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Stadium News - released by the club

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Foxes_Trust

Foxes_Trust

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Leicester Tigers and Leicester City today issued the following statement:

"We have agreed in principle to create a joint company to buy the Walkers Stadium and turn it into a sports super stadium for rugby and football.

"The new company would be owned on a 50:50 basis by Leicester Tigers and Leicester City. Both clubs believe this would be a visionary and ground breaking venture, unique in British sport.

"The stadium would be re-branded - inside and out, to reflect its joint ownership and a new playing surface would be installed to accommodate both football and rugby. The work would be carried out in time for the start of next season.

"The stadium would also be used to host international football and rugby matches, other sporting fixtures, concerts and special events.

"Discussions are taking place with the governing bodies for football and rugby, and between Leicester Tigers and the city council to agree a satisfactory financial settlement for the surrender of Tigers' lease on the Welford Road site and between Leicester City and the American institution who owns the stadium."

Leicester Tigers chairman Peter Tom said: "Leicester and Leicestershire has a wonderful sporting heritage and both Leicester Tigers and Leicester City have a great history and tradition. Accommodating both clubs in one stadium is an exciting and logical step to take in today's highly competitive sport environment and makes sound business sense."

Leicester City chief executive Tim Davies said: "It has long been our intention to develop the Walkers Stadium as a focal point of the community. Joining together with Leicester Tigers in this joint venture will enable us both to further develop, strengthen and cement the stadium as a centre of sporting excellence which caters for our footballing and rugby supporters as well as accelerating plans to become a major entertainment venue serving all of the people of Leicestershire and the surrounding regions."

Steven

Steven

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It makes financial sense but both clubs lose a sense of uniqueness at their home ground. Also worried about the state of the pitch. Not sure about this at the moment. :rolleyes::huh::unsure::unsure:

Craig

Craig

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I hope the club know what they're doing. This is a disaster, What are we going to have? Green and red seats?

I was laughing at Wigan at the weekend because you could still see the rugby lines, the pitch wasn't the greatest, and look what we go and do :rolleyes:

Ric Flair

Ric Flair

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Not sure about this, I don't like the fact our pitch will be cut to shit during the season. One of our main attributes has been that our pitch has always been exccelent throughout the season, that will change. If we change our kit to green, red and white they can **** off.

Not sure about this at all, money side it might be good but to replace all the seats with a different colour wouldn't be viable.

Hmmm I can see bother.

Jonesy_rules

Jonesy_rules

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OFFICIAL NEWSFLASH FROM LEICESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB

CITY AND TIGERS IN JOINT STADIUM TALKS

Official Statement issued by Leicester City and Leicester Tigers on Tuesday November 23 at 10:30am:

"We have agreed in principle to create a joint company to buy the Walkers Stadium and turn it into a sports super stadium for football and rugby.

"The new company would be owned on a 50:50 basis by Leicester City and Leicester Tigers. Both clubs believe this would be a visionary and ground breaking venture, unique in British sport.

"The stadium would be re-branded - inside and out, to reflect its joint ownership and a new playing surface would be installed to accommodate both football and rugby. The work would be carried out in time for the start of next season.

"The stadium would also be used to host international football and rugby matches, other sporting fixtures, concerts and special events.

"Discussions are taking place with the governing bodies for football and rugby, and between Leicester Tigers and the city council to agree a satisfactory financial settlement for the surrender of Tigers' lease on the Welford Road site and between Leicester City and the American institution who owns the stadium."

Leicester Tigers chairman Peter Tom said: "Leicester and Leicestershire has a wonderful sporting heritage and both Leicester City and Leicester Tigers have a great history and tradition. Accommodating both clubs in one stadium is an exciting and logical step to take in today's highly competitive sport environment and makes sound business sense."

Leicester City chief executive Tim Davies said: "It has long been our intention to develop the Walkers Stadium as a focal point of the community. Joining together with Leicester Tigers in this joint venture will enable us both to further develop, strengthen and cement the stadium as a centre of sporting excellence which caters for our footballing and rugby supporters as well as accelerating plans to become a major entertainment venue serving all of the people of Leicestershire and the surrounding regions."

Jonesy_rules

Jonesy_rules

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i'm not sure myself, 1. home games will be different, no changes due to rugby!

