Bulliac wrote:
Surprised they haven't setup some kind of 'big screen' at Odsal for the soccer matches, since it's, apparently, not going to happen in town.
Not that I particularly put any blame on the council as loads of drunks running round shouting, "Ingerlund, Ingerlund", whilst simultaneously falling into the mirror pool might have its comic element, it might also cause a fair bit of disruption and might not be fair on the majority of people in the town centre who, to be honest, probably aren't that bothered about soccer matches.
Problem with doing stuff like that at Odsal is always the location. Apart from people who live in the local area, the only people who would turn up would likely be driving, which doesn't lend itself to a few beers watching the football on a big screen, so they'd chose to go somewhere nearer home where they can stagger home instead. The locals who may be tempted probably already have their own watering hole they would go to for it (Cue Gardens for example). So even if they were to put it on, there wouldn't likely be many people who'd actually turn up.
The only days that make any sense doing that kind of thing at Odsal is a matchday when you've got a load of people going to Odsal anyway, so they may be tempted to go early / stay late to watch the football too. But a lot of RL fans are very anti-football so you still probably wouldn't get a huge amount. Then you're looking at costs potentially outweighing the income.
