There actually WAS the exact restriction on conference dates I described a while back because a good friend of mine event managed a large conference at The Amex. Dates during the football season simply cannot be guaranteed. You'd think most Thursdays would be guaranteed but what if you got in...
My doubt is actually to do with the cost / benefits stacking up if we have to go through another painful and expensive planning process............
........mostly because of this.
The thing is there isn't unlimited opportunity to expand the number of conferences. You can only do it out of season and on definite international breaks. Imagine if we'd had the JoHos booked in for Monday 28th October because we were *definitely* playing Watford on the Friday :facepalm:
Indeed.
Also I remember a local cabbie asking me a while back if there were plans for hotels etc there. I almost laughed at him & said something like 'we had enough problems getting the stadium approved'. Shows what I know.
If these plans really do have to be approved by a Green led...