I want a proper discussion about Freehold ownership (7 Viewers)

Tonylinc

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Of the Ricoh. We all know that it is not necessary for Shitzu to own the freehold in order to gain revenue streams but the tone of JS's latest statements indicate that only freehold ownership will entice CCFC back to the Ricoh. Why?
 

Tonylinc

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all standard business practise
No it's not. JS says that her only interest is in the football club. If that is indeed the case then leasehold ownership would be sufficient. The fact that she now wants the freehold leads me to believe that there are other motives involved here.
 

Hobo

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All negotiations start at the impossible and then you end up with what you actually wanted.

Actually wanted....have you ever done business?
 

BurbageSkyBlues

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All negotiations start at the impossible and then you end up with what you actually wanted.

Well, it's about time they moved towards the middle ground, one would have thought.?

These negotiations are hardly at a starting point...unless there is some movement, we will never progress.

Unless of course, you have no intention of reaching a negotiated and reasonable/acceptable compromise?
 

ccfcway

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No it's not. JS says that her only interest is in the football club. If that is indeed the case then leasehold ownership would be sufficient. The fact that she now wants the freehold leads me to believe that there are other motives involved here.

TF says its all standard business practise
 

Astute

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If they got the leasehold they would get the pie money. If they got the freehold they could mortgage it up to the hilt.
 

Tonylinc

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Come on chaps the need to own the freehold must be centred around the surrounding ground but I have no idea as to how much that is or how much it is worth. Was simply looking for someone to put a value on it.
 

terryhallsboots

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Of the Ricoh. We all know that it is not necessary for Shitzu to own the freehold in order to gain revenue streams but the tone of JS's latest statements indicate that only freehold ownership will entice CCFC back to the Ricoh. Why?
You want a proper discussion then use the term Shitzu. Try again.
 

Ian Coventry

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leasehold would be not much good for sisu/ccfc as you are still liable for ground rent and maintenance charges, also you have to renew the lease whenever it runs out and that would cost sisu a lot of money and also as a leasehold business it is not attractive to the investors that ultimately put their money into sisu.

None of the above is true of a freehold which you own outright .


PS forgot to say that it would also not be an attractive proposition to any potential buyers that wanted to buy the club and the ricoh from Sisu , its value would be much less , which means that sisu would not be interested in selling it.
 
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mds

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Makes the City a better proposition for any future sale, ROI, there is no reason why the council/ACL have to sell them anything other than the ground, any land, the exibition halls, the casino anything else could be kept by the current owners (im assuming ACL/Higgs own these), its not hard for them to remove everything but the football ground and immediate parking from the equation, I cant see the land being high on their priorities unlike the need to own a ground. I think thats feasable, im sure someone more knowledgable in these areas can correct me if im wrong!
 

skybluesam66

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Timmy's not an idiot there is a clue in your statement "GETS PAID A LOT OF MONEY" how many people on here can say the same, i know i get paid what im worth , peanuts lol.

i work with plenty of idiots who get paid a lot of money - there is probably another idiot somewhere who appointed them
 

Astute

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If they got the leasehold they would get the pie money. If they got the freehold they could mortgage it up to the hilt.

Makes the City a better proposition for any future sale, ROI, there is no reason why the council/ACL have to sell them anything other than the ground, any land, the exibition halls, the casino anything else could be kept by the current owners (im assuming ACL/Higgs own these), its not hard for them to remove everything but the football ground and immediate parking from the equation, I cant see the land being high on their priorities unlike the need to own a ground. I think thats feasable, im sure someone more knowledgable in these areas can correct me if im wrong!

The problem is that we don't know what Joy wants or how much she wants it for. Sounds like she wants it all for not a lot and won't negotiate.
 

bigfatronssba

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Makes the City a better proposition for any future sale, ROI, there is no reason why the council/ACL have to sell them anything other than the ground, any land, the exibition halls, the casino anything else could be kept by the current owners (im assuming ACL/Higgs own these), its not hard for them to remove everything but the football ground and immediate parking from the equation, I cant see the land being high on their priorities unlike the need to own a ground. I think thats feasable, im sure someone more knowledgable in these areas can correct me if im wrong!

If their not selling the land then its not the freehold.
 

bigfatronssba

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leasehold would be not much good for sisu/ccfc as you are still liable for ground rent and maintenance charges, also you have to renew the lease whenever it runs out and that would cost sisu a lot of money and also as a leasehold business it is not attractive to the investors that ultimately put their money into sisu.

None of the above is true of a freehold which you own outright .


PS forgot to say that it would also not be an attractive proposition to any potential buyers that wanted to buy the club and the ricoh from Sisu , its value would be much less , which means that sisu would not be interested in selling it.

Lease doesn't run out for about another 40 years so I dont think that is too much of a concern.

You state that with a lease you are liable to maintenance charges, if they owned the freehold who do you expect to pay for maintenance?

All you have mentioned in your post is about what sisu want/need.

Im only interested in ccfc, and owning the freehold gives ccfc no benefits that can't be gained from owning acl.
 

