I'd be prepared to go further and say that any decision on planning will have a proviso attached that makes it impossible to separate club and ground. There is a proviso attached to the Kass Stad but only to say that the stadium cannot be demolished until OUFC have somewhere else to play. (Frankly I wouldn't expect that would hold water knowing how well Kassam operates)
Yes.
And we will owe a huge debt to Niall McWilliams for ensuring this happens.
I would think thohir would have to stick around for a while, otherwise what would be the point? To make money out of this the land purchased, would have to be bigger enough for houses as well as a stadium and complex. If it’s just a complex are they not just covering their costs, maybe making a few million! But when your billionaires, seems like a lot of hassle for maybe a small profit. Could it be a toy that they want to take up the league’s, and sell when the time is right or when they become bored. I hope that’s the plan!
I believe more than a few people at OUFC will be due some gratitude. Also, it should be noted that the political winds have changed direction with the greater efforts made to place OUFC within the community. Having a football club on your 'patch' wasn't always deemed desirable.
Oxvox do seem to be a bit quiet of late. Im assuming thats a good sign. A bit of a ‘blackout’ until the final dotting of i’s and crossing of t’s before the announcements?
Celebrating the potential losses to independent businesses and all that hardship and heartbreak that goes hand in hand with it seems a little "dark"...
Theyre just corporate franchises aren’t they? There aren’t any real independent businesses there.
You still have individuals who pay to have the franchise and will have already lost huge revenue over the last 12 months. Wishing financial harm to Kassam is one thing, wishing it on those who are trying to scrape together an income in difficult times is something else.
This commitment is to the community. The training ground is run as part of the Oxford Sports Park. OUFC took on the running of the facility as part of a deal to allow them to hold their training on the site. Any investment will benefit the community at large through communal use.
I think the Luton one may now be on hold. Since Covid the council now have a requirement to add an extra 400 plus houses onto the proposed site so might not be so quick after all.
Very true but if housing goes in, they would get a steady new income stream rather than the 23(ish) times a year from the stadium. Mind you, there would be a couple of years between stadium demolition and people moving in so whatever happens, there will be a hiatus in revenue from this source.
