Bangitintrnet wrote: March 10th, 2023, 2:37 pm
Exile 1976 wrote: March 10th, 2023, 1:52 pm
Yes Brendan, you and your stupid idea of Newport County ever owning our own ground. Ridiculous
Ask Newport Rugby if it was a good idea to go £6 million in debt for the Bisley facilities that they had no need for? What did not worrying about the financial side lead to for the club that owned Rodney Parade?
What about Wasps taking out a massive debt to buy the Coventry Stadium, what do they now own?
Who plays there now?
I'm not saying NCAFC shouldn't take an interest in RP, but it should be in our interests to do so.
That's up to Jon Pratt to discuss isn't it, to work out whose interests it best serves. If it works out that it's in the best interests of WRU/Dragons if NCAFC purchase, then how does that work for NCAFC?
That of course all assumes that it is for sale, and or the Dragon's want to share a mortgage and the maintenance and service costs that NCAFC might not be able to afford going alone. And what if NCAFC owned the Stadium, had a small rent from the Dragon's, who then said we want to play elsewhere now? Where does that leave us?
35 years ago my wife and I had a ground floor flat in Pontcanna in Cardiff. It was the bottom of of a large house which had been converted into two flats. Both flats shared the land title, and the girl upstairs had a 200 year lease from the title for her half, same as us downstairs. So effectively we were her landlord, and she was ours. It meant that should problems arise between the parties both had some measure of control over the other.
If it can be financially worked out at RP, it could be that land ownership it is split down the half way line, with NCAFC owning one half and Dragon's the other, renting the remainder on match days.
It could be that the Dragon's don't want a half, but would go for a third. Whatever is the solution, it would need to work well for both parties.
This is what I hope is being discussed, and set against affordability and need, not.......... unless we own RP were fucked next season, as that is quite simply another lie.