What would the council do with a stadium that has no football club tenant?
How much would that 'asset' be worth?
How much would that 'asset' be worth?
It's not a £54 million asset at all, it has a lifespan of 50 years and currently generates the council/us as tax payers approximately £65 per year, as an assets worth is governed by the economic benefits it can generate the stadium itself is worth about £2600, this is due to the cretins at the council committing a **** load of our money to building a stadium and then agreeing peppercorn rents. From that perspective it is bizzare that they are reluctant to give control to the Allams to allow them to build their sports village and achieve greater economic benefit for the city as a whole, surely that is what we elect them to do? The only thing worth money is the site the stadium stands on and I'd be amazed if it's worth more than £5 million, a small price to pay for £100 million of investment and the creation of 200 jobs.I never said they were without fault, The Lord Mayor has made a complete cock of himself and Geraghty is a fool. However to say 'all they've done is hold us back' is very blinkered.
And I have said all along on every post - you can check - that I think the council refusing to hand a £54million asset over for free is 100% the right decision.
Brady and Geraghty are quite simply dimwits.
They have no experience of success, it frightens them, they probably think it will cost them their council houses if they create anything that generates a revenue.
Seriously, I think they're that ****ing stupid.
Totally agree OLM, after ****witt Geraghty went live on air and said why would the KC stadium need expanding Hull City have never filled it and Brady live on air referred to us as that club they confirmed everything I'd ever thought of them, small time backward thinking dinosaurs who have nothing but distain for our club and no vision for the future of Hull, they'd rather the city continue to go backwards than see anyone with vision and the drive to succeed benefit financially from making Hull a better place.Brady and Geraghty are quite simply dimwits.
They have no experience of success, it frightens them, they probably think it will cost them their council houses if they create anything that generates a revenue.
Seriously, I think they're that ****ing stupid.
It's not a £54 million asset at all, it has a lifespan of 50 years and currently generates the council/us as tax payers approximately £65 per year, as an assets worth is governed by the economic benefits it can generate the stadium itself is worth about £2600, this is due to the cretins at the council committing a **** load of our money to building a stadium and then agreeing peppercorn rents. From that perspective it is bizzare that they are reluctant to give control to the Allams to allow them to build their sports village and achieve greater economic benefit for the city as a whole, surely that is what we elect them to do? The only thing worth money is the site the stadium stands on and I'd be amazed if it's worth more than £5 million, a small price to pay for £100 million of investment and the creation of 200 jobs.

Which is why I think the MPs need to be having a whisper in some councillor's ears. This can't go on.
There were no Hull CC elections in 2013, realistically, there is no possibility of the electoral situation changing against Labour until 2017-8 at the earliest, and that's assuming the Lib Dems do recover.
People can't let Brady and Geraghty be little Kim Jong Ils until another party gets its act together. I quite like both Diana and Alan Johnson - I think they're both good constituency MPs. I really think they need to be looking in here.
My two pennyworth regarding the ground situation.........
Keeping the KC stadium under council control gives us somewhere to play regardless of what financial position the club finds itself in in 5/10/15 years time, be it still in the Premier League, the Championship, or we absolutely cock it up royally, go bust and re-form in non-league ala Wimbledon, Newport etc.
If the stadium goes into private hands, it can be used as security to borrow against......future owners might not be as sensible as our current regime.....it could easily become a reposession and the property of RBS/HSBC/etc.....remember former owners who liked to lock us out whilst playing tennis.
I for one say keep it in council hands...BUT...come to some negotiation with regards to maintenance/profits sharing/re-investment.
My two pennyworth regarding the ground situation.........
Keeping the KC stadium under council control gives us somewhere to play regardless of what financial position the club finds itself in in 5/10/15 years time, be it still in the Premier League, the Championship, or we absolutely cock it up royally, go bust and re-form in non-league ala Wimbledon, Newport etc.
If the stadium goes into private hands, it can be used as security to borrow against......future owners might not be as sensible as our current regime.....it could easily become a reposession and the property of RBS/HSBC/etc.....remember former owners who liked to lock us out whilst playing tennis.
I for one say keep it in council hands...BUT...come to some negotiation with regards to maintenance/profits sharing/re-investment.