A sobering reminder G-G.... I wonder what the "other" revenue stream forecast was prior to build?
very interesting that the rugby club sees the stadium as a viable prospect on crowds of less than 1K as they make enough from corporate functions. Would seem to support ACLs argument that they can survive without the size crowds CCFC attracted.
I wonder if at some point there will be a push from the council to move the rugby club to the Ricoh? Don't the council own the Butts Arena, wonder how much that would be worth for redevelopment given it's location. The longer we stay away the greater the chance this sort of seemingly unlikely option might be given some serious consideration.
Do you think SISU would entertain that idea without first securing the freehold?
and we;re told the council don't sell freeholds!........
Another situation like ours that completed stumped me is why the board at the time thought moving to a new stadium quadruple the size was a good idea! I miss Highfield road more than any player we have had.
Another situation like ours that completed stumped me is why the board at the time thought moving to a new stadium quadruple the size was a good idea! I miss Highfield road more than any player we have had.
Reynolds was brought up in the slums of Sunderland and in his early life became involved in crime. His first conviction was for stealing cigarettes, which he traded for food for his family.[2] Another conviction in the 1960s saw him sent to jail for six months smuggling watches.[3] In 1964 he was jailed for four years for safe-cracking, handling explosives, burglary and theft. He was jailed in 1970 for burglary and again in 1976 for theft.[4]
He was arrested on suspicion of money laundering in June 2004 after being stopped with £500,000 of cash in the boot of his car.[10] He later pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion and was sentenced to three years imprisonment in October 2005. Other charges which he denied, including money laundering, were left on file.[11] Reynolds was released on 6 December 2006 but was electronically tagged and subject to a curfew.[12] He was returned to prison for 2 weeks in April 2007 breaching the terms of his curfew.[
The irony was that we moved to compete financially!!
very interesting that the rugby club sees the stadium as a viable prospect on crowds of less than 1K as they make enough from corporate functions. Would seem to support ACLs argument that they can survive without the size crowds CCFC attracted.
I wonder if at some point there will be a push from the council to move the rugby club to the Ricoh? Don't the council own the Butts Arena, wonder how much that would be worth for redevelopment given it's location. The longer we stay away the greater the chance this sort of seemingly unlikely option might be given some serious consideration.
The Rugby club is fine and rebuilding and happy where they are, they won't move to the Ricoh. City will be back at the Ricoh but it could take some time..............a long time.
Personally, I don't miss Highfield Road one little bit and I had been going up there from the late 60's til its demise.
I think the Ricoh is so much better and I find I don't reminisce much at all about HR cos it changed so many times in all the years I was watching (Spion Kop to all seater, to new stands etc.)
It changed several times and on a number of occasions it felt like a new ground. Plus the atmosphere was pretty shit too most of the time.
Yeah I understand your point of view. I miss the originality of HR though. The history built up there. I know things aren't simple and t was within tight housing but for me, I would have loved seeing HR being expanded etc. The Ricoh is obviously newer, spanking facilities but its just a bowl like every other new ground built really.
Yeah I understand your point of view. I miss the originality of HR though. The history built up there. I know things aren't simple and t was within tight housing but for me, I would have loved seeing HR being expanded etc. The Ricoh is obviously newer, spanking facilities but its just a bowl like every other new ground built really.
One thing I've not seen discussed about the released drawings for the new stadium design is the emphasis put on trying to create atmosphere - keeping the seating close to the pitch, enclosing the roof to the pitch, reducing distance to furthest seats at corners, modular design keeping capacity lower until we need more.
I don't think you could wish for any other measures to give "atmosphere".
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