There is no evidence compass make more money, no evidence that very minor exhibitions generate significant revenue and if the best it can now boast is that it hosts large weddings the future is hardly very bright.
I take it you haven't really researched how much these weddings actually cost! They can often turn into many many thousands of pounds, indeed some can run into 100's of thousands! They are massive social events! It has been stated in several sources (this forum being just one) that compass has made larger profits since the club left (or do you not read the posts on here?). As for events, again it has been stated in multiple sources that events can generate
huge returns. Had you done your research and not just trolled as per, you would know the rates sires such as the NEC charge to host events. Had you even taken just a moment to engage brain before you rant you would have found that for example the NEC gharge £150 m2. Take into calculation the size of the pitch which if the team didn't return would be subject to change of usage, you can vewry quickly see your naive assumption that the ricoh is to use an oft used bit nonsensical term white elephant is ridiculous. Do you know the measurements of the pitch G? Assuming the details I have are correct (and you are free to correct if you know better as you oft claim to do btw) the pitch dimensions are 105m x 68m.
Putting it in terms you might understand, if you do the sums, it comes to just over £1m per event. Appreciate there would be additional expenditure, but let's for sake of argument say it costs £30m to rejig for such purpose, at £1m per exhibition, even the most ill informed can see it wouldn't take many events to recoup this expenditure. Remember re design is a one-off cost, once paid for it is not needed again.
You also seem to not consider that any sizable venue like this should be able to attract larger sponsors than say a local pub, or childcare business. Again I assume you haven't done any research (certainly sisu will have done), but just for fun, take a look at the sponsors of say the O2 arena. Now again I may be well off, but I strongly suspect that the likes of Barclays, or Microsoft, or apple etc could afford to spend more on advertisement than said local pub. However Mr G., if you could prove a viable case for a local pub to spend multi-millions on a sponsorship deal, then i will happily admit I am wrong.
BTW, please feel free to show your working out for how much an exhibition could raise if you base it on £150 m2 on a floorspace of 105mx68m.
You seem to have fallen into a rather embarassing pool filled with your own inane comments. If you can find me any exhibition centre of the size of the ricoh in terms of floor space that relies on sponsorship from a local chip shop, pub or day care centre as the only sponsors, then be my guest.
I sense you have lived up to your moniker (grendel the troll from Beowulf), otherwise you wouldn't have consistently made such vacuous and inane comments on this matter on such a consistent basis!
Feel free to show your working out for the revenue potential per event for the use of floor space (based on NEC's own figures of £150m2 and a floor space of 105x68). Last time I saw it, it was just over £1m!
Remind me how much coventry city were paying to rent the arena per year again?
Still think you have a handle on things, or are you feeling just a tad like a complete fool?
