Out of interest what did the land cost for Brentford’s new stadium. You can see it at the end of the M4 on your right when you go into London. Looks like a piece of prime real estate. Affluent up and coming area, surrounded by swanky office blocks and top end car dealerships. Not sure if the £70M you’re quoting includes the cost of acquiring land or is pure construction costs but if the former I would think land purchase is a significant percentage of £70M.
Hmmm. Only if you head towards Ealing! I'll grant you I haven't been there for a while, but affluent was certainly pushing the envelope!
Anyway, wrt CCFC and a stadium, what is unreasonable about the workings given out here? I'd like to know, just for my own judgement. Isn't this just coming up with a ballpark average? What I see, really, is an opening up for discussion on a new stadium.
Now, in that spirit, I always get annoyed when football clubs boil down to finances. Personally I think for reasons of identity, easy brand values, and a sense of place, a stadium of our opwn is an absolute must.
if, however, SISU are determined to pursue Plan A, it's not entirely unreasonable to ask them for something more than 'we're going to build a new stadium' is it? Just a *little* meat on the bones would be nice!
And funding is a very real consideration. If I'm not to take at face value Hoffman's 'we've got the funds, honest' takeover approach, it also applies for SISU and a stadium, in my view.
