So the real Poll (22 Viewers)

[Grendel]

Is there a will to own our stadium? Should this be our focus or do we stay tenants of a nomadic Rugby Club?

 

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[Kingokings204]

I said no. Because after away allocation probably get 10k Cov fans maximum. 15k stadium simply isn't big enough G.

Highfield road was 23k. It's a step backwards. I don't want to rent of wasps either but at a low 100k rent as it stands it's surely better even if the rent was doubled.

As OSB said we can earn more but then there are more costs and for the sake of a 15k stadium it's not worth it for me. 25k stadium and I'm in.

 

[tisza]

yes but i'm not convinced part ownership of another stadium is the way to go.
we are supposed to have investors lined up for a new stadium if the right site is available. if we're to have a new home then let it be ours alone.

 

[chiefdave]

I said no. Because after away allocation probably get 10k Cov fans maximum. 15k stadium simply isn't big enough

Away allocation can be as low as 10% so you'd be looking at 13,500 home in a 15K stadium. Certainly enough for us at present. If the capacity was increased to 25K the home allocation would only be 3,500 lower than the Ricoh.

 

[chiefdave]

if we're to have a new home then let it be ours alone.

Given CCC have said there is no possibility of a new stadium within the city boundary are you happy for the club to move outside the city?

 

[ccfcway]

IIt's a step backwards.

a league one club, who is in a lot of debt to the owners, doesn't own a ground and hasn't been top 6 since before I was born.

Sometimes you need to step back to go fwd

 

[torchomatic]

Absolutely, yes.

 

[WestEndAgro]

It's a yes from me.

 

[Super Graham Withey]

I would love our focus to be on developing a new stadium but until SISU go this will never be the case.

 

[Grendel]

I would love our focus to be on developing a new stadium but until SISU go this will never be the case.

Anyone who calls himself "Super Graham Withey" deserves nothing but ridicule

 

[ccfcway]

Anyone who calls himself "Super Graham Withey" deserves nothing but ridicule

if his name was just Graham you would have had a go

 

[Grendel]

if his name was just Graham you would have had a go

I assume the irony of his username is lost on you

 

[shy_tall_knight]

Voted yes only if it is at the Butts and is built with the possibility of expansion.

 

[Otis]

I can't answer the question until I know if the ground is expandable and to what degree.

Absolutely no point moving to a new stadium if we then find out it cannot be developed further down the line (i.e. the area and transport system and roads might be able to cope with 15,000 fans in the vicinity, but not 25,000, leaving any application for expansion blocked and gathering dust on a shelf somwhere).

We have to think long term future and not just the immediate and to spend millions and millions of pounds on something that may not be fit for purpose 5, 10 or 15 years down the line would end up a fruitless exercise.

Leicester have had success and are now talking in terms of expanding the stadium to increase capacity from 32,000 to 40,000. We don't necessarily need that, but we need to expand if we have success and that has to be of course what we are striving for.

We are successful, 15,000 is nowhere near enough.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Absolutely it has to be pursued, if nothing else to box SISU into a corner, if nothing else to show our local authority there is a desire for our football club to have its stadium within the city, and provision needs to be made for that.

 

[ccfcway]

I assume the irony of his username is lost on you

nope

 

[ccfcway]

We have to think long term future and not just the immediate

we might not have a long term future if we don't do something

 

[Brylowes]

yes but i'm not convinced part ownership of another stadium is the way to go.
we are supposed to have investors lined up for a new stadium if the right site is available. if we're to have a new home then let it be ours alone.

It won't be ours

 

[torchomatic]

It won't be ours

And the Ricoh is?

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[Grendel]

It won't be ours

What the Ricoh? I agree - if you value ground ownership vote to leave

 

[Brylowes]

And the Ricoh is?

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No, out of frying pan and into the fire, but saddled with millions more dept.

 

[italiahorse]

It's not the start capacity its the end capacity that matters.

 

[torchomatic]

It's not the start capacity its the end capacity that matters.

And lack of mental capacity.

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[Brylowes]

And lack of mental capacity.

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Like I said last night the group gang together, and ridicule insult and snigger at other posters
Does it get windy up there.

 

[italiahorse]

No, out of frying pan and into the fire, but saddled with millions more dept.

Spot on.

How much rent will Sisu charge us ? Is it better than staying at the Ricoh with the £100K rent ?
What percentage of the additional incomes will we get ? Will they be less than at the Ricoh in real terms because we now have to purchase those incomes ?
What additional incomes will there be in 4 small stands crammed into the Butts ?
No car parking incomes then ?

Or perhaps, it doesn't matter as long as we leave the Ricoh ?
That will show those nasty Wasps and CCC ?

 

[italiahorse]

And lack of mental capacity.

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The OP ?

 

[Otis]

Like I said last night the group gang together, and ridicule insult and snigger at other posters
Does it get windy up there.

Do you mean windy? Or do you mean windy?

 

[Grendel]

The OP ?

Majority agree - lets see how it pans out at the end after a few days and see who has the sensible view

 

[Otis]

Spot on.

How much rent will Sisu charge us ? Is it better than staying at the Ricoh with the £100K rent ?
What percentage of the additional incomes will we get ? Will they be less than at the Ricoh because we now have to purchase those incomes ?
What additional incomes will there be in 4 small stands crammed into the Butts ?
No car parking incomes then ?

Or perhaps, it doesn't matter as long as we leave the Ricoh ?
That will show those nasty Wasps and CCC ?

Well no car park incomes, little in terms of indoor event incomes, weddings, venue hire, conferences, conventions, exhibitions etc. Going to be so little space and before we have even started the talk is of 'squeezing' a stadium in.

 

[Grendel]

Well no car park incomes, little in terms of indoor event incomes, weddings, venue hire, conferences, conventions, exhibitions etc. Going to be so little space and before we have even started the talk is of 'squeezing' a stadium in.

So given Wasps will not negotiate you would rather what? Extinction?

 

[Brylowes]

Do you mean windy? Or do you mean windy?

I mean windy not windy , tut thought that was obvious.

 

[italiahorse]

Well no car park incomes, little in terms of indoor event incomes, weddings, venue hire, conferences, conventions, exhibitions etc. Going to be so little space and before we have even started the talk is of 'squeezing' a stadium in.

So many questions before we buy into it ?

 

[The Reverend Skyblue]

It's a mighty big yes from me. Let's get out of the Ricoh as soon as we can and start building foundations for a properous future as we have no future what so ever at the wasps nest

 

[torchomatic]

So given Wasps will not negotiate you would rather what? Extinction?

If we stay where we are then we'll be able to choose a yellow seat or a black seat. And don't forget all those lovely empty seats we have at the Ricoh. We desperately need those empty seats, you know.

It's all about capacity.

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[torchomatic]

It's a mighty big yes from me. Let's get out of the Ricoh as soon as we can and start building foundations for a properous future as we have no future what so ever at the wasps nest

Absolutely.

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