Lots already covered on the forum - To summarize what a lot of people have taken off me Tweets.
- Stadium move, should be fantastic but isnt enough to get approval.
- The Kassam was built on "polluted land" which wasn't able to take housing
- Now the Kassam has been there 20 years, its now no longer "polluted" and can have housing
- The Kassam will go and be replaced by housing. This will fix quotas that both Vale of White Horse and Oxford City need to fill. Kassam will get a little richer.
- Stratfield Brake can't have housing on it due to a variety of covenants
- Oxford City Council are desperate to redevelop the Ice Rink area of Oxpens and get rid of the rink. its costly, old, too small and has a LOT of very passionate users.
- Moving the rink to the same site, brings in a lot of transport, energy and infrastructure needs
- Oxfordshire needs an indoor arena of size.
- The University needs a conference center and arena of size
- Oxford City Stars have never played higher than 2nd tier because of budget restrictions, increased capacity will enable new investors and potential growth
- One of Oxford Universities Ice Hockey team alumni are billionaires, they could be tempted to get stuck in..
- US Varsity matches have started to be played outside the US https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2021/12/04_Belfast-Tournament-Scheduled.php Oxford would be a very attractive host city....
- Offering the Uni use of the Stadium and arena for Varsity matches would be very helpful.
- I think we'll see new exit/entrance to complex from A34
- New train services will service complex from wider, potentially Milton Keynes, Buckingham and Witney* rumour.
Having Oxford City Council, Oxfordshire Council, Vale of WH, Cherwell AND the University onboard is HUGE. Transport links huge. Environmental potential huge.
The negatives will be:
- Local residents who dont want noise, traffic and hooligans.
- CPRE (Campaign for rural England -Oxfordshire)
- Any local landowner who sees a quick buck, loss of land value
its FANTASTIC to finally see this public and hats off to everyone involved.