happening

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

So many rumors about what this will be turned into,if anything

so does anyone have any inside info?on a personal level it worries me immensely as i take a wheelchair bound person there,i would be very concerned if this area was closed

T soprano · Oct 27, 2013

Hotel on part of it if it gets planning

Stat Brother · Oct 27, 2013

pastafarian said:
So many rumors about what this will be turned into,if anything

so does anyone have any inside info?on a personal level it worries me immensely as i take a wheelchair bound person there,i would be very concerned if this area was closed

One thing we can be certain of is wheelchair access will not be compromised.
Wherever it's moved too it'll be ideal.

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

Stat Brother said:
One thing we can be certain of is wheelchair access will not be compromised.
Wherever it's moved too it'll be ideal.

You have more faith than me

Stat Brother · Oct 27, 2013

pastafarian said:
You have more faith than me

Oh come on, the club isn't run by ogres.

As and when things change for you, you write 1 email explaining the situation and you'll probably be allowed to drive to your seats.

Bozza · Oct 27, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Oh come on, the club isn't run by ogres.

Not plural, no.

Stat Brother · Oct 27, 2013

Bozza said:
Not plural, no.

So Tony Bloom is an ogre?

You can't mean Barber, because he is answerable to TB.
As and when PB is deemed to have acted ogreishly it's either sanctioned by TB or done with his grace.

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Oh come on, the club isn't run by ogres.

As and when things change for you, you write 1 email explaining the situation and you'll probably be allowed to drive to your seats.

Crikey Almighty,excuse me for asking a question that actually is a worrying factor as to weather my old man gets a season ticket next season,**** the fact he is disabled but bennets field is a lifeline to him and his supporting the albion,so i was just putting out a genuine question what on earth is going on with the the place

Stat Brother · Oct 27, 2013

pastafarian said:
Crikey Almighty,excuse me for asking a question that actually is a worrying factor as to weather my old man gets a season ticket next season,**** the fact he is disabled but bennets field is a lifeline to him and his supporting the albion,so i was just putting out a genuine question what on earth is going on with the the place

Oh hang on cross wires here.

I was (badly) saying the club isn't going to hang your Dad out to dry in it's march for progress.
I'm sure the club would go out of it's way to find a genuine space for a genuine fan who is inconvenienced because they are not ogres.

drew · Oct 27, 2013

pastafarian said:
So many rumors about what this will be turned into,if anything

so does anyone have any inside info?on a personal level it worries me immensely as i take a wheelchair bound person there,i would be very concerned if this area was closed

It's a fair point but what did the club say when you emailed them with your concerts?

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Oh hang on cross wires here.

I was (badly) saying the club isn't going to hang your Dad out to dry in it's march for progress.
I'm sure the club would go out of it's way to find a genuine space for a genuine fan who is inconvenienced because they are not ogres.

no offence taken
but this is the question i am asking,and i know most people dont give a shit because it involves the disabled supporters,currently Bennets field is a god send,what will happen with access when then Hotel is fully Built on this site?I know we are in the minority with regards to access etc but i am just expressing my views

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

drew said:
It's a fair point but what did the club say when you emailed them with your concerts?

in fairness drew i have not contacted the club,this is something that very much concerns me,but rightly or wrongly i have chumped it out there on NSC,It is one of those subjects that is how can i say difficult to approach.......on the one hand the club is absolutely amazing with the facilities it offers to its disabled supporters and yet i feel concerned they will get shafted re bennets field

Publius Ovidius · Oct 27, 2013

The club will have to negotiate with the Bennett family if they want to build anything on that land as it's only leased to us. It was short term which ends at the end of this season!

If I was Bennett, I would turn it into an urban farm

Stat Brother · Oct 27, 2013

pastafarian said:
no offence taken
but this is the question i am asking,and i know most people dont give a shit because it involves the disabled supporters,

Hang on a second.
Anyone would think you're spoiling for a fight.

Are you of the opinion able bodied Albion supports wouldn't give a flying F about wheelchair bound Albion supporters getting screwed over?

I think we support different teams.

Davemania · Oct 27, 2013

granny weatherwax said:
The club will have to negotiate with the Bennett family if they want to build anything on that land as it's only leased to us. It was short term which ends at the end of this season!

If I was Bennett, I would turn it into an urban farm

Im glad youre not Bennett then. Turn it into a hotel and put the urban farm in churchill square surely

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Hang on a second.
Anyone would think you're spoiling for a fight.

Are you of the opinion able bodied Albion supports wouldn't give a flying F about wheelchair bound Albion supporters getting screwed over?

I think we support different teams.

no you are quite right,i apologise

albion fans are magnificent with their support of disabled fans,i apologise i was being far too flippant in the general argument, my concerns however re bennets field still remain

dougdeep · Oct 27, 2013

The top car park isn't part of Bennett's Field, do you realise this?

pastafarian · Oct 27, 2013

dougdeep said:
The top car park isn't part of Bennett's Field, do you realise this?

we have a top car park?

skipper734 · Oct 27, 2013

As far as I remember........The initial lease/rent of Bennetts field was only about three years. Having said that not all of the tarmac is Bennetts field. There is a strip along the bottom that is land the Club stands on.
So were the Club or the Bennetts extend the lease/ rent of the field, the result is just a slightly smaller Bennetts field car park. The next bit I assume is whether when the Student accommodation and car park is built, does that render Bennetts field unnecessary or will that become the Hotel car park?

Seagull on the wing · Oct 27, 2013

Think you'll find that the bottom end of Bennett's (nearest the Stadium) is where the hotel will be...there will be a loss of a few parking spaces,the carpark itself will remain for use matchdays....no loss of disabled spaces...

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