Stadium update (20 Viewers)

[robbiethemole]

Sitting in a carpark until 5-30 on Saturday really fucks up the feel good factor for sure

 

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[mrfr]

Sitting in a carpark until 5-30 on Saturday really fucks up the feel good factor for sure

Walk then you lazy twat.

 

[Sick Boy]

Sitting in a carpark until 5-30 on Saturday really fucks up the feel good factor for sure

Find a time when there’s a bit more action going on next time.

 

[Lamps]

Sitting in a carpark until 5-30 on Saturday really fucks up the feel good factor for sure

Especially if it was a 12:00 kickoff

 

[Captain Dart]

Smooth egress from the stadium is the biggest problem with the design, all these discussions about improving capacity fall at that hurdle it exacerbates the existing safety issues. Still if you design a stadium with most of the car parking space on the other side of a main road that over half the crowd wants to cross and run the pedestrian exit for the rest underneath a railway line what do you expect?

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Hope Dougs stays for the foreseeable, this talk of flipping it now the club and stadium are entwined i think is rubbish. He seems to be doing the job slowly but surely and enjoys it.. Not sure how much money he has or if there are silent investors in the background too.

 

[TomRad85]

Hope Dougs stays for the foreseeable, this talk of flipping it now the club and stadium are entwined i think is rubbish. He seems to be doing the job slowly but surely and enjoys it.. Not sure how much money he has or if there are silent investors in the background too.

It certainly feels like Doug might have more money than reported. Either that or he just loves it so is happy pumping it in regardless.

 

[Captain Dart]

Hope Dougs stays for the foreseeable, this talk of flipping it now the club and stadium are entwined i think is rubbish. He seems to be doing the job slowly but surely and enjoys it.. Not sure how much money he has or if there are silent investors in the background too.

Last time I looked he was worth £400m.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Get cov rugby into the arena. Mutual sale of the butts for apartments.

Spend it all on a CB.

 

[Gint11]

Last time I looked he was worth £400m.

I think it makes sense that he’s managed to do this for two reasons. One, he’s a fan of the club and will always be the one who made it happen, hero status.
And two, he’s made the club far more valuable and saleable now it’s all in one. Remember when all we were worth was a golden share?

I don’t think he will sell while we are knocking on the Prem door because he will make a helluva lot more if we go up but if we don’t go up over the next few years, then I think he’ll sell.

 

[robbiethemole]

Walk then you lazy twat.

Not lazy, disabled! Drive from Leicester to Rugby to pick up family then to Bedworth for a mate then to the ground, so fuck you.

 

[Gibbo]

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23 was for 6 months but my read is heading in the right direction, losses halved admin costs roughly flat. What I can't spot is where they are putting in investment in to the arena as they don't seem to split capex out so I wonder if that is being included in administrative expenses which I think would be surprising. Accounts here

I know nothing about high finance but it strikes me DK's investment in the ground gets a return when he sells the business whenever. It's immediate impact on the player budget (the one that really matters to us) may be pretty small or even zero. It might however make us more attractive to an American or far eastern party, the probable eventual target buyer.

And plenty of smart businessmen have failed at running football clubs so DK's exemplary track record so far is no insurance.

I have always been ambivalent about owning or not owning the ground. Always thought there were more important fish to fry. However I note with interest that DK pragmatically and rightly has agreed to take a long lease not the freehold that SISU apparently insisted on.

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[Flying Fokker]

Get cov rugby into the arena. Mutual sale of the butts for apartments.

Spend it all on a CB.

Erm, no. The pitch will be horrendous. No tenants thank you.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Erm, no. The pitch will be horrendous. No tenants thank you.

No more egg chasers on our pitch please.

 

[Para1140]

Get cov rugby into the arena. Mutual sale of the butts for apartments.

Spend it all on a CB.

Only if they agree to wear slippers when on the pitch

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Tthink the Buts is owned by the council, not the Rugger club.

 

[Speedie's Head]

No more egg chasers on our pitch please.

We've got enough bad haircuts of our own without any of those!

 

[SkyB]

Think a fan park of some description would be best. Even add in an away fans zone as well to give them something near the ground.

 

[Speedie's Head]

Half of the build fee was made of land reclamation really, something like 60M.

Richardson has said it all should have been doable with that money.

 

[Speedie's Head]

Think a fan park of some description would be best. Even add in an away fans zone as well to give them something near the ground.

They'll need to invest so that the site raises money on non-matchdays. Multi and regular use is the thing or you don't make much of a hole in million pound losses.

 

[ricohroar]

Sitting in a carpark until 5-30 on Saturday really fucks up the feel good factor for sure

I park from free live in Finham and home and watching TV by 5:30......

 

[fatso]

Not lazy, disabled! Drive from Leicester to Rugby to pick up family then to Bedworth for a mate then to the ground, so fuck you.

Are you disabled because you come from Leicester?

 

[biggymania]

Are you disabled because you come from Leicester?

You are most definitely a well known member.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Erm, no. The pitch will be horrendous. No tenants thank you.

You’re just scared by wasps. Bristol City share with Bristol Bears and it’s always pristine.

You just need to actually take care of it and not do the bare minimum.

 

[fatso]

You are most definitely a well known member.

What????

Why dont you fuck off and go get offended by the time of day you tit.

Im busy having banta with someone from Leicester, in case you hadn't noticed.

 

[usskyblue]

What????

Why dont you fuck off and go get offended by the time of day you tit.

You seem offended m8

 

[fatso]

You seem offended m8

He's butting in on my banta, cheeky fucker.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Walk then you lazy twat.

According to Google Maps that would take just over 17 hours, so probably a bit unrealistic.

 

[robbiethemole]

Are you disabled because you come from Leicester?

Nope. I was born and bred in Rugby and moved into Leicestershire cos it was cheaper here (like everything Lesta), and I definitely don't have 6 fingers or sex with my own family ( apart from my wife )

 

[Kneeza]

Nope. I was born and bred in Rugby and moved into Leicestershire cos it was cheaper here (like everything Lesta), and I definitely don't have 6 fingers or sex with my own family ( apart from my wife )

All much the same here, except the bit about sex with wife

 

[Kneeza]

Tthink the Buts is owned by the council, not the Rugger club.

In much the same way the CBS is.
The above ground stuff is owned by CRFC. The lease, by the council.

 

[robbiethemole]

All much the same here, except the bit about sex with wife

whereabouts are you?

 

[Kneeza]

Get cov rugby into the arena. Mutual sale of the butts for apartments.

Spend it all on a CB.

No mate. You wouldn't be able to play after we put in the 3G pitch. Don't think you'd want be our tenants either

 

[Kneeza]

whereabouts are you?

Now, Hinckley. Was in Sharnford from '83 to 2004.
Wasn't actually born in the town either, but at Rugby St Mary's Maternity, Harborough Magna.

 

[The CableGuy]

They'll need to invest so that the site raises money on non-matchdays. Multi and regular use is the thing or you don't make much of a hole in million pound losses.

Hence me talking about building flats on there. Regular income.

......shows how far this club has come when we can talk about stuff like this.