There's planning permission to build 1,231 student flats and to re-fill St Andrews Quay with water, but the planning application is from Phil Akrill, who's very dodgy and won't actually develop it unless he can find someone else to fund it. please log in to view this image http://www.thisishullandeastriding....ed-Lord-Line/story-15703112-detail/story.html The Lord Line building is owned by a developer(in fact it's been owned by a couple), but it needs a fortune spending on it and nobody has come up with a viable development for it yet. It would make fantastic flats(or a hotel), but it's completely knackered inside... http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=12012#.UNGsM29FWAg
Agreed. Papa Allam is just tightening the strings with HCC. He knows what he is doing and for sure HCC dont have any money or the nouse to improve the area. I would suggest a change of council leadership will make this happen though at some point. Lets face it, dealing with clowns like Brady, Turner, Geraghty et al,,, is there any wonder Allam snr says what he does. The PL cash is the windfall that the Allams crave and want. The PL will be the tool that makes the sale of the KC happen,, imo. Plus, it very true that the bigger the capacity the lower you can drop prices. Sometimes Less Is More.!!!
My Dad used to work for Yorkshire Forward (and Hull Citybuild until it closed) and he always said the Lord Line building would make a good hotel, it is a nice building. It's actually a lot bigger than it looks when you drive past, you could easily make that into flats with little trouble. You'd just have to restructure the walls. Maybe put a heated pool on the roof.
Everyone is always so quick to slate the councillors but if you live in Hull, it's in your hands. When has this happened in England?
1) Sadly i dont live in Hull so cannot vote. But i would hope those who do will vote these clowns out next time. 2) Always a first time for it to happen. If we can get safe standing back then £10 tickets would sell out as an example. imo.
If it was £10 to get in now it would sell out and surely bring in greater income than we currently get.
Geraghty has represented Orchard Park for years and years, even when he split from the Labour Party and became an Independent Labour candidate. He's back in the fray now and the rest of the Party have allowed that loose cannon to have some influence again. Brady was bad enough but he at least seems to be coming around to the idea of sorting this sorry mess out - Geraghty on the other hand is one hell of a mischief maker (referring to Hull as RL city when the boxing was recently mooted in Hull and now saying that we failed to fill the KC when we were in the PL)
But you know full well that for every sensible person voting on merit, there's 2 people who vote for the same party every election because their parents taught them to. It obviously isn't as simple as 'just vote them out' especially in places like Hull where Labour are so safe. I don't know the maths, but apparently the Ipswich and Burnley games which were cheap tickets actually made us less money than normal.
We will have made less, there was only just 17,000 for the Burnley game and that's our highest of the season.
If City move out of Hull the KC will become a white elephant. It will be left by the council to rot no doubt, and it will make the city look ****e. I don't like the idea of out of town stadiums. And an out of town sports centre in a village would be pointless as well. We're Hull City and should stay here.
Allam said in the radio interview that if he is given the go ahead to expand the stadium to 35000, he can then drop the ticket prices. If we don't inflate the prices when we are promoted, then more people will obviously come back. We just need to get promoted and stay there and then if there is a demand for tickets then the council will be pressured into making a decision.
Im pretty sure he's basing that on sell-outs every week and then when we dont sell-out every week he has his excuse not to drop prices.
I believe Norwich dropped their prices, particualrly for kids passes and have ended up with a very healthy queue for season tickets that stands them in good stead for the future. As I mentioned before, most clubs drop their prices several times a season when they've room to do it. It's not just about revenue on the day, or even for that season but getting people in so they see football as an option rather than feeling excluded through price.
Dropping prices now will annoy some season ticket holders that I know (It won't me) - also the half season pass being currently offerred is still little or no reduction pro rata on the original season ticket. The Club have announced that a new direct debit scheme will be announced in March/April (replacing the redundant easy payment plan) and this will be based on season prices determined then. Interesting to see how they will pitch this bearing in mind they won't know what division we'll be in.
I dont understand your point, nobody is disputing that dropping prices would increase attendances. Im saying building a bigger stadium will not mean prices dropping.
