How many football clubs OWN their stadium ? I would guess....NONE. Fans at Chelsea own the pitch, i believe Abramovic owns the buildings, wants and has tried and probably still is to move and sell the very valuable Stamford Bridge or re-develop it into real estate, do they get reward from tea and biscuits and merchandise, probably yes but at the Russians say so, bet the Glazers own Old Trafford, Learner Villa Park and so on down the divisions. It is called business and at every business someone will be calling the shots and i very much doubt if all the money if any made at the various grounds up and down the country goes to the team, which essentially is what most supporters would prefer.
Who owned Highfield Road ? Derrick Robins built three of the stands his company Banbury Buildings went on to build a number of stands around the country, who do you think had that profit and good luck to whoever did.So lets get real about the ownership of the Ricoh Arena, there may well be a different name on the door one day but any profits will go into the pockets of the business man or men or woman.
Now there has been a shift lately and various Trust groups have moved in and own parts and maybe all of their grounds so perhaps in their cases things will change, but that will be a slow process i believe.
