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Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:43 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

or you open 2 stands down the side?

if we were at ER, I'd have the top tier, south stand and corners closed. Give away fans the side where LUFC away fans go too.

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:49 pm  

So this time next week we will know what is going to happen regarding where we will be playing ?

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Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:51 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

So this time next week we will know what is going to happen regarding where we will be playing ?

Not too sure about where we will be playing, but what we will know is for certain the timescales and start dates / contractors providing it all gets the go ahead on Wednesday.

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:54 pm  

Frosties. wrote:

Not too sure about where we will be playing, but what we will know is for certain the timescales and start dates / contractors providing it all gets the go ahead on Wednesday.

Thanks yes I meant that too

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:33 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

yeah but we don't sell 37k tickets every week so if we do pack it out, by definition we are going to need to attract some people we dont normally attract.

Why would we sell an extra 20,000 tickets just because we were a few miles down the road? If moving to that location would attract a few more who live closer you could also assume some who are nearer Headingley wouldn't travel.

What cost would we incur to play there assuming that Leeds United aren't just going to give us use of it for free? Loss of corporate, food + drunk money also. And how much cash would you have to throw at a marketing campaign to attract a significantly higher attendance?

All added together the cost for what in reality is little reward makes the move questionable. One things for certain we wouldn't break 20,000 just because we played at a larger stadium.

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:43 pm  

If we were to play at Elland Road I would have the east and north stand for home fans, with the south stand for away fans and the west stand closed.

Doing both the north and south stand at the same time may bring the cost of construction down considerably, somewhat compensating for the cost of hiring out Elland Road for a year.

Is Elland Road still owned by Leeds City Council? They may give us more favourable terms than Leeds United would.

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:07 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Is Elland Road still owned by Leeds City Council? They may give us more favourable terms than Leeds United would.

Not council owned. I'm not even sure we'd be dealing with LUFC as they don't own it either.

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:00 pm  

I imagine Leeds would use West, North and East (lower tier) if they played at Elland Road. However it would be a very unsatisfactory place for us to be playing home games, both geographically, atmospherically and financially. I imagine Leeds have been floating alternatives such as Odsal and the cricket pitch in an effort to convince LUFC that they do not have them over a barrel. The financial loss of not playing at Headingley could be quite grievous without the right terms so they do need to be careful about taking such a decision.

The idea that 20,000 more fans will suddenly appear is dubious. Personally I'd probably be fine with skipping home games vs the likes of Widnes or Salford if we were playing over there.

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:26 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

Is Elland Road still owned by Leeds City Council? They may give us more favourable terms than Leeds United would.

Elland Road is owned by property developer Jacob Adler and his company MBH Investments

Leeds United pay rent to use the ground just like we would have to

It will be interesting to see where we play when/If the redevelopment goes ahead
I don't envisage us paying top dollar to hire Elland Road,We would also lose all game day income streams too, So Elland Road would be very expensive over all,Unless they give us favourable rates

Could we realistically still play home games at HQ whilst the building work is going on as GH has intimated?
I think that a deal will be struck with much more favourable rates for us to play games at Odsal

Re: Stadium Redevelopment : Sun Apr 16, 2017 10:25 am  

How long will the redevelopment works take?