What it means when a town loses a football club (1 Viewer)

[Nick]

What happens to a town when its football club dies?

I know it's about Bury but would have thought the Trust or somebody would have put an article like this out with the impact of losing CCFC from Coventry. The local pubs, chip shops and small businesses that it would impact.

Then when you look at all of the burger vans and pubs around St Andrews who are benefiting from it.

There are even beggars out on the streets at night trying to make a bit of money from our matches there.

 

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[SkyBlueDom26]

Awful really, couldn't imagine losing Coventry city :emoji_disappointed:

 

[ovduk78]

The trust and CT will publish something along these lines when the insects sod off

 

[Gazolba]

Awful really, couldn't imagine losing Coventry city :emoji_disappointed:

Didn't the city already lose them for one season and are in the process of losing them for at least one more season?
So as far as all the businesses in Coventry that catered to home fans, CCFC may as well have ceased to exist.
And what about all the businesses around HIghfield Road that lost many customers when the club moved to the Ricoh?

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Didn't the city already lose them for one season and are in the process of losing them for at least one more season?
So as far as all the businesses in Coventry that catered to home fans, CCFC may as well have ceased to exist.

Hopefully we are back at the ricoh ASAP something has to give

 

[shmmeee]

Didn't the city already lose them for one season and are in the process of losing them for at least one more season?
So as far as all the businesses in Coventry that catered to home fans, CCFC may as well have ceased to exist.
And what about all the businesses around HIghfield Road that lost many customers when the club moved to the Ricoh?

The move to the Ricoh definitely cost the local economy, small local businesses were replaced by large national chains that would take the money out of the local economy.

 

[TTG]

Didn't the city already lose them for one season and are in the process of losing them for at least one more season?
So as far as all the businesses in Coventry that catered to home fans, CCFC may as well have ceased to exist.
And what about all the businesses around HIghfield Road that lost many customers when the club moved to the Ricoh?

Th at were aware there would be a move to the Ricoh multiple years before it happened, supposed to weeks

 

[letsallsingtogether]

These points were brought up when we moved to Sixfields.

 

[Skybluefaz]

The move to the Ricoh definitely cost the local economy, small local businesses were replaced by large national chains that would take the money out of the local economy.

Doubt it. Big increases in footfall in the area, more employment and therefore wages for locals to spend. Don't think they got it all right but I doubt it took money out of the area

 

[ccfcway]

Get the bury one, but isn’t this the exact arguement the council put up for having wasps here, brings income into the economy ?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

The move to the Ricoh definitely cost the local economy, small local businesses were replaced by large national chains that would take the money out of the local economy.

Football stadia are often sold on whst they bring to the locality, and funnily enough they don't say what's lost from where the former ground used to be.

 

[Nick]

Get the bury one, but isn’t this the exact arguement the council put up for having wasps here, brings income into the economy ?

All those Coventry jobs at their training centre

 

[shmmeee]

Football stadia are often sold on whst they bring to the locality, and funnily enough they don't say what's lost from where the former ground used to be.

The flip side is Coventry needed a stadium venue and at the time we all thought the Prem would mean we’d need a bigger ground. It worked for Cov Rugby and the Blaze (franchise scum that they are )

Also helped regenerate North Coventry.

But yeah, I feel the impact on small local business isn’t considered when economic impact is concerned. Not all spent money is equal.

 

[fatso]

The same arguments have been made every time major factories have closed.
And god knows there have been plenty over the years, but it never stops it happening, and ultimately, no one prevents history from repeating itself.