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Post by werrington on Oct 12, 2022 15:38:58 GMT
Not sure if this is the correct side of the board or EE
What could happen to it as Coventry City sold it to Wasps RFC and rented it from them with all the outside signage etc changed but they’ve now gone into administration with a winding up order which ultimately puts the stadium at a huge risk
Coventry City ground sharing again?
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 12, 2022 15:51:08 GMT
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 12, 2022 15:54:49 GMT
Is he linked to everything and everyone🤣
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Post by dirtclod on Oct 13, 2022 0:08:08 GMT
Is he linked to everything and everyone🤣 A type of plaque psoriasis. Only remedy I know of is a new drug called Cosentyx. |
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Post by callas12 on Oct 13, 2022 6:33:20 GMT
Not had the best of luck with stadium issues over the years have they Coventry City..
Playing fixture catch up this season due to state of their pitch at start of season certainly isn't helping their cause..
The future of the Ricoh must be under real threat right now as their sharing buddies are in such financial difficulty. From a club point of view, it's a shame Cov can't muster the finances to own the stadium out right to put the whole ground threats to bed.
Bet they wish they'd just remained at Highfield Road now.
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Post by wrighter on Oct 13, 2022 6:54:03 GMT
Really feel for Coventry fans
They"ve had loads of sh*t thrown at them ie ground etc
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Post by Gods on Oct 13, 2022 7:05:26 GMT
Should have stayed at Highfield Road.
An all-seater stadium decades before they became the law!
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Post by Northy on Oct 13, 2022 8:07:23 GMT
Should have stayed at Highfield Road. An all-seater stadium decades before they became the law! It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. |
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Post by lordb on Oct 13, 2022 8:12:02 GMT
Should have stayed at Highfield Road. An all-seater stadium decades before they became the law! It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. Did it need expanding? |
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Post by Glory Hunter on Oct 13, 2022 8:19:04 GMT
It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. Did it need expanding? I don’t share the sympathy for this club. No stadium they have ever occupied needed expanding (well not to house the fans anyway). Should have been relegated years before the great day when it happened. And some on here think our owners haven’t done a good job! Take a look at the idiots managing affairs at Cov. They will probably be back at Sixfields in Northampton next season, which will hopefully be in League 1. |
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Post by Gods on Oct 13, 2022 10:59:58 GMT
Should have stayed at Highfield Road. An all-seater stadium decades before they became the law! It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. Yeah, I recall that somehow Jimmy Hill was behind what was England's first and for a long time only all-seater stadium believing it to be the future. |
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Post by Northy on Oct 13, 2022 11:21:08 GMT
It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. Did it need expanding? It was only just over 20,000 I think, so probably, it was quite packed in with houses if I remember correctly, hardly any parking and nothing much in the way of modern corporate areas for bringing in extra revenue. |
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Post by lordb on Oct 13, 2022 11:47:05 GMT
It was only just over 20,000 I think, so probably, it was quite packed in with houses if I remember correctly, hardly any parking and nothing much in the way of modern corporate areas for bringing in extra revenue. That's big enough for Cov Smaller fan base |
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on Oct 13, 2022 12:40:39 GMT
I personally (even before Wasps current demise) would have liked see Coventry promoted to the premier league for 1 season, buy the ground back, then send Wasps packing back to fucking London. No wonder they are in a financial state with decisions like that, moving them out of London from where they were based for 90 odd years?
