10-02-2019, 04:58 PM
(10-02-2019, 04:45 PM)Squid Wrote: As someone who lives in Smethwick, I don't think the leisure complex idea is a bad idea.
The Hawthorns is in the centre of a densely populated area which mainly consists of young families. It could actually be quite popular and a good way of attracting people who may otherwise only watch football on tv, to be interested in the club.
The club should have purchased the Morrisons site when it was up for sale too - that does show lack of vision.
I reckon the transport links could support a leisure complex and hotel development. There's rail, Metro, buses and Mway. Something similar to Star City, Junction 10 Walsall, M6, The Village, Dudley. There's no doubt there is a lot of poverty around the place but those places seem to "build it and they will come". Just make sure it isn't open on Saturdays between
3 and 5 o clock
