Would our council bail out the club?

[oldalbiongirl]

Do you think Brighton council would do the same

BBC News - Ricoh Arena: Coventry council votes to back £14m loan

Coventry council have bailed out the owners of their Ricoh stadium with a loan to try and keep the club and the ground going.

A far cry from a few years back when they were in the premier league getting excited about their new ground.

 

[wunt be druv]

More chance of me sprouting wings and flying gracefully around the Amex.No.

 

[shaolinpunk]

They'd be more likely to melt the stadium down and recycle it into a cycle lane that zigzags along the length of the A27

 

[sparkie]

Not a chance if Kitkat is in charge.

 

[StonehamPark]

They'd probably buy the Amex, spend £15m building affordable accommodation and then leave it empty for 5 years.

 

[TheJasperCo]

More chance of dinosaurs mating with crocodiles to form a super-reptile hybrid that takes over the world. Not on your nelly will the council step in if BHA goes under.

 

[The Large One]

If the Albion were in trouble, it would be for figures way over what the council would be able to put forward.

Having said that, it's not as though the present incumbents in the council haven't agreed to loan a project £14m to fund a tourist attraction.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Reading the report, it sounds like the city council actually own or part own the stadium."Coventry City Council has voted to bail out the company that runs the city's Ricoh Arena with a £14m loan.Arena Coventry Limited (ACL) runs the stadium on behalf of the council and the Alan Edwards Higgs Trust charity........The leader of the Labour-run city council, councillor John Mutton, said: "We have taken a decision that will benefit city taxpayers and secure the future of one of our most important and best loved PUBLIC assets that brings great benefits to Coventry people."

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Do you think Brighton council would do the same

BBC News - Ricoh Arena: Coventry council votes to back £14m loan

Coventry council have bailed out the owners of their Ricoh stadium with a loan to try and keep the club and the ground going.

A far cry from a few years back when they were in the premier league getting excited about their new ground.

We don't pay rent to Brighton council so the same situation wouldn't arise. Coventry are trying to recoup unpaid rent, so by helping the football club to stay there, they stand a small chance of getting something in return.

 

[The Modfather]

No Chance. Kitkat would not give us a break

 

[surrey jim]

No and nor should they.

 

[Albumen]

f*** no the council is more skint than coventry after the Tory cuts.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Annual rent of 1.2 million pounds?

No wonder they're trying to renegociate that deal. There's no way Cov City can carry on in League 1 with that millstone.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Annual rent of 1.2 million pounds?

No wonder they're trying to renegociate that deal. There's no way Cov City can carry on in League 1 with that millstone.

They would have been better off staying at Highfield Road. I liked that ground.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

There's more chance of The Albion bailing out the City Council I'd have thought.

 

[The Modfather]

They would have been better off staying at Highfield Road. I liked that ground.

Highfield Road always appeared suffient for a club of their size even in the top flight. Like you say, a great ground.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Historically, the council has done quite a lot for the Albion.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Historically, the council has done quite a lot for the Albion.

Yes, but that was a council made up of Brightonians. Not the horrific social experiment going on in Bartholomew Square at the moment.

Do you think an organisation willing to sell an artefact that has been synonymous with Brighton for 108 years, could really give two hoots about Brighton & Hove Albion.

 

[Albumen]

Yes, but that was a council made up of Brightonians. Not the horrific social experiment going on in Bartholomew Square at the moment.

Do you think an organisation willing to sell an artefact that has been synonymous with Brighton for 108 years, could really give two hoots about Brighton & Hove Albion.

Oh no, you're not talking about that number plate again are you?

 

[Benson]

Which number plate?