2. more money generated

3. loss of identity

4. it's not possible, both sets of fans will cause up-roar, and personally, in the long run it could be a bad idea, both teams are unique, and have a strong tradition!

Saying it works well in Hull and Wigan is ok, but they are totally different to LEICESTER

Craig

Craig

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Seems to work well at Hull.

The pitch is terrific but there is less cross over of fixtures to be fair.

That stadium was bought for both rugby and football though. This is a football stadium, that's what it was built for.

Look at the state of the Wigan, Reading, Watford, QPR and even Man Utd pitches after rugby matches.

If Man Utd don't have the supposed technonology that will make the pitch withstand rugby, i can't see us getting much better than them, so it will be a disaster. Just when we were starting to think of the Walkers as home aswell <_<

Stuliasz

Stuliasz

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Hmm, I'm not quite sure what to think of this. My heart tells me this isn't a good move. I don't like the sound of the "rebranding" of the stadium at all. On the other hand my head probably tells me its a good move from a financial point of view. I suppose only time will tell.

breadandcheese

breadandcheese

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In my eyes, this is certainly a new low for our proud football club, and I would hate to take my match seat on a Saturday (which some egg chaser has used the previous week) and see a half red/green, half blue stadium.

However, the reality of our club is that we have to look at the financial mess that is still there from our administration days. We do not actually own our stadium. We are merely tenants. In which case, although the Walkers Stadium may feel like our home, it is not. Sadly, it seems the only way we can buy our stadium back is through the help of the Tigers money. It makes financial sense for them, replacing their wooden safety hazard stadium with a move to the Walkers, and does for us, allowing us to own our home again.

Posting this, I am still unsure of the magnitude of the financial benefits this groundshare would bring. Would it really free up that much money for us, particularly when you consider the extra costs to accommodate both teams (maintenance, etc)? I'm guessing we'll have one of those plastic grass pitches.

I guess I would like the board or the Foxes Trust to supply us with more information of the benefits, particularly the money side. If we are selling our heritage, we better be getting a good price.

Ricey

Ricey

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Not sure about this.

On the negative side even though the club will invest in the pitch it will still be poor quality come the winter compared to it at the moment, the stadium will no longer be ours and it will have Leicester Tigers colours and logos everywhere.

On the positive side this will stop fixture clashes, the stadiums reputation will grow, will help the financial well being of the club and will bring the two sporting greats of the county together.

Guest

Guest

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We will see no increase in revenue unless our attendances go up.

Tigers will have money from the sale of Welford Road, plus increased attendances.

This is a done deal with no thought to how the fans will see it, and looking at the pics on the Tigers website, it looks more like we will be in their pockets once more.

Nice to the FT post the press release, but don't say how the fans were consulted, or anything.

Thanks, I'm glad you never got a pound of my money.

Vocal-Legend!!

Vocal-Legend!!

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come on then foxes trust

what are you going to do about our views?

when do we get a say?

according to you its OUR CLUB and OUR VOICE

well fooking speak up then and stop this sh!t

no-one wants it except the money men.

bo!!ocks to them. without fans, the club(s) die.

so get your fingers out of your ar5e, GET IN TOUCH WITH THE POWERS THAT MAKE THESE DISGRACEFUL DECISIONS (WITHOUT THE FANS APPROVAL) AND GET OUR DISPLEASURE ACROSS.

Because if you dont, we will on saturday.

SIGN THE PETITION. GET YOUR POSTERS PRINTED. KEEP OUR STADIUM BLUE.

NO TO TIGERS.

breadandcheese

breadandcheese

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I think its a case of the jury's out.

At the end of the day, no-one here can possibly say that they enjoy paying rent to the American Bank that owns the Walkers Bowl. Rent, at the end of the day, is dead payment, not going towards the ownership of any asset.

I guess we need urgent answers to a number of questions and concerns, which is the duty of the foxes trust, with its mandate to represent the fans.

I would like to know:

What exactly do the board mean by the term rebranding, and how will it be implemented?

What are the estimated savings to the club?

How will the pitch be maintained in light of the extra wear it will receive?

Guest

Guest

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Same here Craig. The Tigers website was the killer blow.

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