Ricoh Arena Misses Out (2 Viewers)
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Mucca Mad Boys
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Bad for the City of Coventry, but maybe good for CCFC.
I was looking forward to watching 2015 RWC in Coventry, oh well, I was planning to watch England and get local tickets anyway.
I was looking forward to watching 2015 RWC in Coventry, oh well, I was planning to watch England and get local tickets anyway.
rupert_bear
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Would only been for a couple of non-descript games Fiji v Tonga or Romania something like that. They are using the Olympic Stadium, Wembley and Twickenham in London and the Millenium Stadium in Wales so that's where the big games will be.
Anyway we don't want our pitch churned up by the egg chasers do we it will mess up our free-flowing football.
Anyway we don't want our pitch churned up by the egg chasers do we it will mess up our free-flowing football.
lordsummerisle
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Oh how different the tune being played would have been if the Ricoh had got it..
It's all SISUs fault
Probably is.
ACL, no doubt, have had to inform the RWC organisers that there is no guarantee that there will be a pitch/stadium there in two years time.
rupert_bear
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Grendel
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WillieStanley
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lordsummerisle
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People do keep banging on about the Ricoh getting big Rugby games though, had a couple of Heineken Cup semi-finals here, but last one was 5 years ago, so hardly regular income.
Seem to get people in briefly, never to be seen again.
Seem to get people in briefly, never to be seen again.
torchomatic
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I'm not bothered either way. But really, another nail in the ACL "we don't need 'em" coffin.
Both sides need each other.
Both sides need each other.
bamalamafizzfazz
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Got the snooker though.
lordsummerisle
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There is, but the certainty that some have of the Ricoh getting these big events means that the Arena can survive perfectly well, even better without the club is shown to be a fallacy.
mattylad
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Sky Blue Dal
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If ACL are in financial trouble, you will see a number of bidders fighting for control of the complex.
People thinking it will become a white elephant are deluded. Remember why the likes of SISU are hell bent on getting there meat hooks on it?? and the same with PH4 for that matter
Saying the stadium is a failure without a club is all a clever PR by SISU and there supporter.
Believe it or not, the Ricoh is a hot commodity for the right investor and many investors will know that.
Because they missed out on Rugby world cup is not the end of the road for ACL.
I just don't understand the negativity shown by all the posters here. I'm sure they are bidding fore plenty more entertainment contracts out there.
People thinking it will become a white elephant are deluded. Remember why the likes of SISU are hell bent on getting there meat hooks on it?? and the same with PH4 for that matter
Saying the stadium is a failure without a club is all a clever PR by SISU and there supporter.
Believe it or not, the Ricoh is a hot commodity for the right investor and many investors will know that.
Because they missed out on Rugby world cup is not the end of the road for ACL.
I just don't understand the negativity shown by all the posters here. I'm sure they are bidding fore plenty more entertainment contracts out there.
lordsummerisle
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Do you really believe that the Arena is viable without a standing tenant which guarantees at least 23 games a season bringing in a minimum 230,000 people through the doors paying for car parking, food etc?
Think that Compass might think otherwise.
skybluelee
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Egg chasing - rubbish sport.
I think we all know that the Arena needs its football club and the football club needs its Arena..........................preferably under one owner..................but not a Mayfair based hedge fund please !!!
Covstu
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Why is it that a thread about the club missing out on being hosts turns into a ACL/SISU debate AGAIN!!
There is clearly a political reason why we were not picked, They did not include the Tigers ground and opted for the Kung Po stadium instead due to capacity reasons but after the big kick off about this issue, it was obvious that the Leicester ground would have been chosen over our own and rightly so. Tigers are one of the biggest teams in the country if not europe so financially you would place games there where the support is.
There is clearly a political reason why we were not picked, They did not include the Tigers ground and opted for the Kung Po stadium instead due to capacity reasons but after the big kick off about this issue, it was obvious that the Leicester ground would have been chosen over our own and rightly so. Tigers are one of the biggest teams in the country if not europe so financially you would place games there where the support is.
skyblueman
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10,000 a game average??? Really can't see that next season M'Lord
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Better to have a local owner yes. Like that nice American who bases himself in Russia.
James Smith
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Well the Cayman Islands is roughly 4760 miles from CV6.
rupert_bear
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When the dust settles on this Ricoh saga the Arena will become a multi purpose ground. Football and Rugby exist successfully together in a few grounds don't bury your heads in the sand. infact it is more certain if sisu get control than others. As know all prick lordsummerile says whoever owns, runs the stadium need more income than 23 football matches.
torchomatic
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Why so hostile? :facepalm:
Do you think ACL are right then? They do not need a football club at the Ricoh?
Do you think ACL are right then? They do not need a football club at the Ricoh?
torchomatic
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Although I hate rugby, I agree. It would have been good for the City. However, it really underlines the fact that the Ricoh isn't the "money magnet" portrayed by ACL.
They need us as much as we need them. Hopefully sense will prevail and they will both realise that.
They need us as much as we need them. Hopefully sense will prevail and they will both realise that.
I think its Sweden actually but either way he will be represented no doubt by two Coventry supporters in Hoffman and Elliot....................if it ever comes off of course !
Grendel - Showing utter ignorance AS PER
How difficult is it to understand!
NEC £150 per sqr mt
Pitch ALONE is 105m x 68.
IT works out at £1,071,000 PER EVENT.
But of course YOU are right, the £170 k / yr sisu want to pay cannot be improved upon
Your ignorance is only equalled by your arrogance!
CRETIN
How difficult is it to understand!
NEC £150 per sqr mt
Pitch ALONE is 105m x 68.
IT works out at £1,071,000 PER EVENT.
But of course YOU are right, the £170 k / yr sisu want to pay cannot be improved upon
Your ignorance is only equalled by your arrogance!
CRETIN
torchomatic
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Seeing as you're brilliant with figures. Could you cost your proposal of ACL getting rid of CCFC then putting on a roof and installing heating?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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The same two who supported the Mayfair based hedge fund of course.