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State aid wouldn't cover the sale of ACL to Wasps would it? Not sure where that would come in until the sale had been shown to be undervalue? Would have thought the more relevant area would be the councils responsibility to achieve best value under section 123 of the 1972 Local Government Act...

That's interesting. On what basis would you lodge a complaint with the European parliment over the sell of a CCC asset to a private company? Might be worth pursuing. Certainly asking CCC for any information draws a blank.

Happy days! Couldn't they have just popped into Tesco and got a new one?

Will be interesting to see how this plays out. There's a big difference between selling out 3 games featuring different teams to shifting 80K tickets for the same team every week. Especially if that team isn't one of the better performing. Remember the World League? That launched in a blaze of...

Should be a decent atmosphere. Shame we can't get the away fans moved closer.

Worse than that, CCC sold 50% of ACL for £2.77m, that 50% is now valued at £24.25m, that's a 775% increase in the space of 6 months!

No that's not what I'm saying at all. I am saying that at some point in the next 250 years there is a slight possibility that another stadium may become available to Wasps. If it does they may decide that is a better option and move again. Not sure why you've fixated on one possibility of a new...

Of course no one will bid that but I would doubt even SISU are expecting to get that back. That's not really how takeovers work is it? Did SISU pay back every penny of debt to the likes of Robinson when they took over the club? I would imagine should Wasps fail then the stadium, or at least...

I'm not sure if you're just playing dumb or genuinely don't understand. The Ricoh wasn't build to be left empty until Wasps turned up was it? But situations change and that's what ended up happening. What you are asserting is that over the 250 year term on the Ricoh there is zero chance of a...

I can't belive a single Coventry taxpayer would not want this investigated. We're not tallking about a small difference we're talking about 10s of millions at a time when local services are being cut. Either the council have failed the taxpayers or Wasps are supplying false information, which...

You think SISU are going to be here forever? You think at some point in the 250 years of the Ricoh lease we won't be taken over by someone else?

Why? If Wasps fail, and either cease to exist or move elsewhere, there will be an empty stadium in Coventry. Would that not be a good position for the football and whoever its owner at the time is to find themselves in?

You really think no Wasps fans were against the move? Did you even look at their forum when they move was announced (and before they started banning anyone who objected). Plenty of people saying they would never go again. Of course if Wasps were to release figures showing us that 100% of season...

I'm not clutching. You have claimed in this thread there is zero possibility of Wasps not honouring their agreement to play in the city which lasts for 250 years. You validated this point by stating no public money was being spent on stadiums yet I've shown you several, in cities it was...

Obviously the more the better but I'll be happy if we can keep the number of home fans increasing. Even if the increase is a lot slower than I'd like.

Can't answer for Zack but IMHO all options need to be explored fully. We need to see how various options stack up against each other in the short, medium and long term. Than an educated decision can be made as to the best course of action, even if it is something we can not immediately pursue...

East Dumbartonshire Council are currently in the planning stages for a new stadium in Glasgow. South Lanarkshire Council is also looking to build on in East Kilbride. SFA's contact at Hampden Park expires in 2020 and there has been rumours they aren't going to renew. It's also not beyond the...

So if a team being in the stadium is what adds money surely the sale price to us should have been as low as the price to Wasps? Why do different rules apply to them? CCFC should have been the only option unless CRFC wanted to play there, or something like Nuneaton getting promoted and needing a...

Exactly, they purchased for under £6m then straight away had it valued at £48.5m in their prospectus. Either it was sold massively under value or the figure in the prospectus was greatly inflated. Love this bit of the prospectus:

I don't know if there is or isn't one right now. It seems Wasps had other options which would have allowed them to stay in their area so clearly aren't bothered about the fans or how long they have been established in an area if there is financial reward for them, or for the owner personally, by...