Some information about the costs to Cov of playing at St Andrew’s (1 Viewer)

[Stan_Drews]

Morning all, thought some of you may be interested in this

Where’s the Money Gone: St Andrew’s – almajir.net

almajir.net

 

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[pusbccfc]

Enjoyable read. What a mess!

 

[Grendel]

Thanks - it’s no surprise at all. I’m sure Boddy at the time claimed this was a good deal on F and B revenue - he did of course fail to mention the huge rental the club signed up for

 

[MalcSB]

Morning all, thought some of you may be interested in this

Where’s the Money Gone: St Andrew’s – almajir.net

almajir.net

I’m not sure how the author could think that Birmingham lost money on the ground-share as it looks like the fees received were only £300,000 less than the total fees Birmingham had to pay for use of the stadium - and would have had to pay if they were sole users of the stadium.

 

[Mcbean]

Mmm from memory the rental at Sixfiends was £11k per game - ok much smaller stadium but very different to 50k

 

[pusbccfc]

Those Checkatrade games with around 1000 fans would have been a real waste of money.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Anyone know what we pay now to play at the CBS?

 

[edgy]

Those Checkatrade games with around 1000 fans would have been a real waste of money.

They were free of charge.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Thanks - it’s no surprise at all. I’m sure Boddy at the time claimed this was a good deal on F and B revenue - he did of course fail to mention the huge rental the club signed up for

I hope they tried to negotiate a discount on the price per game for the behind closed doors season

 

[shmmeee]

As many said at the time clearly not a deal done for financial reasons. Add in the missing crowds and it was basically more expensive than the Ricoh pre rent strike.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Bit of a stretch to say that Blues lost money on the deal as we paid them £2.2m and they paid £2.5m through their dodgy ownership structure.

If anything we reduced their rent from £2.5m to £300k.

 

[Johnnythespider]

I’m not sure how the author could think that Birmingham lost money on the ground-share as it looks like the fees received were only £300,000 less than the total fees Birmingham had to pay for use of the stadium - and would have had to pay if they were sole users of the stadium.

Yeah he also said they lost £250,000 for the five games at the end of the curtailed season, it's not like they had to shell out an extra 250 grand above their own rental deal.

 

[slowpoke]

As many said at the time clearly not a deal done for financial reasons. Add in the missing crowds and it was basically more expensive than the Ricoh pre rent strike.

So what was it done for ? Was it for a woman scorned. ?

 

[Liquid Gold]

So what was it done for ? Was it for a woman scorned. ?

It was obviously to put the strain on Wasps and get a deal.

The club got really lucky that covid came along and we got promoted at the same time. The Championship money secured us and the lack of income fucked Wasps so we ended up with a reasonable deal in the end.

 

[shmmeee]

It was obviously to put the strain on Wasps and get a deal.

The club got really lucky that covid came along and we got promoted at the same time. The Championship money secured us and the lack of income fucked Wasps so we ended up with a reasonable deal in the end.

What was being offered in 2019?

 

[Liquid Gold]

What was being offered in 2019?

I doubt any of us will ever know

 

[Johnnythespider]

What was being offered in 2019?

I'm guessing it wasn't as good as the deal we have now

 

[Warwickhunt]

Birmingham finances are a bit shit now we have left! £2.5 million will be financed by the BCFC now! that will curtail january for them?

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

Morning all, thought some of you may be interested in this

Where’s the Money Gone: St Andrew’s – almajir.net

almajir.net

Very interesting post - thanks!

 

[Stan_Drews]

Birmingham finances are a bit shit now we have left! £2.5 million will be financed by the BCFC now! that will curtail january for them?

If we get kicked out by the invisible untraceable company that owns the ground for non payment of rent do you know of any half decent Championship grounds we can share ?

 

[Johnnythespider]

If we get kicked out by the invisible untraceable company that owns the ground for non payment of rent do you know of any half decent Championship grounds we can share ?

That's one away game I'll definitely be going to

 

[Liquid Gold]

If we get kicked out by the invisible untraceable company that owns the ground for non payment of rent do you know of any half decent Championship grounds we can share ?

The Hawthorns is nice

 

[Old Warwickshire lad]

Has anyone any idea of our present deal with Wasps ?
Sorry if it’s already been posted.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

I thought it was free did it out of the goodness of thier hearts and a secret desire to be us.