: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:22 pm  

The CC Licence period of 5 years is long enough - if there is no sign of a new stadium being built in the first 2 years then they will almost certainly vacate the Brewery Field and probably relocate to Cardiff.
If the above should happen then this will be bad news for Brewery Field Limited as they are banking on the income from the SL attendances of the CC. Without this income they will undoubtedly struggle, and furthermore the CC are only licenced to play a minimum number of games.
Samuel has worked a flanker here as he has offloaded the Brewery Field for a considerable sum of money to the only people who could afford to buy it, he pays no rent or rates, and is now free to take the CC where he likes !!!....Brilliant.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:57 pm  

sillybilly wrote:

The CC Licence period of 5 years is long enough - if there is no sign of a new stadium being built in the first 2 years then they will almost certainly vacate the Brewery Field and probably relocate to Cardiff.

No-one has a 5 year license. They have 3 year licenses. We've only just heard news about a new CC stadium so I'm not sure how long it will take, but I can't imagine it being 2 years.

sillybilly wrote:

If the above should happen then this will be bad news for Brewery Field Limited as they are banking on the income from the SL attendances of the CC. Without this income they will undoubtedly struggle, and furthermore the CC are only licenced to play a minimum number of games.
Samuel has worked a flanker here as he has offloaded the Brewery Field for a considerable sum of money to the only people who could afford to buy it, he pays no rent or rates, and is now free to take the CC where he likes !!!....Brilliant.

They could always sell the land to build houses, couldn't they?

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:20 pm  

The 5 year licence is from the Brewery Field Limited to ply out of the Brewey Field......not to be confused with the 3 year SL Licence.
As for the period of time it takes to build a new stadium it does not matter as the CC can now play anywhere ....they are now free to play where they like.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:50 pm  

Wellsy13 wrote:

They could always sell the land to build houses, couldn't they?

surely not, as they dont own the land but a lease to it

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:03 pm  

crucrucrusaders wrote:

No-one at the club is unhappy about this. It's an arrangement used by many clubs such as Leigh Centurions and Leeds Rhinos for example.

Leeds certainly don't have this setup, the club owns its own ground in the same company it trades in.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:01 pm  

Wellsy13 wrote:

They could always sell the land to build houses, couldn't they?

as pointed out they can't they only own the lease. but if they did who cares with gate recipits for foosball starting to fall due to financial climate and the stadiums being empty for 4-5 months of the year who wouldn't want a SL team to set up shop in their yard!

its rent money! this deal would appear to free up the crusaders to be able to twist the arm of the local planning authority to push for a new stadium. the you'll let us build it or we'll go somewhere else routine. and whast more they can do it at minimal notice too.

: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:16 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

surely not, as they dont own the land but a lease to it

Fair dos. Not quite sure how it all works on that front.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:50 am  

chubbs1981 wrote:

its rent money! this deal would appear to free up the crusaders to be able to twist the arm of the local planning authority to push for a new stadium. the you'll let us build it or we'll go somewhere else routine. and whast more they can do it at minimal notice too.

Again, I am shocked and outraged!

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:01 pm  

Wellsy13 wrote:

No-one has a 5 year license. They have 3 year licenses. We've only just heard news about a new CC stadium so I'm not sure how long it will take, but I can't imagine it being 2 years.

The 5 year license was a referal to the agreement to play at the ground not the Super League franchise.

They could always sell the land to build houses, couldn't they?

In short, no, as has been answered above.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:09 pm  

If Celtic are still playing at the BF in 25 years time then they WILL have a problem!