Warwick uni.I know we are likely never going to own the ricoh , and it remains to be seen whether we even will build the new ground BUT in an ideal world would you rather play at and own at least half of the ricoh , or build a new stadium at warwick uni?
Who is?Potentially
Something seems to be afoot though judging by people trying to get things whipped up.
This thread is the perfect example. I'd guess somebody is desperate to buy half or somebody is desperate to sell half.
HalfWho is?
Should have just expanded highfield roadIt's not the end of the world if we don't own the ground, but I'm quite happy to forget the ricoh is even there and just start at Warwick uni for reasons already stated in another thread. If you didn't see that post, in short, the ricoh was a mistake that never made sense to me in the first place.
It didn't even need expanding. Size was fine, just needed updating.Should have just expanded highfield road
Not sure Warwick Uni is a bad location. If all the transport infrastructure plans for the uni come off it would be a better venue on that front than the Ricoh. Of course its impossible to say if one would be better than the other when we have absolutely no idea what any stadium at the uni would be like, the finances involved etc.Stay/return to Ricoh Arena.
Having a another new Stadium in a worse location , with likely problems with in delays and costs involved and likely to be much smaller size makes very little sense to me. So the Warwick university idea is not attractive to me at all.
Football club to own 50% might be a good thing. However would the owner of the football club owning 50% of Ricoh Arena being SISU that might not necessarily be a good thing . It's possible that arrangement could be very short term just to generate a sale to someone else which might be OK (in saying all of this other new owner's in theory at least could be even worse).
Sorry if this doesn't read too well !
Our current ground in Coventry is shabby, devoid of recent good memories, and we can't fill it, or compete financially while we're there. Clearly the answer is to build a modern, new stadium on the outskirts of town. There is no way this plan can backfire.
But surely Warwick Uni is too far from the city centre.Not sure Warwick Uni is a bad location. If all the transport infrastructure plans for the uni come off it would be a better venue on that front than the Ricoh. Of course its impossible to say if one would be better than the other when we have absolutely no idea what any stadium at the uni would be like, the finances involved etc.
Think ownership of any stadium is a red herring. In any scenario be it renting, leasing or owning there's money coming in and costs going out. Any deal that sets up the in and out in an acceptable way makes who ultimately owns the stadium pretty much irrelevant.
In an ideal world you'd have a city centre stadium but where would you build it? Especially when you have an uncooperative council.But surely Warwick Uni is too far from the city centre.
That's the problem I live near the uni it is a nightmare when all the students are there.In an ideal world you'd have a city centre stadium but where would you build it? Especially when you have an uncooperative council.
So if you're having a stadium that's not in the city centre then transport links come in to play. The Uni manages to get about 30K full time staff and students in and out of the site even before several large infrastructure projects come into consideration. Add in a major junction on the new relief road, the light rail project and the proposed Kings Hill rail station and access should be a lot better than the Ricoh.
Anyway, that's enough posts about a non-existing stadium for one day
Not sure Warwick Uni is a bad location. If all the transport infrastructure plans for the uni come off it would be a better venue on that front than the Ricoh. Of course its impossible to say if one would be better than the other when we have absolutely no idea what any stadium at the uni would be like, the finances involved etc.
Think ownership of any stadium is a red herring. In any scenario be it renting, leasing or owning there's money coming in and costs going out. Any deal that sets up the in and out in an acceptable way makes who ultimately owns the stadium pretty much irrelevant.
In an ideal world you'd have a city centre stadium but where would you build it? Especially when you have an uncooperative council.
So if you're having a stadium that's not in the city centre then transport links come in to play. The Uni manages to get about 30K full time staff and students in and out of the site even before several large infrastructure projects come into consideration. Add in a major junction on the new relief road, the light rail project and the proposed Kings Hill rail station and access should be a lot better than the Ricoh.
Anyway, that's enough posts about a non-existing stadium for one day
Woodlands, never! As my old house master use to say ”Broad Lane is neither broad or a lane”. Nightmare. And for that reason, I’m ooot!
I can see some attraction at the Warwick Uni site but that’s only if all of the travel infrastructure is in place before we move there.
As to Ricoh, too many bad memories and the stench of Wasps will linger long after they’ve gone.
Malins boy are you HJ?
Damn, you found me out.
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