It sounds to me that back of *** packet Allam expected a contribution for redevelopment however in lieu of said contribution he said they could give him the freehold for the stadium.
Its a sound principle but one which if our marketing and fans liaison are anything to go by, will have been executed poorly.
There is massive potential for the site and local authorities are tying up deals with leisure providers/academy schools to improve facilities all over the country. Just a shame nobody thinks like that at HCC. We deal with this company and it is what they do!
http://www.pellikaan.com/en/projects/results
As a location for a fair, it is pretty outdated now and there are plenty of places around the city where it can be moved to.
They could even put it around the city centre like Manchester does with the Christmas markets, use it as the start to the late night shopping period.