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The individual cases are all well and good, and they have a certain dry satisfaction within them. Would anyone, really care if Wasps went bust? Is the pitch ultimately their responsibility? Yep, of course.
However... how has it come to this? We first mentioned a new stadium 2013, showed renderings of it in December of that year. Various rumours of sites including Brandon, Woodlands etc. have come and gone. Then we had a proposed Butts partnership, followed by the University of Warwick - that was announced over two years ago.
And still, the closest we've got is that December 2013 rendering. That. Is. It. For a Plan A it hasn't delivered and has left us hostage to moves to Northampton, Birmingham... and out of our control whether games were played or not.
Nine years, and not a single planning application submitted. Given it was about four years from the identification of the Falmer site to planning permission, and then nine years after that for the ground to be built, we're looking at, what, 2040+ for our new ground if we follow those ratios!
*That* lies fully with the owners. *They* put us in the position where we're dependent on others. That wouldn't be so bad, if they didn't pipe up and now claiming a grand plan to do otherwise.
However... how has it come to this? We first mentioned a new stadium 2013, showed renderings of it in December of that year. Various rumours of sites including Brandon, Woodlands etc. have come and gone. Then we had a proposed Butts partnership, followed by the University of Warwick - that was announced over two years ago.
And still, the closest we've got is that December 2013 rendering. That. Is. It. For a Plan A it hasn't delivered and has left us hostage to moves to Northampton, Birmingham... and out of our control whether games were played or not.
Nine years, and not a single planning application submitted. Given it was about four years from the identification of the Falmer site to planning permission, and then nine years after that for the ground to be built, we're looking at, what, 2040+ for our new ground if we follow those ratios!
*That* lies fully with the owners. *They* put us in the position where we're dependent on others. That wouldn't be so bad, if they didn't pipe up and now claiming a grand plan to do otherwise.