Astute

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Piling debt onto the Ricoh or offloading our club and keeping the ground are the only ways I can see that having the freehold would benefit them. This is why I don't want them getting the freehold.
 

Tank Top

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Of the Ricoh. We all know that it is not necessary for Shitzu to own the freehold in order to gain revenue streams but the tone of JS's latest statements indicate that only freehold ownership will entice CCFC back to the Ricoh. Why?
From One Tony to Another.
I would have thought the answer was pretty straight forward, if not glaringly obvious, Sisu, isn't, in the least, by their own admission, interested in football. Their latest comments about an "All or Nothing" return to "The Ricoh" clearly illustrate, that their Sole intention is getting ownership of a potential Gold mine, a treasure chest of opportunity, with football, not even on"The things to do" list, with their original protestations about the Rent, now hardly a whisper, and the "pints and pies"argument going the same way, it leads to the only conclusion that makes any viability, and that is the owning, and subsequent re sale of various components of the Ricoh complex.
The applications of possible uses for the arena site are plentiful, and the need for low cost ,affordable Housing must be on the list of possibilities, but with the ideal situation of the the site, being close to the Motorway links, the Ricoh site has much going for it in terms of re inventing itself for alternative uses, and I'm certain that's what sisu are all about.
In the final outcome, if my theory is off mark, I will gladly come on here and admit I got it wrong.
 

SIR ERNIE

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FFS wake up.

The football club don't need the freehold.

SISU are not interested in the football club, they never have been. It's only value to them is as a bargaining weapon against ACL/CCC to get the Ricoh freehold for SISU, not the club, for a knock down price.
 

SIR ERNIE

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beat me to it tank top.
 

Astute

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I have never read so much anti SISU crap in all my time on these boards by anti SISU muppets ;)
 

torchomatic

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So, you think that if the Club - yes the f'ing club - get the Ricoh then SISU will knock it down and build houses on it? Jesus, you're deluded. You'll no doubt have plenty of others on here who'll agree with you though.

We obviously need someone like PH4. Now there's someone who really cares for the club. He's certainly not just interested in the Ricoh. Nor Byng and his Chinese investors. Again, all they want is a homeless L1 club.

From One Tony to Another.
I would have thought the answer was pretty straight forward, if not glaringly obvious, Sisu, isn't, in the least, by their own admission, interested in football. Their latest comments about an "All or Nothing" return to "The Ricoh" clearly illustrate, that their Sole intention is getting ownership of a potential Gold mine, a treasure chest of opportunity, with football, not even on"The things to do" list, with their original protestations about the Rent, now hardly a whisper, and the "pints and pies"argument going the same way, it leads to the only conclusion that makes any viability, and that is the owning, and subsequent re sale of various components of the Ricoh complex.
The applications of possible uses for the arena site are plentiful, and the need for low cost ,affordable Housing must be on the list of possibilities, but with the ideal situation of the the site, being close to the Motorway links, the Ricoh site has much going for it in terms of re inventing itself for alternative uses, and I'm certain that's what sisu are all about.
In the final outcome, if my theory is off mark, I will gladly come on here and admit I got it wrong.
 

Astute

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Are you reading words that haven't been posted again Torch?

Who said about demolition? Building on the land was mentioned though.
 

torchomatic

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So what? Who said they wanted the surrounding land developed? CCC.

And yes, I did read the words. Like the re-sale of various bits of the arena. Again, so what? Isn't that what CCC did anyway?

People moan that they don't want to be in Northampton and don't want a new stadium yet don't want the club to own the stadium. It's all a smokescreen for the paranoid and deluded.

Are you reading words that haven't been posted again Torch?

Who said about demolition? Building on the land was mentioned though.
 

bigfatronssba

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So what? Who said they wanted the surrounding land developed? CCC.

And yes, I did read the words. Like the re-sale of various bits of the arena. Again, so what? Isn't that what CCC did anyway?

People moan that they don't want to be in Northampton and don't want a new stadium yet don't want the club to own the stadium. It's all a smokescreen for the paranoid and deluded.

Personally I dont mind sisu via ccfc buying the stadium, provided safeguards are put in place and they pay market value.

What this thread is about though is the benefit of owning the freehold to ccfc. In terms of the football club there is no need to own the freehold.
 

Astute

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Personally I dont mind sisu via ccfc buying the stadium, provided safeguards are put in place and they pay market value.

What this thread is about though is the benefit of owning the freehold to ccfc. In terms of the football club there is no need to own the freehold.

Good post.

You see Torch some people get the idea. Try thinking about a few years time and not the present.
 

torchomatic

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I agree, put safeguards in place.

As for the freehold, I guess if SISU owned the stadium and we started going up the leagues again and getting good crowds then the whole worth of CCFC (including Arena) would be pretty substantial. I guess, that is how they want to make their money. And, as I mention constantly, those others interested in buying CCFC will think exactly the same.

Personally I dont mind sisu via ccfc buying the stadium, provided safeguards are put in place and they pay market value.

What this thread is about though is the benefit of owning the freehold to ccfc. In terms of the football club there is no need to own the freehold.
 

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