Problem with a lot of fans attitudes though is that they expect a new owner to lose many hudreds of thousands each year and get abused into the bargain , when the reality is at this level what works is a much stronger community involvement to reduce running costs.
No thanks he has already tried to destroy the club Once bitten twice shy
I’ve been saying this for years. I’d be astounded if the club haven’t explored this in the past what with the size of that car park. Could it be alcoholic licensing costs or something like that? I’m guessing someone on here would be able to ballpark costs involved in setting something like that up.
6k would be the cost to bring all the bars and any car park bars under one licence.
Why not is colchester not the community stadium .Which is owned by there council .
Ok is that for the season and how does that compare to current licensing costs within the ground?
True. It also means that the two sets of accounts 31/7/20 & 31/7/21 are distorted and not typical of a 'normal' season. In those circumstances you would expect a loss as running costs still remain but with much lower revenue.
The space at the top of the car park where all that crap associated with the domes was would be perfect.
it was his plan from the very beginning, why did Scunthorpe, Oldham and York get sold in a matter of weeks but 5 months down the line we are nowhere in terms of a sale?.
Snap!!
I ran the numbers to do this at The Kursaal and it didn't work given the size of the rent and rates. It is easy on Roots Hall car park. You would need to apply for one of the new alcohol licenses, but given the stadium already has one it should not be difficult. The problem as with all these things is that it is so far out of the current owners comfort zone.
If in return for your £5000 you got a 10 year season ticket that only started to time in once we got into League 1 would you do it?
The difference is, and like Blackpool, they were in different situations to us. York and Blackpool have modern stadiums that generate money on a non-matchday, sellable. Oldham have a brand new stand that houses modern hospitality which generates money, sellable. Scunthorpe have a much more up-to-date stadium than ours and again, can host much better hospitality, thus is much more attractive to a potential buyer, sellable.
You would then own something which would have minimal income for 10 years
I'd be very hesitant about moving to fan ownership at the moment, and you set out many of the reasons why.
You would have no income on it, that was not my suggestion and anyone who thinks you would get income from investing in the club is mistaken in the first place. You may break even.
