Changing name of Leicester City's stadium could net £2.7m a season

[MrsJohnMurphy]

1 hour ago, urban.spaceman said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/1920984.stm

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2758635/Walkers-sponsors-stadium.html

 

If memory serves the reaction was almost as bad as the Leeds badge...

12p a share...how times have changed, what would they be worth now?

[Almo-Fox]

I propose to change stadium name fro KP to RM

it will give a sense if souvenirs and consistency 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RM : Rhythm of Memories 

[jonthefox]

29 minutes ago, MrsJohnMurphy said:

12p a share...how times have changed, what would they be worth now?

11p

[BrummieFOX]

1 hour ago, yorkie1999 said:

Is that  £2.7 million more than the current sponsorship deal or just £2.7 million, 

It's what the suggested value of the sponsorship deal would be if we went for one. We currently get no revenue.

 

 

[yorkie1999]

24 minutes ago, BrummieFOX said:

It's what the suggested value of the sponsorship deal would be if we went for one. We currently get no revenue.

 

 

I thought king power sponsor the ground and it was done that way so the owners can indirectly put money into the club which isn't counted in ffp.

[dayday]

2 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Except that it wasn't called that.

What was it called then?

[Spudulike]

25 minutes ago, dayday said:

What was it called then?

City Stadium

[Chrysalis]

We already sold the rights, to the owners.

 

The fact they can name the stadium to king power is probably reflected in the money put into the club and I expect it has netted us on average more than 2.7 million a year in investment.

[dayday]

11 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

City Stadium

So all them years I thought i was going to Filbert Street it was actually the City stadium, to be honest I have never heard of that before.

[SystonFox]

6 hours ago, Tuna said:

Irritates me when it's referred to as the KP, they make fooking crisps.

It’s nuts innit

[Donut]

1 hour ago, dayday said:

So all them years I thought i was going to Filbert Street it was actually the City stadium, to be honest I have never heard of that before.

The ground was officially city stadium

 

Unofficially to fans it was filbert street

[HankMarvin]

What about Rimmers way

has a nice ring to it, if you pardon the pun

[Ian Nacho]

King Power probably earn more just from the name of the stadium but you can't really measure how much. 

[kyleolly]

I always thought sponsoring the stadium and the kit was a way to dodge ffp

[hackneyfox]

I'd always assumed that the owners were paying for the naming rights as away of getting us past FFP.

 

 

[zealot]

19 hours ago, Foxxed said:

I like King Power stadium. We're advertising a brand like most others. But it represents the people who've done incredible things for the club. With the amount of money flowing through the league I like how at least this has a human element to it.

 

18 hours ago, Tuna said:

Irritates me when it's referred to as the KP, they make fooking crisps.

 

18 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Filbert Street was a great stadium; amazing atmosphere with a hell of a lot of history, character and so so many great memories. [...]

I guess my point is, KP isn't going to change anytime soon, and we really don't need that extra money now.

It's our club! It's not disrespectful to our excellent owners to push for our own history to be recognised. All I want is a little bit of our club to remain pure and untouched by corporate greed. Just one little bit...

I don't care what it's called as long as it has potential to be a proper historic name in future....

 

Something local or unique to us. Anfield. Old Trafford. St James' Park. St Andrews. St Mary's. Goodison. Stamford Bridge. Villa Park. Roots Hall. Turf Moor. Carrow Road. I don't care what just not named after a brand. We are Leicester and our success means we should be confident enough to push for a truly historic proper name for our haloed turf. A sponsorship deal cheapens us as fans, our brand and our football club it doesn't strengthen it.

 

urban.spaceman you are right 'we don't need the money' so why not change it and the sooner the better. Even Raw Dykes Stadium is better than KP

Our history is important. Without that we are nothing. Long live the phenomenal memories we have already had at Filbert Way!:

 

Edited 14 February 2018 by zealot

[Suzie the Fox]

14 hours ago, dayday said:

So all them years I thought i was going to Filbert Street it was actually the City stadium, to be honest I have never heard of that before.

 me neither. 

[NorthfieldsFox]

Didn’t the old man win that in one night at the casino ??? 

 

They don’t need the money 

[Albert]

The owners would never sell the naming rights!

Personally I can’t stand all these ridiculous sponsored names but it’s just another example of clubs selling their soul to the highest bidder!

When we originally moved from Filbert St it was going to be called Filbert Way but as we were desperate for Cash we sold out to Walkers who wanted to call it “The Walkers Bowl”!!! 

[Stadt]

ugh

[Wymsey]

I know it's been asked dozens of times, but is a stadium expansion definitely on the cards?

[purpleronnie]

5 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

I know it's been asked dozens of times, but is a stadium expansion definitely on the cards?

no.

[evil jack]

On 13/02/2018 at 14:23, urban.spaceman said:

We've hosted the Champions League at the King Power - incredible nights under the lights that we'll never, ever forget.

They had to change it to the "Leicester City Stadium" for the Champions League.

 

King Power did not supply enough back handers were not an official sponsor to UEFA.

Or something.

[Spudulike]

The City Stadium was commonly known as Filbert Street due to its location.

 

What is now known as King Power Stadium was commonly known as Freeman's Wharf whilst under construction due to its location.

 

Why did we stop calling it Freeman's Wharf as that's where it is ??

[Free Falling Foxes]

While we're at it, let's change back to being called Leicester Fosse.

Edited 15 February 2018 by Free Falling Foxes