KC stadium proposal âdeadâ 17-04-2012 | 07:00 | Print Proposals for a sports village and shops around Hull Cityâs KC stadium are âdeadâ, according to one of its masterminds. Leading Labour donor Assem Allam bought the football club in December 2010. National newspapers previously pointed out that he gave £100,000 to Labour soon after he was involved in an attempt to buy the stadiumâs freehold from the Labour-controlled council. Allam had hoped a sports village and shops would bring in more revenue for the club but no formal plan was ever put forward. His son, Ehab, confirmed the scheme's demise. Council leader Steve Brady said the stadium was not for sale, he had not discussed the multimillionaire Egyptianâs donation to Labour with him and he had not enjoyed his hospitality. 17/04/12 Financial Times 2
How can anyone not enjoy halal meat banjos and turkey bacon and eggs? Maybe it was having to kneel and bob up and down at half time.
I think it was foolish not to sell. It would of given huge regeneration to the area around the ground, providing top class sports facilities and improving the look of the area. It would of also put millions in the council pocket to spend on regenerating other areas of Hull that need it and proved a valuable cash injection into the city. If at the end of the day Allam said bollocks to it I'll move hull city and got pearson to move FC they would of been stuck with an empty stadium, some fans would grumble at first but would of got over a move eventually. Personally I think another poor decision from the clowns in charge. The only way I could see their reasoning is if he was trying to fleece them on price.
Hull City Council = No Vision, No plans for the future, No hope. There is a simple way to protect the KC and let the Allams build the sports village. Then again it requires brains and thats something that the clowns in charge just dont have,
That would literally be the worst thing ever. Have you been to an out of town stadium? It is frankly rubbish. And I say this as someone living in Leeds who would travel 30 miles fewer every home match.
I'm not saying your wrong but can you show me were it says he offered zero pounds and pence? Or was it a case of they wouldn't let him offer as they didn't want to listen?
Going to Melton would be ridiculous. Why the **** would you want to move out to Melton. City need to have their base in Hull.
Why would it? Sod the location! As AA said he doesn't have the money to fund us. I don't think it would be the difference between going up or not as I think we will go up eventually without spending lots. However, how do you stay in the Prem once you're promoted. I don't think you need to spend massive amounts but the difference between going down or staying up is usually having a goalscorer and that costs money!
So what's the alternative? No transfer fees until we are self-sufficient. If we can't increase our income streams to be more self-sufficient the other option is to cut costs. That's what is happening at the club left, right and centre at the moment and it isn't going to get us anywhere on the pitch. You keep saying the council are right on this, but when you're in such a small minority you're going to have to explain why you think this at least once before we take it seriously. I can't see how they can be defended on the decision. Politically, financially and in every way the proposal makes perfect sense, you have to feel that in any other area of the country the council would love for an amazing development like this to be made completely free of charge. What exactly is the downside? Please don't do a HCC and come out with some nonsense that has already been answered many times before such as "it'll risk the long-term future of FC'.
The area around the ground is a ****-hole, while it remains under council ownership, it will remain a ****-hole. The fact that the council think that a large part of the area should stay a ****-hole, just so it can be used by a bunch of pikeys two weeks a year, speaks volumes.
The Club needed the outside facilities to generate revenue. What other means have they to become self financing?
The Fair has got literally zero impact on the decision process regarding this, it is simply an easy target from the Pro-housing Development to line the Allams Pockets camp.
Because frankly I dont believe his / their intentions are honourable on this matter. Handing over a £28.5million development from public money is an extraordinarily risky thing to do. And dont insult me on the FC matter, if he did come out and say it threatened them I'd be more likely to be on board...
The area around the ground is crying out for development. The area is an eyesore and with the developments proposed by the Allams it would improve the area and bring a boost to the local economy and provide facilities for the community to use. This is an area that visitors to the City see, be that attending games or coming into the city on the train. An opportunity to boost the city's image and develop a run down area is turned down by the council, it's laughable to be honest that the council seems to lack any forward thinking on the matter.
