Well, they're not really going to be complaining to their local MP are they?

Brilliant idea, what about the capacity, how would they measure that?

Well in the T&A they've said they're going for a capacity of 25,000. The stage is to be down the away end so I'd imagine that section of the ground closed off and the crowd would be in the pop stand, the seating area, the pitch and the coral stand.

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Seen both Jools Holland and the Rhythm Kings at the St Georges' in the last year - all super musicians.

Think that's the classic 'conflict of interest'.

Being serious for a moment, I think the problem with Odsal is that its capacity is a bit 'in between'.



There are plenty of Arena venues with 12-15K capacity, then the really big acts that can fill stadiums - the likes of Take That, Rolling Stones etc - tend to be looking at huge places like Wembley, Twickenham or Old Trafford. I'm not sure where a 25K capacity bowl with very little shelter from the elements fits into that.



From todays T&A they seem to be talking more about a festival - a 3 day event over the May Bank Holiday is mentioned - rather than one-offs with mega bands. That probably makes more sense - a whole bill of decent quality bands, five or six each day, sounds viable.



I only hope that they don't come up with a bill consisting of cheesy pop acts or hoary old 1960s acts with hardly any original members. Something like that - compared to the Leeds Festival, for example, would come off as really second-rate. The last thing we need is yet another thing that makes Bradford look like the poor relation of Leeds.

A festival is probably a good idea and there are plenty of 'genres' to go for and that would need careful thought. They do take time to build momentum in terms of attendance of course, so the first year, at least, definitely needs the odd 'top liner' as an attraction to build the crowds. Whether a top name act would go for an unknown festival is another thing though.

Just out of curiosity how many people attended Bingley Music Festival this year? Above or below 10,000?



Maybe something along those lines would fit in at Odsal?

might work against us. over compensating etc

There aren't many neighbours in the immediate vicinity to be fair, just the few houses between Odsal top and the stadium, then it's down to below the cricket club or some near the bottom corner of the ground down Rooley. I'd guess some free tickets might sort it out...



That said, I've got friends who live in Wibsey, not far from the Ancient Foresters, who say the noise on matchday is"deafening", so maybe the problem would be a bit more spread around. One thing is for sure you can't have a festival without a bit of noise - it would like opening a pub and not being able to sell any beer....

However, if the Council put us a huge domed roof right over Odsal, (retractable, of course) the sound will be contained, so problem solved! Simples.