The Pitch

Hmmm has to bite back from banter..

I love you too!

 

Are you sure? 3 million Mcburnie “self generated” us and that’s not gone back in....

 

Lovely! Excellent post!

So, City would of paid 9.25m come the end of lease plus any maintenance work like the pitch etc..

How much would a new stadium cost?

Bradford City would be foolish not to look into groundsharing if we can't renegotiate a better deal. Gibbs is laughing. 9.25m and owns all that land etc & watching the stadium go to pot.

It's vital if Rupp is looking to sell then he sells ASAP because a new owner and CEO need to really start thinking about the pitch & lease of the stadium.

 

£370,000 a year seems very cheap for the ground? Bearing in mind we will have players on close to 6/7k a week, that's nearly a years rent. I genuinely haven't a clue how much these things cost but I thought it would be closer to the £500,000 mark, if not more.

Let's not joke around though, not having any long-term tangible assets isn't good. Again, as I made a few posts about recently, there seems to be no long term vision for the club. Money also doesn't grow on trees so who knows what the answer is.

 

On a massive squad

 

30k per a month for something you really use every 2 weeks

Then we will have to pay all the bills and maintenance.

Not cheep if you ask me.

 

Again, I really have no idea what the going rate for a 20,000+ ground would be. Would be interesting to see what other clubs are paying for something similar.

 

Makes more sense. Still unsure whether this a good deal or a bad one in the grand scheme of things.

 

I believe until Mark, Rhodes sr & Rhodes jr bought the shop that figure might have been nearer the mark.

 

All that proves is Gibb is an astute businessman, something i would expect from a man of his acumen. I agree about your comments regarding the stadium, like any ageing structure maintenance, both long and short term, becomes an issue. It, along with the annual rent, is probably the most contentious issue when renegotiating the lease. As for club moving location, that does happen, more often than not to a new stadium, sometimes out of town such as Bolton. The question in point was not about a new stadium though, it was to potentially move to another city because lease talks have broken down. The only club i could think of thats done that is Coventry and its been a disaster for the club.
Our club has nowhere to go, its either Valley Parade or a new stadium. Both Rhodes and Gibb know this. Both are experienced in negotiation and i expect a new lease to be signed at Valley Parade after protracted talks.

 

If Mcburnie was not sold, what would Rupp have done then?

 

Agree re Coventry. Don’t want to move thread off of its course but what a job Robins has done there with all that going on. Would have had him at city

 

I would look into building a new small stadium like Rotherhams which cost around £20m, room to expand if we ever became successful and with limited capacity you could double season ticket prices, probably unrealistic but if the Bulls were involved also it could happen.

 

A lot smaller budget

 

Not if we doubled season ticket prices from the get go too.

 

He doesn’t have to be astute. He knew we were desperate and would accept the best deal on offer, he probably knew what the others were offering as well. I could negotiate a deal like that. I really don’t have any answers as to what we do. I actually don’t think we should tie ourselves into a long term deal, 10 years max.