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Will have to look into that, know a couple of people who work for NEC Group, I'll see what they know. Not that it really matters I guess, we're just going round in circles again.

Surely that must have expired by now. The excuse for the council rushing everything through was a hotel was needed for City of Culture. That's been and gone, as has the CWG, with seemingly zero progress. Why would Richardson get a loan for that anyway, if he wants to build a hotel and profit...

Where has this come from, I've never heard any mention of the NEC Group being offered the complex on similar terms to Wasps.

I got blocked for asking him how we were supposed to build a new ground on a site that was already having houses built on it.

The longer this goes on the worse it looks on Wasps. They were happy to try and shift the blame with the 'get someone independent in' but now that's happened and they've said the pitch is shit they've gone very quiet. We're also past the 'play a few games away' point now as well. There is zero...

Good comeback but that's not a total that should worry Phoenix. Disappointing crowd. Keep being told how popular the Hundred is and how pretty much every game is sold out but every time I turned the TV on there's banks of empty seats.

This is the worry. We seem to be struggling with reversing fixtures so surely there's a limit to how many games the EFL will allow to be called off before there's a huge problem. Its not like there's a plan and a date when the pitch will be ready.

The only way we're playing in Leicester is if we share with Tigers which would be slightly ironic. Leicester City have too much money to need rent of us and the extra work it would bring wouldn't be worth the hassle for them.

Says it all, Wasps have been very quick to run to a compliant local media in the past, if they now refuse to speak to them you have to question why. The idea we would just gift a pitch is complete nonsense, if we pay for it that money needs to come back one way or another.

If we have to move out of the city because Wasps can't provide a pitch that's safe to play on that should be the end of Wasps in Coventry, doesn't matter if they go bust or not.

Was gutted when she couldn't play last year because of covid, glad they've got her in this year

This is the sort of thing the local media should be over. Is there even a pitch available if we handed someone the cash today. Is there a surplus to requirements pitch ready to go as with the Leeds / Spurs situation. Would also like to see the local media pressing Wasps on what exactly they...

That was all published as part of the court case after the Wasps purchase wasn't it. How would any other third party who may have been interested have known? The simple fact is if you want to achieve best return you market your asset. If a second bidder had shown an interest the price...

They may have known we'd moved out but even that isn't guaranteed, that doesn't mean they knew a 250 year lease that was never marketed was available.

Why would it have to be a football club? Who would have ever said a London rugby club would be interested in buying a stadium in Coventry. Of course its not just the stadium. You may well have had someone who was interested in the other parts of the complex and then sublet the stadium bowl to...

There was never any indication it was available with anything more than the 38 years remaining on the initial lease. In fact when it was suggested that to make it a viable purchase the freehold would be needed it was ridiculed. IMO the 250 is, to all intents and purposes, not that far removed...

I can't see that being the case unless there's no other option. Starts raising integrity of the competition questions if some teams get to play us twice at home and others once.

Must be another one of those amazing coincidences

Not only that, a venue and promoter that's booked him multiple times in the past

Obviously with the huge caveat that we haven't seen the report and only have what Boddy says to go off but he claims that the specialist said that if its patched up now we'll be back in the same situation when the weather turns and Wasps start using it. That makes a new pitch the only option and...