RonanL wrote:
connemara man wrote:
www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-p...ty-housing-1.3275061
Galwegians sold Crowley park and will be moving west
A previous agreement to sell it in 2007 for about €25 million fell through when the club failed to secure planning permission for a suitable alternative venue.
:ohmy:
Yep, elements in the council killed what would have been a brilliant deal for Wegians (and for Corinthians too for that matter, ceding them the eastern half of the city, Mervue, Renmore, Oranmore, Claregalway etc..)...
Wegians need this deal, the site has too many limitations and restrictions to meet the needs of their adult and especially underage sections.
The smaller monetary amount is largely irrelevant, development costs are still nowhere near that of the Celtic tiger period so they should still be able to build a facility that can compete with Corinthians and other sports clubs in the city. Schools like the Jes/Bish will look to utilise the facility too as they have no playing fields of their own currently I believe....
I would be very surprised if they don't already have a couple of parcels of land banked out near the proposed Ring Road and near to a transport corridor back into the city....
