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If it was at Warwick Uni would a retail park be viable? Canon Park already exists and doesn't seem to do a roaring trade apart from Tesco, surely if there's a demand for a larger store there Tesco will expand the existing Canon Park store. IMO Warwick Uni is a poor location for a big box retail...

The best thing for Les to do would be publish a full transcript of the interview. at the moment we don't know what he did ask and wasn't answered or what he pushed Joy on but couldn't get further details. You're never going to get that level of detail in an article for a paper like the...

1. Coventry City Football Club

why does the extra income have to come through the stadium side of the complex? Let's use the 400K rent figure as a benchmark, potentially every weekend in the football season has been opened up - there would be a lot of people who wouldn't have wanted to book an event for fear of clashing with...

it's hard to say what would be the best option for the stadium / ACL without digging deep into ACLs accounts and projections but I don't think it's wise for SISU or anyone else to assume that without CCFC there is a major problem ahead for the Ricoh. ACL have offered SISU rent of 400K and...

What makes you say that? Other companies work very well with ACL, people I speak to regarding the music side of things speak very highly of them, if fact they've just been nominated (alongside Wembley and Emirates) as Best Stadium Venue Teamwork in the liveuk music awards - the industry awards...

Negative for me, was hoping for more really. A business case for SISUs plans or even some bombshell against the council, with evidence of course, that would change things but it all seems a bit same old same old. Most disappointing is that there seems no chance of a return with SISU being...

This is it isn't it. If there was any sign that this was a genuine attempt to try and turn things around and leave us better I think the majority of supporters would get behind it but there just doesn't seem to be a case that this is a way forward that's going to do anything but damage.

But why do people assume the club and ground will be united, or that money made through development of the ground would find it way back to the club, this has not been stated anywhere that I know of. I'll try and make it clearer. Lets say the council hand SISU the Ricoh for nothing. SISU set up...

Of course they can't but on more than one occasion in the last couple of years I've wished I could. Being a football supporter is supposed to, at least occasionally, be an enjoyable experience but for us it just seems to be one thing after another. Every time you think it's bottomed out and...

That's all well and good but the new stadium isn't going to be in the city. Not knowing the location it may be the case there is a catchment area for that market sector but equally we may be in an area where we will struggle to attract any such business. No idea what the Sunday market makes...

correct and that would be the flip side of the argument, does the benefit of having a football team in Coventry outweigh the benifit of retaining ownership of the Ricoh. It's not a straightforward issue which is why when we only get broad comments such as build a new stadium and everything will...

Probably depends on how people are defining losing out. I see what you mean, assuming the council aren't out of pocket (ie: the loan get paid back) then if SISU were handed the Ricoh tomorrow you wouldn't see your council tax bill go up or down or anything change. I guess that some people are...

who knows but what about a scenario where SISU decide CCFC is losing money, the stadium is making money. SISU stop paying the bills for CCFC and we go into administration again, they might gamble that someone, even if only the likes of Joe and Hoff will make a bid to save the club and then they...

I would query how much the investors actually know. Can you imagine anyone looking at this mess and the millions that have supposedly been invested by SISU with no return and think things are going well and be happy with the use of their money?

Think you're misunderstanding me, I'm not saying that we get money now for those things. I'm saying those currently using the Ricoh aren't likely to walk away and relocate to our new out of town stadium so we won't see increased income from those type of events in the scenario where we own the...

would the club and stadium be under single ownership? I've not seen that stated anywhere and that's part of my problem with the new ground scheme. SISU could create a new company which charges CCFC rent and retains matchday revenues, exactly the same situation as we're in with ACL. They could...

In theory there's 2 potential ways taxpayers could lose out. Let's say the Ricoh is worth £40 and after paying off ACL to buy out the lease (possibly cancelled out with the loan) to be able to hand it all over to a third party at market rate the council would end up with £25m profit (no idea on...

but equally if that was the idea better to stay at the Ricoh. Even at £1.2m a year rent with PL ticket prices and crowds they'd be able to walk away with a profit. And of course don't forget that to accommodate 30K crowds would require more money to be spent on this new stadium, we don't know...

the point would be if we're going to end up in exactly the same situation why not just stay at the Ricoh? moving away, losing fans and causing all the associated grief there has been is pointless from the clubs perspective if we end up in a new ground we don't own. If there's a clear business...