WREXHAM AFC - THE RYAN REYNOLDS MEMORIAL PARK IN WREXHAM - A VISIT -

[@PokeReel]

Parks and Wrex, damn that's cleaver.

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

It is lol - I haven’t watched parks and recreation yet .. is it good?

[@partlycloudy5049]

Ohh, that’s a big butchers knife.

[@jonathanturner6509]

Cutting edge.

[@bobhaze5324]

I hope this helps in some way to revitalize the downtown area. It’s unfortunate that it’s taking so long to make progress. #upTheTown

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

Me too but I am a bit concerned it might end up getting used by some of the town's unsavoury characters for drinking etc.. I imagine because of it's connection to Ryan the council might put a gate on it and keep it locked out of hours!

[@theosmith5765]

I love the idea​@@WrexhamAFCfanzone

[@seanrota3359]

The urinal gift, now that's taking the piss as we say in NZ! Parks and Wrex......nice play love it - Go Wrexham

[@CymruDad]

The old Hippodrome site, I didn’t realise it had been knocked down now - it’s been awhile since I was back in town. I remember going to that cinema many times as a kid in the ‘80s and ‘90s - remember watching the first Jurassic Park when it came out! Would be good to make a nice community garden/park there.

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

Probably wouldn't recognise Wrexham now then! Lots of new buildings and changes.

[@daviddavies3637]

Went to Glyndwr before it was known as Glyndwr in the early 90s. Wrexham, like many other towns, was still pretty vibrant back then. Haven't been back since but it's sad to see that it's pretty much gone the way of Bangor. Hopefully, Rob and Ryan can do their part in revitalising the town.

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

I think a lot of towns are going downhill recently especially here in North Wales and Northern England. Lots of empty shops which is not surprising since the rates are astronomical.

[@daviddavies3637]

@@WrexhamAFCfanzone Only town in North Wales that seems to be still doing well is Llandudno. But much of that has to do with the fact that, unlike Bangor and Holyhead, for example, the "out of town" shopping centre is just a short walk from the main town shopping area. Rent and rates have always been ridiculous. Wanted to set up shop in Bangor for years but I couldn't see how on earth I could have afforded the rent and rates. They really need to be some kind of tax on profits rather than a standard payment that has no bearing on a business' ability to pay.

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

I agree! The situation is ridiculous unless you are a mega store like M&S or something. Smaller businesses have no chance.

[@wonton8983]

I used to go to the snooker club above the Hippodrome.

[@dubsy4835]

At least when it's finished there will be at least one property actually open on that street..! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

It’s awful to see the centre so empty.

[@mervunited]

“There’ll be actual green lanterns” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@caspernowak]

Can you put up a live webcam, so we can follow the development of the park? 🥳👍🏼

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

I can't imagine they will even work on until the Spring and it would have to be the council putting one up. I'll film it though if anything happens.

[@caspernowak]

Excellent 🙏🏼 just if and when possible 🥳

[@19MadMike]

I'm curious, who's going to own and run the park once it's done? Will it be council ran and owned or will Rob & Ryan own and run it?

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

It will be council run but Rob and Ryan are going to contribute to it's upkeep.

[@supergoujon4776]

Just curious if the shop rents are priced according to the actual supply and demand for commercial space in the current market. Is it really more cost effective to leave a shop vacant than accept a lower rent? If so, how so? Are the building owners allowed to write off an unrented premises as a loss on their tax returns?

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

Really don't know the answer to all the questions but here in Wrexham its mostly private companies that own the shops not the council and yes they seem happy to leave their stores empty!

[@supergoujon4776]

@@WrexhamAFCfanzone In many cities and towns around the world the local municipalities and councils are levying surtaxes to coerce private building owners to rent their empty spaces to help rejuvenate their town/city cores and prevent buildings from falling derelict and subsequently vandilised further degrading the commercial precincts. The situation is not dissimilar to people buying houses and leaving them empty further exacerbating the housing shortage because the increasing value can offset the lost income if the business can claim a 'loss' off their taxes for lost rent meaning the taxpayers are subsidising them to leave these spaces empty.

[@supergoujon4776]

Also, I plan to visit Wrexham in Aug/Sept 2024 so I hope to take in a match. #upthetown

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

Lets hope we are League one then! The temporary stand will be gone and the new kop's construction should be in full swing ( hopefully) Make sure to get your tickets in advance.

[@davebruneau6068]

"Is Danny DeVito here?" I watched that 5x in a row & its funnier every time. New Sub here...& i dont Sub often

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

Thanks for the sub! Welcome to the channel, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@spongeknock7387]

Ahh i miss the old hippodrome, you could smoke in there while watching a film😂

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

I think you could smoke everywhere years ago? Even on planes! I don't smoke so don't really notice not smoking but some of the films are long and I imagine its tough on smokers.

[@spongeknock7387]

⁠@@WrexhamAFCfanzoneyeah you could smoke a lot of places years ago, but when the hippodrome shut down and the Odeon opened up on plas coch, they wouldn’t let you smoke in there 😂

[@johnlewis9303]

Next to the Hippodrome in the 50/60s was a shoe shop called Derricks. We could get school shoes on 'appro' (approval), to take home, try on, & return if not liked. Imagine that these days 😂

[@arwelp]

@@WrexhamAFCfanzoneUsually the right-hand side of the auditorium was non-smoking, but it tended not to stop the smoke drifting over from the left!

[@lfa68]

Just a thought; How about a Tim Hortons in one of the empty shops? I mean… Ryan is Canadian after all… 😉😁

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

I'm sure we'd be happy to have any shop rather than an empty one.

[@lfa68]

⁠@@WrexhamAFCfanzoneOf course! Empty shops are a sad, but certain sign of a “dead” area. One way of avoiding this would be subsidising rent for businesses to move there (and perhaps existing ones to remain). A cheaper way is to hire a window decorator to do some sorts of displays in the empty shop windows. Just to make the area seem more alive. My thought with Tim Hortons was actually double, by the way. Ryan Reynolds - Canadian. (As is Tim Hortons.) Their logo (and the Canadian flag) is red & white… Aren’t Wrexham AFC’s team colours that too? 😉😁

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

With the empty buildings being privately owned it's hard to get them to decorate the windows. The Tim Hortons is a good idea though, its whether they consider Wrexham a good business model or not. There is a Tim Hortons in Manchester, about an hour away which I have been in. Wrexham probably needs to increase footfall before putting in a major franchise in that part of town maybe, not sure.

[@lfa68]

Well, perhaps offering to share the cost for a decorator could work…? Or perhaps rent the windows to display things like the building plans for the park or similar public information. I’m not sure what the rules are in the UK, but it has been done in Sweden. I keep my fingers crossed for the football team(s) and hope that your city centre will live again! (Also keeping fingers crossed that my Tim Hortons idea will work. Both for your sake and for “bragging rights”. 😉😁

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

All seems like a great idea! I hope you get to brag! lol

[@kevindavies7452]

There was some dodgy characters hanging around inside the hipperdrome yrs ago

[@zacf.c754]

Which episodes 5-0 in

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

It'll be the episode before the one where we beat you at the Racecourse for the title. Last game of the season! Hopefully we will both be up and its done and dusted by then!

[@zacf.c754]

@@WrexhamAFCfanzone your confident you don't have a good record of winning the league against us

[@WrexhamAFCfanzone]

I remember last time when you went up and we stayed down! I don't think it will happen again. You absolutely thrashed us beginning of the season 5-0 at your ground. The team won't want that happening again, plus we are different side now. We've grown and got better. A lot of the defeats we had actually helped us in a weird way, it made us wake up!