Fox in the North Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 New Coventry City football stadium will not be in city. Coventry City Football Club said the new stadium could be a 23,000-seater Review into legality of Ricoh loan Football stadium development backed Coventry City future debated by MPs Watch Artists' impressions have been published for a new Coventry City Football Club stadium, but the proposed location is being kept secret. The club revealed the proposed stadium would not be in the city. It said it was talking to two local authorities about potential land "close to" Coventry. The Sky Blues have been playing home games in Northampton since walking out of their former home at the Ricoh arena in a row over rent. 'Extremely close' Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote How much extra debt is the club going to be saddled with to pay for this stadium?†Jan Mokrzycki The Sky Blue Trust The club played at the arena for eight years until this summer, but moved amid an ongoing row with stadium operators Arena Coventry Limited. Before that, the club was at its Coventry Highfield Road ground for 106 years. Mark Labovitch, a non-executive director at the club, said negotiations were under way about two sites for a new stadium, but said it would be "suicide commercially" to reveal them. He said: "They're going to be very, very near to Coventry. "Coventry has a very tight boundary so you can be extremely close to the city, but outside the jurisdiction of Coventry City Council." 'Unsustainable debt' The proposed stadium would be built in phases, to initially accommodate 12,500 and to eventually increase to a capacity of 23,000 seats. This season Coventry City home games moved to Northampton Town's Sixfields ground Jan Mokrzycki from the Sky Blue Trust said the artists' impressions were "very pretty pictures" but added: "It still doesn't answer the real questions. "Where will it be built? How long's it all going to take. How much extra debt is the club going to be saddled with to pay for this stadium? "Where are we going to play in the intervening time?" Steve Waggott, Coventry City FC's development director, said owning its own ground was "key to the long-term future of the club" and would generate "activity and income". Mr Labovitch said the Football League was satisfied the club had the funds to build a new stadium. "The stadium that is saddled with a huge amount of debt that is really unsustainable is the Ricoh," he said. He said the club wanted to "really get cracking" with the stadium plans and would be asking for design input from fans.
21st Century Fox Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 He said the club wanted to "really get cracking" with the stadium plans and would be asking for design input from fans. Extra wide foot room in the stands for all the six-toed feet.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 Is it just me or is the new style of identikit stadium like the Brighton one with one huge main stand and three other stand of differently shaped stands under a connected roof? It's basically just the modern-day template version of the Leicester, Derby, Southampton of the late 90s/early 00s.
Soar Fox Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 Is it just me or is the new style of identikit stadium like the Brighton one with one huge main stand and three other stand of differently shaped stands under a connected roof? It's basically just the modern-day template version of the Leicester, Derby, Southampton of the late 90s/early 00s. Yep, same architects who have worked on Chelsea, Barcelona and Brightons stadium.
AndWhat? Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 Hope the away ends better than the Ricoh. Not that we'll ever play them again.
jonthefox Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 The top one looks like a giant shithouse seat.
darko2k7 Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 So they have enough money to build a new stadium but not to buy the Ricoh back from it's current owners so the rent argument goes away ? Either they are stupid stubborn people running the club or the stadium owners are asking way over the odds to buy the stadium back. Makes no sense at all the build out of the City again
Jordan Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 I've posted about this in past threads--I'm deeply cynical of the means used by Sisu and the ends they have in mind. I wouldn't be surprised if all or some of this is a ploy to get ACL/Coventry City Council back to the negotiating table. I still think Sisu's main objective is the same as it was in the beginning: to buy the Ricoh Arena well below market value. Who knows what they will do with the football club after that, though...
Leicesterpool Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 Looks impressive but haven't they already got a good stadium? plus where are they going to get the money from to pay for this?
Beliall Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 I like the realism its empty and everyones walking away
Out Foxed Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 is the white wraparound a nod to car covers
separator Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 Surely it would make more financial sense to sort out the argument with the Ricoh stadium owners rather than fork out for a brand new stadium. I guess at the moment the Ricoh stadium is only used for a couple of concerts a year, or does the connected arena / casino / hotel pay for it all?
Fox92 Posted 20 December 2013 Posted 20 December 2013 Good to see them get their own ground, but it's poor that it isn't actually in the City. Do hope everything works out for them. I don't like them as rivals, but as a football fan it would be nice to see us all back in the Premier League again.
Finnaldo Posted 23 December 2013 Posted 23 December 2013 Seriously, what the fvck are they actually doing?
Mack Posted 25 December 2013 Posted 25 December 2013 The only viable solution to their mess would be to find some kind of agreement with the owners of the existing stadium.
MPH Posted 26 December 2013 Posted 26 December 2013 And how do they plan on financing this? Could it be from the huge gate receipts they are getting? Or possibly from selling those million pound players they have? It could just possibly have to be owned by a private equity firm who will then rent it back to them. And shouldn't cause them any problems at all... Fvckwits never learn....
Voll Blau Posted 3 January 2014 Posted 3 January 2014 https://twitter.com/FourFourTwo/status/419085362552508416/photo/1 Regardless of what you think about Coventry this photo is fvcking cool.
Soar Fox Posted 3 January 2014 Posted 3 January 2014 https://twitter.com/FourFourTwo/status/419085362552508416/photo/1 Regardless of what you think about Coventry this photo is fvcking cool. Doesn't look as good as the Leicester players in the Fox & Crop clothing range.
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