Quote: The Dentist Wilf "If you are a resident of Hull, then a deal which means that no cost of maintenance and repair of such a facility at a time of austerity within local authorities has to be a good deal, because no costs fall on the residents of the City, at a time when parks, libraries and swimming baths are being shut. The Council can't be credited with much but they did at least have the foresight to see what was coming back at the turn of the Century.
However the original deal between the Council and the then SMC was only for the running and maintenance of the Stadium and the Arena, this is without doubt a change of use for the Arena. It stops being a community facility and becomes part of Hull City's 'empire' I also believe before the stadium was built that permission was only given by Central Government for the use of publicly based capital receipts because the Stadium was to be a shared facility by at least two of the Cities professional Clubs and because there was a strong community element to that facility. In fact I think it was insisted that it was to be called the Community Stadium.
If the Council take no action then what has changed since then, between the Council and the SMC, is the bit up for debate. I'm led to believe that the council knew nothing about all this before yesterday!'"
I find it hard to believe that the council knew nothing of this, it's widely known that to meet Category 2 Status Hull City need a covered 3G Surface at certain perimeters, the Allams have recently had numerous people in the arena measuring up etc. I believe the audit takes place around the 20-23rd April.
The Council have left themselves wide open here and seem to not have a leg to stand on, it was a massive oversight on their part when the lease was drawn up and agreed. I think the very least they can do is put the public in the picture, the full picture because there's many people who simply don't understand how something like this can be allowed to happen.
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