How was that allowed to happen anyway? Madness for Coventry FC and Wasps!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2022 13:16:53 GMT
It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. Yeah, I recall that somehow Jimmy Hill was behind what was England's first and for a long time only all-seater stadium believing it to be the future. Yep it was. I think Pittodrie was the first in the UK followed by Coventry in England . Was a bit like the same prob we had with the Victoria Ground at Highfield Rd re development |
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Post by Scouse on Oct 13, 2022 13:32:00 GMT
Coventry was done on the cheap ..and I really do mean cheap and nasty , seats were just put onto the existing terraces.. including from memory only using about a 1/3rd of the open end
it lasted about 4 years
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Post by Gods on Oct 13, 2022 14:36:05 GMT
Yeah, I recall that somehow Jimmy Hill was behind what was England's first and for a long time only all-seater stadium believing it to be the future. Yep it was. I think Pittodrie was the first in the UK followed by Coventry in England . Was a bit like the same prob we had with the Victoria Ground at Highfield Rd re development Yes of course, Aberdeen was an all-seater too! |
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Post by shooters on Oct 13, 2022 15:51:43 GMT
Not sure if this is the correct side of the board or EE What could happen to it as Coventry City sold it to Wasps RFC and rented it from them with all the outside signage etc changed but they’ve now gone into administration with a winding up order which ultimately puts the stadium at a huge risk Coventry City ground sharing again? Ashley is after the property on the cheap . As freeholders Coventry council/government should take it in lieu of the £2m tax arrears , and no doubt some development grants when it opened , rent it to Coventry at a fair rate until we get all that money back from new long leaseholders. Its another terrible mess with a history of dodgy hedge fund ownership in CFC ,and wasps promising bondholders 13% a yr for investors. |
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Post by Northy on Oct 14, 2022 8:49:08 GMT
Yeah, I recall that somehow Jimmy Hill was behind what was England's first and for a long time only all-seater stadium believing it to be the future. Yep it was. I think Pittodrie was the first in the UK followed by Coventry in England . Was a bit like the same prob we had with the Victoria Ground at Highfield Rd re development No, Clydebank was the first all seater in the UK, I went to it, wooden benches fixed down onto an open terrace |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2022 8:53:45 GMT
Yep it was. I think Pittodrie was the first in the UK followed by Coventry in England . Was a bit like the same prob we had with the Victoria Ground at Highfield Rd re development No, Clydebank was the first all seater in the UK, I went to it, wooden benches fixed down onto an open terrace Good knowledge there Northers 👍. I was at Stranraer once and all 11 fans were sat down if that counts. Pittodrie of course literally means pile of shit in English....I think dung heap the correct translation but not too nice either way. |
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Post by Squeekster on Oct 14, 2022 9:00:27 GMT
I personally (even before Wasps current demise) would have liked see Coventry promoted to the premier league for 1 season, buy the ground back, then send Wasps packing back to fucking London. No wonder they are in a financial state with decisions like that, moving them out of London from where they were based for 90 odd years? How was that allowed to happen anyway? Madness for Coventry FC and Wasps! Did Covenrty ever own the Ricoh Arena? I thought they've always leased it and wasps stepped in when the then owners were in trouble? |
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Post by jeycov on Oct 14, 2022 13:25:13 GMT
Should have stayed at Highfield Road. An all-seater stadium decades before they became the law! It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. A bit like our ground re good access to the motorway - not a lot of parking within walking distance Hardly anywhere to park near to Highfield road and the railway station is on the other side of the city centre 🤔 Less and less places to park in and around the Bet 365 No easy answer- possibly more efficient park and ride options |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Oct 14, 2022 18:44:44 GMT
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Post by maninasuitcase on Oct 15, 2022 13:44:57 GMT
It was just in the wrong location for being a modernised stadium, nowhere to park nearby, also was showing it's age a bit and couldn't be expanded. Ideal for being near the city centre though. A bit like our ground re good access to the motorway - not a lot of parking within walking distance Hardly anywhere to park near to Highfield road and the railway station is on the other side of the city centre 🤔 Less and less places to park in and around the Bet 365 No easy answer- possibly more efficient park and ride options When you think back to old stadiums the vic was relatively close to the station compared to the like of the following old grounds. Manor ground Oxford was almost 3 miles County ground Northampton 2 miles Layer road colchester 2 miles Highfield road Coventry 1.6 miles Then you move and its further away. |
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Post by marylandstoke on Oct 15, 2022 16:24:32 GMT
Is the Ricoh Arena a copy of some other Arena?
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on Oct 16, 2022 12:44:43 GMT
I personally (even before Wasps current demise) would have liked see Coventry promoted to the premier league for 1 season, buy the ground back, then send Wasps packing back to fucking London. No wonder they are in a financial state with decisions like that, moving them out of London from where they were based for 90 odd years? How was that allowed to happen anyway? Madness for Coventry FC and Wasps! Did Covenrty ever own the Ricoh Arena? I thought they've always leased it and wasps stepped in when the then owners were in trouble? Don't think they did to be honest, but it was quite clearly a football stadium for Coventry City. Still pisses me off that a rugby club would move move to Coventry from London because it was an easy fix for them. It's clearly not good for their (wasps) fans and put the football club in a useless position. I've changed my opinion since my first post. I hope they get to the Prem for a few seasons, then a build a new stadium and leave the current one to rot on their greedy owners. Think were looking at building a new 20,000 seater with Coventry University not long back. |
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