Steve Brady was on with Burnsey this morning and the KC Stadium was mentioned as the council are setting up an arms length sport and leisure services company which will look after all of the cities sport and leisure facilities. Included in this company would be Springhead Golf Club and the Ennerdale, both of which were ear marked for closure.
Brady said he was going to re-open negotiations with the Allams on the stadium and potential development of the site. He seemed pretty clear that development was needed and that in time a deal could be struck.
He did however state that deals like that (good business deals) would be done behind closed doors and not through the media.
Will be interesting to see if anything progresses. A move to make sport and leisure arms length would hopefully see the back of Terry Geraghty and his vendetta against the Allams and Hull City as political interference should be minimal in a private company.
Brady was clear that these arms length companies would go quite a way in making the further £40m+ savings the council needed to make in the next 2 years or so. This is because staff would be transferred to private companies which could then make a profit/reinvest without the council creaming off the money etc.
A public/private company would need the KC as collateral or as salable asset to allow investment in other areas and I think Brady knows the city would be the poorer if Hull City did not play within its boundaries.
Interesting times ahead!
Brady said he was going to re-open negotiations with the Allams on the stadium and potential development of the site. He seemed pretty clear that development was needed and that in time a deal could be struck.
He did however state that deals like that (good business deals) would be done behind closed doors and not through the media.
Will be interesting to see if anything progresses. A move to make sport and leisure arms length would hopefully see the back of Terry Geraghty and his vendetta against the Allams and Hull City as political interference should be minimal in a private company.
Brady was clear that these arms length companies would go quite a way in making the further £40m+ savings the council needed to make in the next 2 years or so. This is because staff would be transferred to private companies which could then make a profit/reinvest without the council creaming off the money etc.
A public/private company would need the KC as collateral or as salable asset to allow investment in other areas and I think Brady knows the city would be the poorer if Hull City did not play within its boundaries.
Interesting times ahead!
