Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:51 pm  

we can get rent from them but also the income from the stadium which can bring in a lot of money especially if its done right

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:10 pm  

Pieman wrote:

we can get rent from them but also the income from the stadium which can bring in a lot of money especially if its done right

Stadium was previously (Before Covid) losing £120k per month approximately (1.5m per year) over the previous 3 years. It also required a lot of money spending on it to comply with H&S requirements (Not sure if this was done as it was due 2019/2020)
Getting it right is a correct statement - Getting it right Post Covid will be a lot harder than it was Pre-Covid

Not as easy owning your own stadium as a lot have been making out and it certainly isn't a simple Utopia

However, What I will say, is that if there is a chance of owning it, and the Club's management can see a way it can be done profitably then I'm all for it

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:41 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

Stadium was previously (Before Covid) losing £120k per month approximately (1.5m per year) over the previous 3 years. It also required a lot of money spending on it to comply with H&S requirements (Not sure if this was done as it was due 2019/2020)
Getting it right is a correct statement - Getting it right Post Covid will be a lot harder than it was Pre-Covid

Not as easy owning your own stadium as a lot have been making out and it certainly isn't a simple Utopia

However, What I will say, is that if there is a chance of owning it, and the Club's management can see a way it can be done profitably then I'm all for it

100% this. Oh the meltdown on the Latics forums is superb. I can't wait to have a few beers later and read through it with my feet up. 'Sorry Latics you will have to play on Sunday as we need the stadium to host a concert on the Saturday' Don't know what they are bleating on about anyway. It's not as if Wigan Athletic paid for the thing. Never paid a penny from the club.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:17 pm  

IL is securing our future at the DW, irrespective of what happens with Latics. I’d much, much rather they survive with new owners. But the meltdown from some of their fans is laughable, embarrassing even. I must admit though there’s a particular person on twitter who, everytime we played at home posted “Happy rent day”. I will enjoy returning the favour.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:13 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

100% this. Oh the meltdown on the Latics forums is superb. I can't wait to have a few beers later and read through it with my feet up. 'Sorry Latics you will have to play on Sunday as we need the stadium to host a concert on the Saturday' Don't know what they are bleating on about anyway. It's not as if Wigan Athletic paid for the thing. Never paid a penny from the club.

Can't happen. Under efl rules Latics still get priority over any other events.

What may change is that Wigan rugby fixtures won't be moved to protect the pitch.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:18 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Can't happen. Under efl rules Latics still get priority over any other events.

What may change is that Wigan rugby fixtures won't be moved to protect the pitch.

That is correct. Also, we might be able to play at home during the summer months.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:30 pm  

Sweaty Betty's wrote:

That is correct. Also, we might be able to play at home during the summer months.

Only if the pitch doesn't need any work

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:32 pm  

Purchasing the stadium isn't the be all and end all.

All we really gain is profits from food and drink on matchdays and probably more of a say in what goes on. It just costs us a fortune in maintenance.

At least saints and wire fans can't call us rentboys though, and it would be funny to mess Latics around a bit

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:07 pm  

Still needs to happen yet (will believe it when I see it) but I'd try and look to turning North & South Stands to open terracing. Would make a massive difference to the atmosphere at games.

Re: Latics in administration - Lenagan leading bid : Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:20 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Still needs to happen yet (will believe it when I see it) but I'd try and look to turning North & South Stands to open terracing. Would make a massive difference to the atmosphere at games.

That would be brilliant, i could see that working. Rip the seats out, paint the ones in the west and east red and white, change the name of the stadium to New Central Park, put Whelan's statue in the chippy and drape Wigan Warriors flags from the rafters.