oafc1955 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 No idea what the business rates are for a football ground, but if you can reduce them by a quarter that would be a decent annual saving. I believe the club said that the stand needed £180k in repairs - as a matter of urgency. Sounds like part of that would be a rewire and I don't doubt the safety authorities would have layered on numerous other expenses that are included in the cost quoted, but will add nothing to future income. Better to stick that £180k to one side for when the rest of the finance is in place to replace the stand. Offset by a modest reduction in following as a result of demolition. It is, however, embarrassing to read comments from Peterborough fans about BP being a dump. So London Road is the Ritz by comparison??? If Latics are to attract a new set of fans in significant numbers, they have to build a new stand. Doing so is expensive, but failure to do so is probably the slow demise of the club. I would have thought the cost of the stand alone (without the other developments) would be around £2m. How nice it would be if the owners of the club (TTA, Wardle or whoever) could find this money now, get the stand and its facilities in place ahead of the 2010/11 season and then get on with the rest of the developments as the economy picks up. It's a true optimist who can see that happening. ------------------------------------ The Lookers replacement will be the new main stand and I'm sure I read in the local press that the estimated cost was somewhere around 11m!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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