italiahorse
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Its not a Premiership stadium and that's where I want to be.
If you want a stadium placed between Currys and ASDA on an industrial estate in Rugby then good luck but it's not for me.
Yep, looking through historic averages, that's about right for CCFC.
They were mad enough to take us out if Cov, make no mistake, they are mad enough to build this.
16,000 is more than sufficient for the vast majority of games. If their were any sell - outs they could increase ticket prices to match revenues. 20,000 is historically too big.
Its not a Premiership stadium and that's where I want to be.
If you want a stadium placed between Currys and ASDA on an industrial estate in Rugby then good luck but it's not for me.
What would you say?
Its not a Premiership stadium and that's where I want to be.
If you want a stadium placed between Currys and ASDA on an industrial estate in Rugby then good luck but it's not for me.
Personally I wouldn't mind a stadium in hillfields in-between some houses!
Well, what's the Ricoh then? Next to a big Tescos. All new stadiums are the same like new build housing estates.
Short term income but in the long term equals a 50% downturn in business as people now have 2 places to go.
I would probably talk to the main tenant to see why they wanted to move out and build their own and if there was anything I could do to work with them to see if there was a way we could both make a bit of money out of it.
It's 12,000 !!
To be honest every time SISU talk about this new ground it seems like we've gone backwards and is less likley to happen. We're now being presented with the Ricoh as plan B when before it was stated the club had moved on.
As ever actions speak louder than words and this is where SISU seem to struggle. Either make an offer for the Ricoh or get on with building the new ground. Pretty sure everyone is totally bored of talking about hedge funds and politics now.
16,000 is more than sufficient for the vast majority of games. If their were any sell - outs they could increase ticket prices to match revenues. 20,000 is historically too big.
Did I hear that some members of this group want to sit in the Boardroom with Timmy?
Its not a Premiership stadium and that's where I want to be.
If you want a stadium placed between Currys and ASDA on an industrial estate in Rugby then good luck but it's not for me.
Did I hear that some members of this group want to sit in the Boardroom with Timmy?
It seems to me that SISU are really scraping the bottom of the barrell to get their message over if they have turned to the SCG.
I have said all along the relationship between SISU and the majority of fans has been broken beyond repair. Nothing they will do in the furture will repair it, if they build a new 12-15-18 000 seater stadium the majority still would not go it , most weeks it will be half full at best.
I am not speaking personally but the hate for SISU and their mouthpiece Fisher is irreparable, impossible to rectify or repair. This new stadium will stand underused and bringing in a paltry revenue. How will they ever sell a 12-15-18000 stadium that is not wanted or used or even liked by the large majority of the followers of the club (whatever size it is is immaterial in my opinion, it could be the size and class of the San Siro, it won't be used to its full potential ever ) .
The stadium will be seen by the many as a monument to the greed and evil of a London based hedge fund who took there much loved club to another town/county in a game of cat and mouse to try and break a local company to agree to its own terms to make a lot of money on the cheap. The relationship has gone and never will be fixed , and that new stadium will always be seen as a SISU stadium, whoever they try to sell it too, and will never be used to its full or even part potential. People have long memories and will never forgive what SISU did to their club by taking it away from its home city.
As I say I am speaking generally and not from my own point of view, I want us back at the Ricoh asap with some chance of being sustainable, but I know too many people who have above all this mess, a real and deep hatred for all that is SISU ,whether we agree with them or we don't. It is what this new stadium will always stand for in the majority of memories of the followers of CCFC
I think most would go back if it was in Coventry apart from the Hardcore SISU OUT group, they would be attending functions at the Ricoh instead.
I wouldn't set foot in sisu's cheap and tacky arena shithole. If the club moves out of the city boundaries then it isnt ccfc anymore. It isn't in Coventry so it isn't representing the city.
I accept your opinion but from the people i've spoke to over the past 2 - 3 months i don't think you speak for as many as you think you do. Even some of the most ardent anti-SISU supporters i have spoken to have said that they would back a new ground if it was in the right place. Some have even said if SISU announced a site, plans for the ground, etc then they would go to sixfields.
So i'm not convinced by your argument. I agree that there is some serious damage done to the relationship of SISU and the fans - me included - and that in some cases it may be irreparable. But i also think that there are a lot of fans who are desperate to justify attending sixfields. Fair play to them for standing by their principles whilst nothing concrete exists, but if it ever does, i would predict a rise in attendances in Northampton.
They didn't say it was 9 miles - i asked what reassurances we could have on maximum distance from city centre and Tim said it had to be within 8 miles of Earl Street. So anywhere outside the CCC boundaries but within 8 miles.
Someone with a better sense of geography than me can work out where that leaves us.
turning up at random Indian weddings in the eon suite lol
What do you get in terms of multi purpose with a 20million budget ?
Be careful what you wish for. Acl won't wait forever. As lucas said last night,they'll give sisu until the end of the year then they'll move on.
What about if it's all bollocks from sisu about a new ground and in the meantime the playing arena at the Ricoh is being redeveloped for another use?
The council boundaries don't state the council lines, common sense should be used.
thats the worry,im wishing for resolution and nothing else
but if it all goes tits up i wont be blaming only 1 side.
I want to get us back at the Ricoh asap ,if that's under SISU so be it. There is a fantastic venue stood there doing bugger all, and a deal should, and could ,be done to get ownership for SISU if they meet the fair price.I pray it happens and happens soon as come new year I feel any chance will be over for good
Any stadium that is built even further away form the centre of Cov than the Ricoh is will inconvenience fans and cost more to travel to. Highfield road was an ideal location for Coventry based fans as many could walk to the ground or were a minimum of a 1 bus ride away. Ricoh less could walk top it but there were far more parking spaces. Moving the ground to Baginton - which I think is the only feasible site will massively inconvenience those fans in North Coventry and North Warwickshire not sure it will necessarily grow our fan base in South Warwickshire and South Coventry.
Even if they get it built in 3 years time what state will the club's fanbase be by then ?.
Well that's one thing i'll always agree with you on - the Ricoh will always be my first choice. A stadium outside the city (but within 8 miles of Earl Street) is a very very reluctant compromise.
So if its a £20M stadium and as previously said it will be modeled on Rotherhams (£20M) that tells us what we are getting.
A 12,000 seater with options later to go to 16,000 and finally 20,000.
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