Honestly the rate the latics are shaping its little wonder they cant afford the upkeep of the stadium

The times they are a changing

Its a good job the council have waived their £205,000 ground rent every year so far or uncle Dave would really be squealing!

Did those comments come straight from Dave, or via his carer?

Great win yesterday......


for Forest & Bristol City.

Tick tock tick tock tick tock

In more ways than one!

I assume the current contract will have no clause for cost of upkeep therefore, if uncle Dave wants to change the contract then IL can take the opportunity to change or amend other clauses.
Uncle Dave must be the only owner in the world of a sporting club with a statue outside his ground who genuinely begrudges spending money on the club. Never sure if I feel sorry for him or if he deserves my total apathy.

I sure did!

£23,000 per game appears to be quite a good deal, particularly when you consider how much the stadium management company is losing year on year. Factor in our annual rent, the annual loss and the potential ground rent, and it would be akin to sticking an extra £10 on the price of a matchday ticket, or £120 on your ST just to cover those three things. Then of course there's the cost of building a stadium....

Now, hands up all those who still want our own stadium?

Bearing in mind the club makes nothing from concessions, sponsors and the hospitality boxes, it's not a great deal.

The club would much prefer to own their own ground, believe me.

As for Whelan's comments, he can f' off.

Not true, the hospitality revenue comes to Wigan RLFC. What they don't get is the revenue from the bars on the ground and the South Stand bar, but they don't pay the costs.
I suspect some of that may change in the not to distant future.

Assuming the worst and the latics do go down,at what point does it make sense for the stadium company to seek to sell the ground?

Or is that still a way off.

"Assuming the worst and the latics do go down,at what point does it make sense for the stadium company to seek to sell the ground?

Or is that still a way off."
I presume you mean to a housing developer? don't think uncle dave would ever let us get our hands on it.

Whelan deliberately kept the stadium separate from the football club, safe in the knowledge that when he comes to sell the Latics, he will only be selling a football club, rather than a club and a stadium. Its therefore little wonder that when he took a step back, there were no takers for the football club and his grandson took on the role (previous experience = one failed chip shop)

Interesting reading from the Stadium 2016 annual report:

"As a consequence of Wigan Athletic competing in a lower league and the resulting drop in attendances, match day catering declined, as did the stadium hire charges from Wigan Athletic".

It seems Uncle Dave wants the Warriors to make up the rental shortfall due to the on-field failure of the football club. Perhaps he should tell young Dave to stop sacking managers and paying compensation.

So because the Latics are failing on the pitch, that should cost us extra money? Disgraceful!