Mary_Mungo_Midge
Well-Known Member
.... anything, and mean anything, pertaining to the new stadium?
An artist's impression? A plan? Drawings readied for planning approval/consultation?
I'd like to know of proposed sites; but understand I don't have a chance in hell.
But the above; well, they must exist, shouldn't they? To cost the stadium, if nothing else. Talking of which, how about plans for the cost of building/funding?
Again, the above must exist, so that the business case for moving can be assessed.
You see; without any of the above, my belief is that there are no real plans to build anew, and that this is an exercise to apply a coup de grâce to ACL, with a view to securing the Arena at lower than market rates; be that ACL's 40-odd years on the lease, or the freehold.
Moreover, I don't think the above - even if it transpired - would be to the good of Coventry City Football Club. I simply believe it would be to enrich SISU's coffers to mitigate the financial disaster the CCFC project has been. The Arena would be quickly packaged with the football club, and sold on, with the 'added value' routed to the Cayman Islands rather than Ryton. To show 'some return' to investors. As such, I do not believe such actions would at all be in the best interests of the football club whatsoever.
However, I do believe that the move to Northampton Town carries significant risks. Crowds will be negligible. The incomes we are told are crucial to the long-term future of the club - sponsorship and F&B's - have been negotiated away; again. David Cardoza has told the BBC that: 'we are liable for absolutely nothing extra whatsoever. All the additional costs lie with Coventry and we will be sharing some of their revenue stream'.
The low crowds and no income would mean that expenditure, in accordance with FFP, after this coming season; would be among the lowest in the league. What chance, therefore, relegation? If twice over a three to five year term, that's conference football; with a disenfranchised fan base.
I'm wanting to believe that this isn't all a game of bluff; with the football club being used like a cheap pack of cards. However, the narrative - either commercially or politically - doesn't compute.
Please produce something, and not evasive rhetoric, that shows me and others that there's some substance and a coherent strategy behind what appears unfathomable logic
An artist's impression? A plan? Drawings readied for planning approval/consultation?
I'd like to know of proposed sites; but understand I don't have a chance in hell.
But the above; well, they must exist, shouldn't they? To cost the stadium, if nothing else. Talking of which, how about plans for the cost of building/funding?
Again, the above must exist, so that the business case for moving can be assessed.
You see; without any of the above, my belief is that there are no real plans to build anew, and that this is an exercise to apply a coup de grâce to ACL, with a view to securing the Arena at lower than market rates; be that ACL's 40-odd years on the lease, or the freehold.
Moreover, I don't think the above - even if it transpired - would be to the good of Coventry City Football Club. I simply believe it would be to enrich SISU's coffers to mitigate the financial disaster the CCFC project has been. The Arena would be quickly packaged with the football club, and sold on, with the 'added value' routed to the Cayman Islands rather than Ryton. To show 'some return' to investors. As such, I do not believe such actions would at all be in the best interests of the football club whatsoever.
However, I do believe that the move to Northampton Town carries significant risks. Crowds will be negligible. The incomes we are told are crucial to the long-term future of the club - sponsorship and F&B's - have been negotiated away; again. David Cardoza has told the BBC that: 'we are liable for absolutely nothing extra whatsoever. All the additional costs lie with Coventry and we will be sharing some of their revenue stream'.
The low crowds and no income would mean that expenditure, in accordance with FFP, after this coming season; would be among the lowest in the league. What chance, therefore, relegation? If twice over a three to five year term, that's conference football; with a disenfranchised fan base.
I'm wanting to believe that this isn't all a game of bluff; with the football club being used like a cheap pack of cards. However, the narrative - either commercially or politically - doesn't compute.
Please produce something, and not evasive rhetoric, that shows me and others that there's some substance and a coherent strategy behind what appears unfathomable logic
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