Ok easty fair comment ....... We shall see

Was it a laptop in a briefcase in a James Bond baddy esque kind of way

regards the stadium the dates mean nothing they said it would be june its not they said it would be july its not they said august its not so whatever they said today whos to say that wont change next week im pretty confident we wont see it been opened for a league match this season and regards to larvin who knows i was just saying what i was told today

I made it quite clear earlier that it has always been 29th July, be interested to see a link to an earlier date.

but its going to be nowhere near that date is it

He's on the project management board. If he says that the North stand will be open for paying customers then I'm inclined to believe him. What won't be open is the hospitality stuff.

well i know it wont i dont really care if you believe me how many times have project managers come out and say this will be built in say 6 months and then they ask the builders and they say not a chance and guess whos always right

Thats spot on, Now for the last time.
I was informed by the contractors on Wednesday 23rd January that we could push for the hospitality by the target date, but they were worried about quality and appliance safety without it being tested, the stand will be open for the last two games, and the new hospitality will be ready for the world cup, the club are happy with this.

Quote: phil webbo "I made it quite clear earlier that it has always been 29th July, be interested to see a link to an earlier date.'" Neil Hudgell said hopefully it could be accelerated "with the goodwill of the council onside" to be open in the second half of the season. Halfway point of the season is mid May. All a bit vague. www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

Quote: phil webbo "I made it quite clear earlier that it has always been 29th July, be interested to see a link to an earlier date.'" Neil Hudgell said hopefully it could be accelerated "with the goodwill of the council onside" to be open in the second half of the season. Halfway point of the season is mid May. All a bit vague. www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html

In a capital expenditure constrained environment, probably wise not to commit the contingency on unnecessary acceleration.

You've not answered my question yet, cockle, you must have missed it, so can you clarify the funding aspects as keenly as you have done the programme timeline?

You said, I think, that the project would not cost the Hull taxpayer a penny. Bits of information we've had since include the following. The estimated cost of the whole thing was estimated at £6m at ERDF application time. £4m of it was eligible for funding (against which a grant of £2m was provided), leaving a balance of £2m on the training centre bit and £2m on the stand itself. I know the costs have gone up since, but is it the case that Rovers will repay the £2m on the stand part (or whatever the latest estimate for this part is) and the other tenants will repay the balance?

In a capital expenditure constrained environment, probably wise not to commit the contingency on unnecessary acceleration.

You've not answered my question yet, cockle, you must have missed it, so can you clarify the funding aspects as keenly as you have done the programme timeline?

You said, I think, that the project would not cost the Hull taxpayer a penny. Bits of information we've had since include the following. The estimated cost of the whole thing was estimated at £6m at ERDF application time. £4m of it was eligible for funding (the training centre, against which a grant of £2m was provided), leaving a balance of £2m on the training centre bit, and £2m on the stand itself. I know the costs have gone up since, but is it the case that Rovers will repay the £2m on the stand part (or whatever the latest estimate for this part is) and the other tenants will repay the balance?

Pretty sure the non ERDF bit was funded through a loan the council raised at nil or next to nil interest through some special scheme, and that rovers would repay this at something like 50 grand a year for the next 40/50 years but the council would be liable if rovers default. I know they were looking at a private partner to run the business centre but unsure if this progressed