[Kosh]

: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:47 pm  

Big Spender wrote:

Interesting.

So Councils can build stadiums for two clubs sharing but not for one ?

Point me to that bit of legislation please, be interesting reading.

Councils can build community facilities. Building a stadium for the exclusive use of a single sports club doesn't qualify. It's obvious when you think about it.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:42 am  

Kosh wrote:

The stadium would not have been built for ANY single club. It would have been illegal for the council to spend public funds to do so. No getting around that fact no matter how much some folk would like to ignore it.

Not disputing that it wouldn't have been built for one sports club, but I doubt it would have been illegal. Ricoh Arena only has one tenant, Coventry City, and that's a council-built stadium.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:58 pm  

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: Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:57 pm  

Kosh wrote:

Councils can build community facilities. Building a stadium for the exclusive use of a single sports club doesn't qualify. It's obvious when you think about it.

So Coventry City broke the law then ?

In Oz (AFAIK) most (if not all) the major sporting stadiums are funded from goverment or state money and several host more than one different sport.