I'm not 100% sure on that, but I am sensing that they can't find a site close to CCFC boundary & that is why Fisher talked about 'upto 8 miles' away at the SCG when previously the talk was always of 6 miles.
However a team that far out would not really be a Coventry team, so unless they are doing a relocation as plan B I can't see how it would work & the only possible place to relocate is in effect Birmingham IMHO, I fully expect 8 miles to creep up to 9 or 10 miles. Also everyone selling land now knows they can ask a premium as CCFC are homeless.
Exactly, the community asset is hardly in the City.
Others are making up scare stories of a 12K stadium 9 miles from the City.
Who is and where? There's nothing to sing praises for.
This I agree with, but mainly the 'what if it's slightly closer to Bedworth than Coventry? What if it's on an ancient Indian burial ground? Is 10.2 miles too far, what about 10.1? bizarre line of questioning about something that's not an actual thing.
Exactly, the community asset is hardly in the City.
Others are making up scare stories of a 12K stadium 9 miles from the City.
Its already started creeping up.
Started off as being 3 miles from the city centre (I remember Fisher saying the new site was as close as the Ricoh to town), then it become 6 miles, now 8 or possibly 9 miles.
Its not inconceivable for it to go higher.
9 miles (as the crow flies) out would cover Nuneaton, Wolvey, outskirts of Rugby, northern Leamington and Warwick, eastern edge of Knowle, and almost reaching Birmingham Airport.
That to me would not be my club.
Is there any agreed specific criteria for 'Tim Fisher's telling the truth' vs 'bullshit Timmy' or is it just played by ear?
2 ways of looking at this. You could look at it from an atmosphere perspective and it would be likely that a full ground every week would be a better atmosphere than a half empty one.
Agree about the atmosphere and we don't want fans rattling around like skeletons,so I suggest the new ground be
modeled on Bedworth's ground. At least there would be no chance of the few attendees getting lost.
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I don't trust SISU. They might use the stadium as a wedge to get into a larger land development.
They could build it because they said they would and have been forced into an embarrassing corner they need to get out of.
Their decisions up to now "appear" not to be based on CCFC fans expectations.
Like most things on this site (and elsewhere, of course) everyone chooses the version that fits with their view of the world.
According to Kingharvest it was Fisher who made that up.
Ideally it will be a large site as the plan is to have the academy next to the stadium. It has to be within 8 miles of Earl Street, although if an absolutely perfect site is found at say 9 miles then he wouldn’t expect the league to block it.
To me that doesn't say it WILL be 9 miles away. In Warwick 2 and 2 equals 4.
It doesn't say it will be 8 miles either.
What it does say is it could be 9.
Don't you think its wise to consider the worst case scenario?
Or let me put it another way, if its 9 miles out of Cov then for me (and a large part of our support) its a relocation. That being the case, do you not think that now is the time we as fans inform Fisher that 9 miles isn't acceptable?
Or would you prefer to do things in the CCFC style of signing the contracts for the ground and then deciding its not suitable?
All I'm saying is that despite people saying everything he spouts is lies it doesn't stop them from picking up on things they particularly disagree with and trying to peddle it as "truth".
I remember when the Jaguar Arena was going to have a sliding pitch and a sliding roof and be the new International stadium to rival Wembley.
EDIT: Apologies, didn't read all of it. I don't think we need to inform him that 9 miles is unacceptable until we know it IS 9 miles and until we know it IS going to be built. We may as well pick a town on the map and picket there and say we disagree with the move there too. It's all conjecture and dare I say scaremongering.
I wouldn't have a problem with the 2 sites I am aware of being mentioned:- Brandon and Near Warwick Uni. Ryton would be ok presumably too. Everyone is quite happy with the training ground being there.
12k is too small though. Should be at least the size of Highfield Road expandable to at least the size of the Ricoh.
I just find it ironic how some claim the Ricoh is too far out but Ryton or Brandon isn't. (Not saying that you personally are doing that)
Well, it's horses for courses, isn't it? If you come from Whitley then Ryton would be great, wouldn't it? If you're on the other side of the City then it wouldn't. Wherever the site is (and I'm including the Ricoh in this) then it's always going to be more difficult for some than others.
That's why HR was perfect. Slap bang in the middle.
Les Reid said:It will come from either acquiring the council-owned Ricoh freehold and surrounding development land to support club revenues; or from building a new stadium (potentially £25m, initially 12,000-capacity) with surrounding commercial land outside the Coventry border within five years.
It is a mile in from the boundary at the M6.
Ideally placed.
Why do amenities need to be in the city centre?
Highfield Road was a nightmare to get away from.
To me that doesn't say it WILL be 9 miles away. In Warwick
It won't happen anyway but actually 12,000 is a good idea. Why? Well for once youse have a situation that demand outstrips supply and any industry tells you this is an ideal way of controlling business.
No discounted tickets
No free tickets
Premium pricing
No need for huge discounts to season ticket holders
The revenue would easily be worth more than 16,000 at the Ricoh - easily.
Somebody should pass the idea on to Mike Ashley who obviously has no idea of marketing.
Reduce capacity at St James Park to 20,000 and he will be able to sell Newcastle on and make the huge profit he so craves. Genius!
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