New Stadium

Quote: east hull FC fan "One look at your clubs recent history shows that I would rather the council invested in Icelandic banks again. You CAN'T AFFORD to pay it back until you average 10k attendances at least.

We would be able to offer greater facilities, we'd be making more from sponsorship, we'll have a facility that can be used 52 weeks of the year and not 15 weeks maximum. At the moment Craven Park is a Rugby League stadium that is around 22 years old, it was poorly designed and only designed for a purpose of a place for spectators to sit or stand. What we are trying to do now is make it into a place that can be used like the KC for a whole range of things. The money we pay back is going to be pretty small considering the length of the loan and the fact it is being shared with numerous other companies. Judging on the excitment of our BOD the South stand plans could be released at some point over the next 12 months and apparently it is like nothing else in the area. So with all this in mind there is no reason why we cannot start to average a 10k crowd while having the corporate boxes full every week and all profit goes into Hull KR's pocket and not shared among anyone else. You read far too much into HKR's finances, they are losing an amount that is pretty standard for a club in this league, they are losing less than some clubs that have been in the league longer, we lost more because we were paying over the odds for players not worth half of what they were getting. As these contracts are ending we are bringing in bigger and better players in the hope that success will draw another few thousand fans out of the woodwork. A high risk gamble but one that is proven to work if you have the facilities (proven at Hull FC)

We were given assurances (and a pretty lengthy lease) when we moved, if we were adversely affected by any sale I'd expect us to be compensated. Also, I never mentioned anything about a new stadium, thanks.

I agree. I do not expect anyone to kick you out, I do not expect any new stadium to be built and I do not ever think Hull will move from the KC unless it is replace in which you will move to whatever it is replaced with. Only time I would see you move is if a buyer came in and wanted Hull to have their own ground so they could make more profit.

I agree.

Firstly, if it was worked into the deal that the Allams paid for the stadium there'd be feck all you could do.
Secondly, if you offered me shares in a company you'd invested in and i'd refused, you then went on to sell that investment to move elsewhere would you offer me anything? No.

Quite right, if the Allams bought you a stadium there is nothing we could say about the matter, however if the council then took an amount much less than the value of the stadium not only HKR fans but the whole City would be up in arms because the money was for EVERYONE and not just the two sporting clubs. Only way around this would be if the Allams built a further community stadium on a smaller scale and gave it to the city as a gesture of good will, the council could then offer you guys to play there and again us here in the East could say nothing.'"

I infact would like nothing more than for you guys to move into a purpose built stadium. The Boulevard was a vibrant, noisy place to visit, players hated being there especially wingers who had more than their fair share of abuse. With this kind of atmosphere we could get the real derby feeling back into the game instead of this ladedar football stadium malarky that has no atmosphere and no heart.

Tell you what I bet your players today wouldn't have dared not perform had they had to endure the abuse your threpenny stand would have given them!