Why does it need to be 20k+? How many times have we broken that barrier this season? Or last? Other than the odd game here and there the 12k is close to the right figure. We're about to be a Division 4 club. 15k is the figure I think ideal for now, so there is scope for a few bigger crowds, but the key thing for me is not the starting capacity, but that the stadium is expandable for the future.
Talk to Jon Sharp about it. He said 12k max. It is up to him not us.Why does it need to be 20k+? How many times have we broken that barrier this season? Or last? Other than the odd game here and there the 12k is close to the right figure. We're about to be a Division 4 club. 15k is the figure I think ideal for now, so there is scope for a few bigger crowds, but the key thing for me is not the starting capacity, but that the stadium is expandable for the future.
Absolutely ! In my opinion this will never happen. Any plans to accept a stadium holding only 12,000 without being able to increase to 25,000 would show a serious lack of ambition by SISU. Anyway, I do not believe this will ever happen and my opinion it's just another ploy to delay and further delay future plans.
If Wasps (spit) are serious about wanting the club to remain at the Ricoh, they to should put up proposals or shut up.
Why does it need to be 20k+? How many times have we broken that barrier this season? Or last? Other than the odd game here and there the 12k is close to the right figure. We're about to be a Division 4 club. 15k is the figure I think ideal for now, so there is scope for a few bigger crowds, but the key thing for me is not the starting capacity, but that the stadium is expandable for the future.
Case being built for franchising the club to a location on the edge of Birmingham?A 12k stadium at Butts would be ideal for next season. We will be in Division 4. But it wouldn't be ready that quickly even if everything was in place. We are now seeing an improvement in our team. So if the right players are brought in before next season we could easily get promotion. That would mean that it wouldn't be big enough when we would want to move in as the Ricoh deal ends.
But what is the point of discussing it happening when it won't?
1, Would SISU invest millions on something that they won't own?
2, Fishers Sky Sports interview showed us that his mediation request isn't as simple as that. It looks like he has given a list of what he wants and has left it to everyone else to attend any mediation meetings.
3, Those who had a go at anyone not seeing how mediation would work have now gone quiet on the subject as they have seen Fisher dash all hope.
I am very cynical about Fisher doing what is best for our club. And each time he opens his mouth he reminds me why. It wouldn't surprise me if part of the actively supporting any Butts development would include financially. It could even be the same for a Ryton replacement. And if it doesn't happen it is time to speak to the FL on leaving Coventry again.
I quite like Doncaster and that's only 15k - I'd rather be in that and have it full and rocking than a half empty Ricoh, but we have aspirations for higher and realistically 24k at HR was rarely sold out unless Villa, Liverpool or Utd were in town. I think 20k would be perfect.
I quite like Doncaster and that's only 15k - I'd rather be in that and have it full and rocking than a half empty Ricoh, but we have aspirations for higher and realistically 24k at HR was rarely sold out unless Villa, Liverpool or Utd were in town. I think 20k would be perfect.
Of course it's put up or shut up time should of happened weeks ago. Apart from the rugger club and ccfc needing to talk there's a third party to consider too and that's the retirement village this isn't an elderly nursing home it's what it says and the people living there having spent thousands to do so are very active and have all sorts of committees on various things, they also have a strong residential committee and I have been well informed have no intention of standing back and allowing this sharing with ccfc to happen without one hell of a fight. I know they have so far kept their powder dry and intend to until the shit hits the fan. This pie in the sky BPA Fisher idea will take months if not years to happen if it ever will.
So spending a fortune on a ground that would be half full at best, would probably ensure we would never, then, be in a position to have the success to fill it.It's not about what we "like". It's about the long term financial security of the club.
That would indeed be a concern. Take it when we're back in the top flight, the retirement village wouldn't fancy selling up to allow for expansion?I was told at the weekend that the retirement village are going to build some more facilities on the site, the options for expansion are getting smaller all the time.
I was told at the weekend that the retirement village are going to build some more facilities on the site, the options for expansion are getting smaller all the time.
So spending a fortune on a ground that would be half full at best, would probably ensure we would never, then, be in a position to have the success to fill it.
One could argue that going for a mahoosive ground above all else would be going for what you 'liked' rather than how to grow the club and, more importantly, how to bring it back to the community.
I'd much rather a smallish stadium with a modular design so it can be upgraded. Why built 25k on the hope we get back to the premier league one day and have it half empty?
Keep it at 15k or so, then if we get promoted have an easy upgrade.
My understanding is the expansion is on the site of the old college car park so shouldn't directly affect the butts.
We aren't big enough for a 32k stadium at the moment and when we are there's a 32k stadium lying around.
My only worry would be leaving CRFC with the same problem we've currently got with a stadium too big to afford. I'd think we could go as low as 18k before a move back to the Ricoh, less than 15k and we'd sell out every game if we got close to promotion. Bobble about mid to lower table in L2 and you won't need much more than the current Butts to hold us.
It all really depends on where we plan on being for the next 3-5 years.
Let's build a prefab!! Something that can be dismantled quickly as if it never happened! Or erected somewhere else quickly if a plot of land is found!!Why does it need to be 20k+? How many times have we broken that barrier this season? Or last? Other than the odd game here and there the 12k is close to the right figure. We're about to be a Division 4 club. 15k is the figure I think ideal for now, so there is scope for a few bigger crowds, but the key thing for me is not the starting capacity, but that the stadium is expandable for the future.
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