Tolka Park earmaked for low density development?

**WeAreRovers** · 28/11/2006, 2:39 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

WAR, surely you're not suggesting that the builder owner of Pats will want to move away from Inchicore, especially not now he can offer a remaining presence on Emmet Road in the form of McDowells as sop to the fans?

Of course not. The two Pats posters below you have refuted that anyway.

KOH

**BohsFans** · 28/11/2006, 2:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

He's not the owner of the pub. A "consortium" led by our chairman does... That consortium contains only one (separate) builder too.

The ground (or at least the long term lease on it) is owned by several people. None of which are builders. The club's majority shareholder is (thoughj not to the extent I previously thought, having looked into it more) Funnily enough the last 3 people who've talked to the board about "investing" have been builders. None of them hung around that long

who owns the freehold?

**soccerc** · 28/11/2006, 2:57 PM

Originally Posted by BohsFans

who owns the freehold?

The freeholders...........................

**Dr.Nightdub** · 28/11/2006, 8:12 PM

Originally Posted by soccerc

The freeholders...........................

Note the use of the plural.

**pete** · 28/11/2006, 8:23 PM

Originally Posted by paudie

Tolka Park hasn't been very densely occupied lately

Planning restricts them to 1 person every 10 seats.

**Sam Savic** · 29/11/2006, 4:02 PM

Originally Posted by R�iteoir

iirc the Irish Athletics people broke off talks with Shels about Santry a couple of weeks ago due to Shels financial situation.

I can't see them going into there

Neither Athletics Association of Ireland or Clonliffe Harriers have spoken to Shels about a move to Morton Stadium. As far as I'm aware, Shels have only spoken to the Morton Stadium Management Committee and Fingal County Council. I don't think talks have broken down either. Fingal CC more or less asked Ollie to come back with the proof of funding for his plans. That's fair enough you would think.
When that is done, Ollie will have to get agreement for his plans from the stadium tenants, Clonliffe Harriers.

**CharlesThompson** · 29/11/2006, 4:25 PM

On a slightly side issue to the Tolka Park redevelopment plan. I would suggest that Shels will be looking very hard at Tallaght as a base as it seems to be the best opportunity for them to get somewhere to call home even if it is sharing with Rovers.

What are the views of the Rovers support if this were to happen? Would there be a worry that the perception that a lot of the potential local support will choose Shelbourne due to their recent successful years?

**Poor Student** · 29/11/2006, 5:09 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesThompson

What are the views of the Rovers support if this were to happen? Would there be a worry that the perception that a lot of the potential local support will choose Shelbourne due to their recent successful years?

Rovers have a huge head start in the area with youth team link ups, link up with the basketball team, basing their administration side of things there, people of Tallaght knowing (or believing) that Rovers will be coming for years. I think a move to Tallaght will feck Shels up. Even in Drumcondra their attendances are not great for a side who has cleaned up domestically over the last half a decade and enjoyed European progress. Moving miles away from there will only push them away from their core support and even further from Ringsend.