Good afternoon Mr FletcherI've posted this fact before but repeat it to show Coventry City Council there are solutions - they can help - BUT DO THEY WANT TO
Around 4 years ago I attended a function in Hull sitting alongside a recently elected member of the new council. She moaned about the way the previous council had helped Hull City FC - to fill the newly built stadium they allowed them RENT FREE use of the stadium then PAY THEM to rent back office space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I know City are a business and the stadium must make a profit but WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WHY CAN'T THEY HELP THE CLUB - they are part of the city's history.
True I am not a ratepayer of Coventry - but how they can just ignore the plight of CCFC is beyond me.
The money has been spent its not costing them anything now - help push through the 50% sale forget £680,000 a year and help the club back on its feet. There investment remains for the city and when success comes they can start charging again.
Coventry City Council would struggle to justify using tax payers money to invest in a loss making facility. Which is what it remains at the moment.QUOTE]
I thought that ACL's accounts showed that they were making a profit and expecting to increase it in their current trading year?
skyblueexile, serious question, for clarity, who ownes Hull City FC?
<br /> Bang on Sire! Bang on. Too many Brummie CUNTS at Cov City CouncilI dont think Coventry Council and the word help have been formally introduced.<br />
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I still point to Ipswich and their 100% council owned ground. Rent £30,000 per year.
So would you be happy if the council was to spend millions on buying the bpa so they could give it to the rugby club, then spend millions on buying the SkyDome arena so they can give it to the blaze?
Coventry City Council, which owns the site, is charging a nominal ‘peppercorn rent’.
What everyone seems to forget ,especially referring to other teams grounds /arrangements ,is the green
bit in the middle ,specifically for the use of the team,denied ACL/Council from developing the site into a different monster ,be that even more
retail ,or more pertinently dedicated to Exhibition/Concert use.For that I'm affraid our club should pay a different premium to
other clubs.
didn't the council own the land for years and leave it wasteland? if they'd wanted to so desperately to do something with it why didn't they do it then when they economy was booming and people were throwing money around?
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