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    JimBean wrote:
    gpn01 wrote:
    JimBean wrote: I don't see everyones problems here with the wasps and the sports complex plans, yes the council and us taxpayers will be paying out for the facilities but its us as residents who will benefit with modern and top of the range sports facilities. Whenever I walk through the town centre you see the young generation with their McBellies hanging out, we need decent sports facilities to get us fit again. Do Premiership football clubs pay 100% of the build costs for their stadiums? West Ham are taking the olympic stadium paid for that? We did! Id rather Wasps stay we get the sporting facilities and progress as a town
    Perhaps there's some mix-up here? . The Council has a plan for developing sports facilities in the district, including replacing/revamping the existing sports centre. . That's completely different from the project that was stopped in July which was for WDC to pay for the building of a rugby & football stadium. Any additional facilities intended for the community would have to be paid for seperately. This was not included as part of the £31M that the professional clubs were expecting WDC to fork out.
    To be honest ive not seen the plans for the sports village in a while, the last plans I saw were up on the land next to booker air field. Where the stadium would be along with a sports village. Have new plans been discussed and released?

    My personal opinion would be to seperate the stadium and the sports village. I would demoilsh the current sports centre. Build the stadium on that site so its close to the M40 junction to stop match day traffic driving through the town centre and also only a small taxi journey from the railway station. Then look for a site for a good sports facility that will offer everything that Handy Cross offers but more.

    Just feel we need to keep hold of the wasps in wycombe and as I said in my previous comment we need to progress and develop as a large town.
    Mr Bean, you've not done much with traffic management? A Stadium that close to the M40 on matchdays would totally stuff the M40 Junc. 4.
    ...
    Other than that to build a replacement sports centre elsewhere first, close handy cross and re-development the area sounds sensible, if only the traffic flow on the M40 could be managed successfully,....don
    't think on the face of it, it could.
    ...
    Check the traffic sites for the M4 at Reading on a large fixture day for London Irish?
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Wycombe District Council: "We want Wasps to stay"

3:56pm Thursday 6th October 2011 in Prestwood & Great Missenden By Simon Farr

WDC: 'We want Wasps to stay" WDC: 'We want Wasps to stay"

COUNCIL bosses say they are willing to talk to London Wasps in a bid to keep them playing in the district, after the club was put up for sale.

Wasps owner Steve Hayes put the Aviva Premiership side on the market yesterday, just weeks after Wycombe District Council’s Cabinet axed proposals for a stadium and sports village at Wycombe Air Park, Booker.

WDC said it wants Wasps to continue to play their trade within the district but admits the future of the two-time Heineken Cup winners’ is up in the air.

In a statement, the council said: “We would really like the club to stay in the district and we've worked with the club to look at a range of alternatives. However, it is for the club to decide what works best for them.

“We're not aware of the details of the discussions around the sale of Wasps, but nothing can be ruled in or ruled out.

“We're sure Steve Hayes will have thought long and hard before putting the club up for sale, and will have made the decision within the context of the club as a business - we hope it will bring future success and wish the club good luck for the future."

The authority said it learnt lessons from the stadium saga but stands by its decision to pull the plug on the failed sports village project.

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WDC added: “There was a lot of local opposition to the plans and when the leadership of the council changed, we felt in the current climate it was important to focus energies on other local projects.”

Cllr Jean Teesdale - Cabinet Member for Democratic, Legal and Policy - fiercely fought against the sports village and insists the council made the right decision.

But she hopes a compromise can be reached so Wasps remain in High Wycombe.

She said: “The Booker thing is dead for all the reasons we gave. Nothing has changed, the infrastructure, the location was not right.

“Both clubs are struggling somewhat and judging from the attendance figures they’ve have had this year, I’m not convinced a new stadium is justified.

“I’ve never had a problem with Wasps, it was just where they wanted to go - I wish they could find a Brownfield site as I’m not against them moving grounds.

"I fought against Adams Park as well, as the access was not appropriate, it has been a big problem for a long time.

“No-one wants to see sport clubs leave or stop running, we encourage sport in Wycombe, I just hope we can find a solution so that Wasps can stay in Wycombe.”

See links below to read more on the proposed sale of Wasps and past stories on the stadium saga.

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