Markets Field Renovations??

[fieldofmarkets]

Leaving TP is only a good idea if what we are going to is better. That is not the case based on the approved MF plans. Doesn't seem to have been much movement on the actual building there yet so hopefully there is a rethink going on. Otherwise i would be happy with
more time in Thomond Park.

[donnrua]

[QUOTE=fieldofmarkets;1748253]Leaving TP is only a good idea if what we are going to is better. That is not the case based on the approved MF plans. Doesn't seem to have been much movement on the actual building there yet so hopefully there is a rethink going on. Otherwise i would be happy with
more time in Thomond Park.[/


I can't see how more time in TP could be anything other than disaster for the club. TP hasn't been a success and anyone that thinks it has is in profound error. The Thomond Park affect has well and truly passed in that anyone that wanted to see a game there now has. This seasons budget is down on last seasons as are the attendances so one can only assume that the budget for next season will be reduced again unless we get out of TP. No one can say for sure the exact figures but I'd feel safe in saying that the cost of MF will be considerably lower than TP, and I'd much rather a decent side playing in MF than be struggling side in TP!

[bluewhitearmy]

Leaving TP is only a good idea if what we are going to is better. That is not the case based on the approved MF plans. Doesn't seem to have been much movement on the actual building there yet so hopefully there is a rethink going on. Otherwise i would be happy with
more time in Thomond Park.

I am against the plans for MF and have said so a lot on here but I would move in there tomorrow rather than stay in Thomond.

[LFC Blue]

We just have to get in there next season.give me 1100 fans packed into the markets field main stand any day ahead of the empty soulless morgue like atmosphere in thomond park on Friday night against athlone.Will it definitely happen in 2015 though or is it another false dawn.why no movement up there?another year in thomond park will finish the club

[gael353]

We just have to get in there next season.give me 1100 fans packed into the markets field main stand any day ahead of the empty soulless morgue like atmosphere in thomond park on Friday night against athlone.Will it definitely happen in 2015 though or is it another false dawn.why no movement up there?another year in thomond park will finish the club

and first season in MF will finish us also as the plan is muck. No woman in her right mind will go near the place as there are no facilities for any hospitality such as a restaurant or bars and never will be. The LEDP plan as led by Keith Wood only states that bars and take away vans can be "brought in from England on a match by match basis" (at a cost to whom???) similar to what hes seen at Leinster rugby and at Harlequins Toilet blocks!!!! i kid you not, toilet blocks will be built in this stadium fit for a junior gaa club circa 1955. a couple of palm readers in caravans dotted around the place will bring in the revenue to finance the club

[LFC Blue]

and first season in MF will finish us also as the plan is muck. No woman in her right mind will go near the place as there are no facilities for any hospitality such as a restaurant or bars and never will be. The LEDP plan as led by Keith Wood only states that bars and take away vans can be "brought in from England on a match by match basis" (at a cost to whom???) similar to what hes seen at Leinster rugby and at Harlequins Toilet blocks!!!! i kid you not, toilet blocks will be built in this stadium fit for a junior gaa club circa 1955. a couple of palm readers in caravans dotted around the place will bring in the revenue to finance the club

Is there any dialogue between the club and the ledp over the whole process.in fairness the markets field needs limerick fc to make the whole project worthwhile.its hardly rugby league that's gonna make this venture viable.why are the club so silent about everything.they are actually acting like it's not happening.i agree the murmurings from Wood are very uninspiring but at the moment I wouldn't get too hung up about bar facilities etc as it's results on the pitch and atmosphere on the terraces that will get the turnstiles turning and there's a better chance of these two factors being achieved in the MF than in TP.lets just get in there and get some momentum going and maybe the rest will follow.

[NeverFeltBetter]

The club has been very quiet about MF, presumably because they don't feel like they're in a position to air criticism of the project. The OSC is the same, and I think that's one of the reasons the ISC was set-up this season.

Results and football like we have seen this season, combined with the aforementioned problems with the MF plans, will leave us with Jackman Park-level numbers in the new ground. I really don't feel like having this discussion again though, until new details emerge.

[gael353]

There could be dialogue between the club and the ledp but we just dont know. The isc, in putting together their first copy of fanzine out on a lim asked for one contributer just one who would support the ledp plans of the MF. Maybe someone might come forward for issue 2.

[gael353]

Also....finn harps are showing up the ledp big time. Hats off to them for forward thinking

[Jofspring]

Spotted this in Pat O Sullivans notes from the Dundalk programme.

Pat O Sullivan: The LEDP have committed to involving the club and the FAI in the design team meetings which are due to start soon. This will allow the club to give an input into the final detailed plans. The LEDP were complimentary of our Official Supporters Club, who have visited the site, for their feedback and ideas that they have put forward and aspects of which will be factored into the new design teams brief. Of course we have to be mindful that the site has a fixed budget and there will be a phased approach to the development of what we hope will be a stadium of which we can all be proud

So does it look like there has been a change or at least will be a change in the design we first saw laid out?

It seems the club and the FAI will now have some kind of input into the new design or will they?

They have taken on board some of the issues raised by the supporters or there again have they really?

Opinions?

[da bishop]

my opinion going on jofsprings post is that a lot of people on here are way off the mark.the club need to exit TP and if the MF is the next stop so be it ,the sooner the better.

[NeverFeltBetter]

If the club is getting more of a say, so much the better.

[legendz]

We just have to get in there next season.give me 1100 fans packed into the markets field main stand any day ahead of the empty soulless morgue like atmosphere in thomond park on Friday night against athlone.Will it definitely happen in 2015 though or is it another false dawn.why no movement up there?another year in thomond park will finish the club

It would seem to make sense as well to have a stand capable of the recent crowds plus a about 50% more.

Pat O Sullivan:The LEDP have committed to involving the club and the FAI in the design team meetings which are due to start soon. This will allow the club to give an input into the final detailed plans. The LEDP were complimentary of our Official Supporters Club, who have visited the site, for their feedback and ideas that they have put forward and aspects of which will be factored into the new design teams brief. Of course we have to be mindful that the site has a fixed budget and there will be a phased approach to the development of what we hope will be a stadium of which we can all be proud

Phased approach makes sense as well in fairness. Cater for about 1200 first, be it one stand and take things from there both on and off the park. How are relations between ISC and the club?

[limunlim]

Is there any more development lads? If we are going in the for November than surely we should be seeing some solid progress at this point?

[Jofspring]

Is there any more development lads? If we are going in the for November than surely we should be seeing some solid progress at this point?

Have heard nothing but we wouldn't be going in there till next March anyway not November.

[limunlim]

Sorry, of course it's March. Bit of a brain fart there. I would imagine there is enough time to get things ready if things are moving. Doesn't seem to be the case though which is discouraging

[NeverFeltBetter]

Lack of word on progress is so worrying at this point. Another year in Thomond awaits, and that gives me some serious pause.

[gael353]

Was told you should see some action in july in there. Pitch was sanded recently at the start of the good weather and its being heavily watered. The old water well in the corner looks like it hasbeen renovated (no water bills)

[Acornvilla]

Hey lads, just have a quick question, and didn't want to make a new topic just for it. Would you know what days Jackman Park is open, or who I could contact about getting access to the place for a few hours any day?

[Jofspring]

It's the LDMC that you need to contact. They usually have their meetings on a Tuesday evening in Jackman Park. I don't have a contact number at the moment for them but someone might.