Once again we come back to the same point. The vast majority of clubs don't have the facilities that the Ricoh has. What we need is to be on an equal footing with them. Sure it would be great to have a huge hall and conference rooms etc but how many grounds have?
I'm not suggesting they do. I'm pointing out that our nearest competitor for 365 day revenue will. The question is why would we be first choice for someone wanting to stage an event in Coventry over the Ricoh? The simple answer is we won't be. Unless we have something different to offer. Which we won't.
Talk of us putting on events and concert at a 15k stadium at the Butts while the Ricoh is on our doorstep with vastly more to offer is overstated and a red herring. You really don't have to use too much brain power to work that out. We'll never be on an equal footing with them because as you've already pointed out "The vast majority of clubs don't have the facilities that the Ricoh has" and that's the club we'll be in.
Couple that with the fact I'm pretty sure (although I'm always happy to be proven wrong) you need a license to hold an open air concert and I'm pretty sure (again I'm happy to be proven wrong) it's issued by the local council. What's our relationship like with the council?
So that leaves naming rights. As I've already proven with an actual example someone has already overstated that value. So they then throw corporate entertainment and car parking into the equation. Do we not get corporate entertainment at the Ricoh? No gain there then. What car parking is available at the Butts now let alone once the stadium capacity has grown? Not alot I believe. We do apparently get some car parking income at the Ricoh though so that could actually be a loss.
If we leave the Ricoh it has to be for financial gain for the club. We ain't going to be able to compete with our neighbours so alot of the income streams are never going to be available to us and we're going to cut our potential gate receipts in half and I think we all acknowledge that ticket sales is the largest and most important revenue to any club. Regardless of its stadium arrangements.