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Jack Griffin
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No comment, just FYI
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-rfc-strike-195m-ricoh-9568087
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-rfc-strike-195m-ricoh-9568087
italiahorse
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On paper it looks like another big revenue stream we have given up.
Surely Sisu would have known this ?
Surely Sisu would have known this ?
skybluejelly
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I think it's all in the detail ... Projected turnover could be as high as 195 million....could be as low as 50 million ... Nobody knows .. Just more spin from wasps
stupot07
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Could be 195m in total before compass syphon off their cut like with the F&B's. They're not a charity, they'll be making a decent profit before wasps see anything.
Likely to be spin, just like the exhibitions being up in the first 6 months of them being here, when in reality these events are planned and booked well in advanced and would have been booked in before wasps came along.
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Not interested as no benefit to the Sky Blues. Yes more positive WASPS 'spin'!⚽️
italiahorse
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chiefdave
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Bit confused by the article, although that's more than likely down to a misunderstanding on my part. Compass signed a 10 year deal in 2009 (said to be valued at £125m, can we see from ACL's accounts if the Ricoh is actually generating £12.5m a year in F&B revenue?), so how does todays 15 year extension leave the contract running to 2030, shouldn't it be 2034? A 15 year extension to 2030 would mean the old deal had expired. And what's happened to IEC?
The figures also imply that despite these new facilities and the arrival of all the extra events and Wasps themselves revenue is only project to be £13m a year, wouldn't it be expected to be a lot higher than in 2009?
What am I missing here? Something obvious probably!
Suppose at the end of the day it doesn't really matter. They can't even be bothered to open all the facilities that are already there for us on matchday so we most likely won't see much benefit from this.
The figures also imply that despite these new facilities and the arrival of all the extra events and Wasps themselves revenue is only project to be £13m a year, wouldn't it be expected to be a lot higher than in 2009?
What am I missing here? Something obvious probably!
Suppose at the end of the day it doesn't really matter. They can't even be bothered to open all the facilities that are already there for us on matchday so we most likely won't see much benefit from this.
Terry Gibson's perm
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I shall continue to purchase nothing in the ground so I will not be helping them achieve their targets,
1 overpriced shit looking at it
2 I try to give as little to help fund our insect overlords as possible.
Having read it when we move to our new ground they are less likely to hit their targets, they can rename the ground what they want it will still be called the Ricoh by most and I hope when they change the name Wasps will be paying to change all of the signage on the surrounding area send motorway.
1 overpriced shit looking at it
2 I try to give as little to help fund our insect overlords as possible.
Having read it when we move to our new ground they are less likely to hit their targets, they can rename the ground what they want it will still be called the Ricoh by most and I hope when they change the name Wasps will be paying to change all of the signage on the surrounding area send motorway.
chiefdave
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It amazes me that the CT or CWR still haven't asked serious questions of the council and Wasps following the information that was in the bond prospectus. We're supposed to believe that Wasps paid less than £6m and then in a matter of weeks the stadium was worth was it £40 something million in the prospectus? Now they reckon they've got a £195m deal with Compass and of course naming rights soon.
Surely the council selling off an asset generating hundreds of millions for less than £6m should cause uproar?
Terry Gibson's perm
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Totally agree Chief this was a terrible deal for the people of Coventry it was a total give away, I don't believe for a minute it would have been any better for us if Sisu had got hold of it either. The financial director at the council has seriously got the figures wrong and should really be searching for a new job
Lucas let her personal feelings towards Sepalla get in the way of the correct decisions.
SkyblueBazza
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Hey! Let's go around the houses again...we might have missed something...
...onwards & upwards PUSB
...onwards & upwards PUSB
skybluetony176
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I'm more in uproar because with the right approach this is a deal SISU could have got for CCFC. SISU had other ideas though.
Grendel
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The right approached paying £24 million and still not owning the stadium. That was the original F and B offer wasn't it - and that before the two sides fell out.
The article is ridiculous spin and not a single figure in it can in any way be guaranteed.
Covstu
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Bang on.................
skybluetony176
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The right approach was clearly the approach Wasps took. SISU had ample opportunity before and after they all fell out to take this approach. I know that's uncomfortable for you to accept but that's the truth it.
Nick
Administrator
The one to move to a city 80 miles away? Without going round in circles, would our fans accept CCFC moving 80 miles to a new stadium etc?
Grendel
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Were the club told to buy back the F and B rights would cost £24 million - yes or no?
skybluetony176
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Pretty sure that the Ricoh is in Coventry so no, SISU wouldn't have had to move CCFC 80 miles away to acquire the Ricoh.
skybluetony176
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The Wasps deal was there to be done. I can say this with complete confidence simply because Wasps did it. As always you'd rather deflect than accept.
Nick
Administrator
Wasps weren't in Coventry, so their approach was to move 80 miles wasn't it? Which I bet the ones lauding it so much and giving it the great business line, would be the first to be outraged if we were moved 80 miles in the same circumstances as them.
Nick
Administrator
Yes it was there for Wasps. Can you say 100% it was there for CCFC also? The same one?
Ian1779
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He has a point... that was the offer on the table for the club before the fallout.
Compared of course with the pants down offer for Wasps.
Grendel
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Not deflecting. I believe the deals given to the club show the council never wanted the club to own the ground at all.
Grendel
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Tony won't answer. He hates answering yes or no questions.
skybluetony176
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So why weren't SISU capable of negotiating this pants down deal for the Ricoh. The pants down deal as you put it was there to be done, Wasps being capable of doing it proves this 100%. Why didn't / wouldn't SISU do it? Or make inroads even to try and do it?
Captain Dart
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Businesses always predict they will grow, doesn't mean that will or ever realistically could happen. But having said that Wasps do seem to be well managed, they may be successful long term.
Grendel
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Yet of course as we were constantly told ACL were in a much stronger position now financially
how strange. Does anyone know how much they paid for the F and B rights - surely it wasn't part of the £5.4 million?
Grendel
Well-Known Member
Where is the evidence they are well managed?
Nick
Administrator
It doesn't prove the offer was there 100% for the club does it?
chiefdave
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That's the key question. And a question the council have so far refused to answer. Was ACL available to SISU on the same terms it was eventually sold to Wasps?
Personally I take the refusal to answer as a strong indication that the answer is no. If they wasn't the case I think the council would be making sure everyone knew as quickly as possible that the deal was there for SISU but was rejected.
Grendel
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No because the council didn't want the club to own the ground.
skybluetony176
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We can say 100% Wasps pursued this deal and made it happen. Did SISU ever pursue this deal or did they choose a different disastrous route to gain control of the Ricoh?