dandaman wrote:
On the subject of the second, does anything change with them if this takeover of city happens or will the allams still own it?
Well the Allam's can keep the SMC and providing any future purchasers of Hull City agree with that situation (if they don't agree with the arrangement they won't buy it anyway I guess). Then the Allam's would run the Stadium with both Clubs as tenants. It is a separate entity, a situation as was agreed between Adam and the Council back in the formative days of the Stadium. However in the past it has been sold as part of the subsequent City deals.
It would appear by recent comments from the leader of the council that should they wish to sell it with or without the football club the council have to give that deal their blessing and as the proposed City take over have moved to due diligence without apparently the Council having been contacted you might presume that its not part of the deal and that they intend to hold onto it. That is in fact something they have threatened to do in the past and something that Adam said was an eventual possibility a few years back when he started to have issues with them. That's how I think to stands at present but only my view of it, I could be completely wrong but I hope that helps.
