Great to be up in the Oldham Events Centre in the Joe Royle Stand at Boundary Park yesterday for a really positive roundtable discussion about the next steps for the SportsTown project.
This is a project we have supported & championed for a long time and its impact is clear by the wider ranging and high number of stakeholders that Latics have been working with including Oldham Council, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, universities and others.
Transformational growth is on its way through the new 3,000 seat stand, university centre, wellness suite, 4,000 seat multi-sport arena, outdoor 3G sports domes, and upgraded grass pitches.
We talked through the next steps, the investment needed, what other surrounding institutions can be brought into the project, and how we make sure local people are at the heart of the plans. Plenty of work ahead, but the ambition is clear and the partnership is strong.
None of this would have been possible without the ownership of the club by the Rothwell family and the energy & dedication they have injected into the project, and the leadership of CEO Darren Royle.
Oldham deserves big ideas backed by real action, and Sports Town is exactly that.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 