I would love this to be true. If you could get the club and ground for £25 to 30 mill that's a much better prospect than just handing £10 to 15 mill over to SISU.The ground is owned by the council. WASP's own the lease. WASP's are prepared to let the lease go. So the council need to buy back the lease and then sell the ground 15 to 20 mill I am led to believe.
The way the City has been Wasp infested, it's just hard to fathom that it will all change into the opposite way, City having billboards advertising games, our games advertised every 30mins on local radio, changing their crests from big to small like they did us, it would take a very large amount of deep pockets for all this to become true and CCFC owning the Ricoh outright.Ricoh it makes sense, more income for CCFC
Mentioned that before, what if someone purchased Wasps and CCFC and then slid ACL over to the CCFC side of the business and sold Wasps on.I do know that the rumoured buyer is more than capable of buying them as well (if they choose)
So where would Wasps play?
Especially that big fucking wasp at the hotel entrance defo needs to go!The way the City has been Wasp infested, it's just hard to fathom that it will all change into the opposite way, City having billboards advertising games, our games advertised every 30mins on local radio, changing their crests from big to small like they did us, it would take a very large amount of deep pockets for all this to become true and CCFC owning the Ricoh outright.
A fantasy that I'd love to be a reality.
RB Coventry City i'd imagine, yet our future would be so promising that people would refuse to go because of that name change. Was there uproar when we went from Singers F.C to CCFC? Bantams to Sky Blues? I'd take it, seeing the future bright would be a dream that a parent could cherish with his kids.Would this mean the city would get re-branded as the "city of red bull"?
Too true. it was mentioned to me leaving the cambs game on sunday with my boys by a couple of guys that they would be calling childline for what i had inflicted on them!RB Coventry City i'd imagine, yet our future would be so promising that people would refuse to go because of that name change. Was there uproar when we went from Singers F.C to CCFC? Bantams to Sky Blues? I'd take it, seeing the future bright would be a dream that a parent could cherish with his kids.
I really don't know chief. I am not smart enough to ask the right questions. When I'm being told or things are being said I just listen, it is difficult to pump someone for information who is on the outskirts of what is going on. They do not know for a fact it is just what they had heard. All I am doing is passing the info as promised.Mentioned that before, what if someone purchased Wasps and CCFC and then slid ACL over to the CCFC side of the business and sold Wasps on.
Yes! it was from another sourceMalaka...Time scales...what are we talking? Are you more positive about this after what you've heard now?
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So that's two sources, from within the club, saying the same thing?Yes! it was from another source
Mentioned that before, what if someone purchased Wasps and CCFC and then slid ACL over to the CCFC side of the business and sold Wasps on.
Fuck sake Malaka, I'm already having trouble sleeping at nightYes! it was from another source
Yes! it was from another source
I mentioned this the other day, nothing at all from them, very strange considering they've relayed any news about the JR's to us straight away.Unless I've missed it. There has been no official comment from the club in respect of JR1 or JR2 has there?
We're both clutching but fingers crossedI mentioned this the other day, nothing at all from them, very strange considering they've relayed any news about the JR's to us straight away.
Thanks for the info and the hope.
It is all we have left.
I, along with another 1137 have just witnessed our 1-0 demolition of Crawley Town.
Crawley were the better side in the second half.
The cost was £21 but the stub will ensure my ticket to Wembley .
So when we are taken over by a rich Oligarch, I don't want any moaning that the stayaways cannot get a ticket.
Malaka, thanks for the updates.
We all hope that your source is correct.
Respect
Could they not just buy ACL with a promise of a long term sub lease for Wasps with a shop and some pie money on their match days, and then buy the freehold for the ground from CCC. CCC are out, Wasps are safe as a Rugby Club. Their investors are paid out of the price and CCFC are in control - or rather the purchasers of CCFC who give SISU and Tim a few bob. SISU have unloaded their loss making mistake and the new owners are in the driving seat with a club in a catchment area of over 500000 and in an expanding city. They must have plenty of cash to do all that though......
Corporate box number 117 my friend£21 for tonights game? Been said they were £10?
I agree and have always thought this, two top teams competing in their respective sports,howI know OSB always goes against this for a number of reasons way over my simple brain.
However for me the only way to make some serious money out of the Ricoh is the same people who own ACL, Own Wasps and own CCFC.
Also that person has the ability to get CCFC near and the top half of the championship. Whilst still keeping Wasps competitive in the premiership and Europe.
If you can do that then on the sponsorship conferencing and marketing front.
The Ricoh is a gold mine.
I always thought it would be JLR (Tata) doing the lot in the JLR arena.
In a partnership with Moon (whoever they are)
However I thought they would wait till SISU walked away rather than do business with them.
Oohhh, get you.Corporate box number 117 my friend
I said, tounge in cheek, on another thread that the ideal would be someone buying CCFC and Wasps. Then amalgamate Wasps and CRFC, call them Coventry and get them playing in blue and white! We would have two Coventry teams playing at the Ricoh, one of them a premiership rugby team.As much as I hate the fact that WASPS got out stadium, the way they promoted themselves and were promoted by Coventrians often at the expense of the football club, I think they should stay, it makes business sense to utilise the stadium, it does bring profile o the city of Coventry - but we won't be their bitches and we can reduce some of their signage/ shops etc.. - its a dream but its a good one
I really don't know what WASP's predicament is. I do know that the rumoured buyer is more than capable of buying them as well (if they choose)
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