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I think I’ve been sceptical of just about every corporate press release since this one (replete with obligatory Partridge-esque quote from Fenty)…
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Grimsby Town football Club has secured the backing of property developer Extreme Leisure in its quest to build a new 14,000-capacity stadium.
As well as the stadium, the partnership will see Extreme Leisure develop an ice rink arena, additional sports and leisure facilities, retail stores, and food and beverage outlets in the Peaks Parkway area of the town.
The expected cost of the project is likely to be in excess of £55m (US$73.4m, €65.3m), although Extreme Leisure has “secured full funding” which includes expressions of interest and pre-let agreements for 50 per cent of the development.
It has been estimated that the facility will open up 320 jobs, excluding construction, when complete.
Both the club and the organisation are progressing with the project’s viability assessment ahead of applying for pre-application planning. There will also be further consultations with interested parties.
John Fenty, Grimsby Town director, said the development would “ensure that Grimsby Town Football Club remains at the heart of the community for future generations”.
“We are very pleased to have teamed up with Extreme who have an outstanding track record of delivering excellence in the leisure industry,” he added. “They say that good things come to those who wait, and we’ve waited so we are looking forward to the day when the ground is broken.”
Extreme Leisure founder and chair Alistair Gosling said the project is expected to “provide inbound investment, local employment and better facilities” for local residents and visitors.
Grimsby Town were promoted back into the Football League last season after spending six years as a non-league club.
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That's all well and good but can they give us a new Main stand?
They might be able to tell you what the ROI of a new main stand would be and where it ranks in the many ways we have of spending money. |
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Their CEO is Mr B Wooster.......
Jason did say they where working to understand & define a long term strategy.
Feels like a good thing overall and a million miles away from the stone age approach of the last "custodian".
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It is that Gareth Jennings, I wonder if the confidential EFL club he's been a non-executive director of since January is us? |
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Hopefully it'll be a bit of that moneyball type stuff, be able to find hidden gems from the lower leagues based on more than just hurst watching them in a couple of games (not that he doesnt have a good eye for players as he gets more right than wrong generally)
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I believe they’ll gather data from games played by other teams in our league in that current season. (Games played, won, lost, drawn etc). They can then use all this information to produce an up to date league table for the club’s website. Thus preventing any complaints from fans that ours is not up to date. 😉
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My experience of consultants was they did three things. These were reselling solutions that had worked elsewhere, filling a skills or knowledge gap, or fixing a problem that the business hadn’t been able to fix. Normally I didn’t like the reselling side of things. Something that worked somewhere wouldn’t necessarily work somewhere else. Saying that us picking up a few of the less sophisticated ideas that have worked elsewhere might really help. Bits and pieces premiership and champ clubs did years ago could be a big leap forward for us.
Recent interviews have talked about the importance of recruitment. Being better commercially works alongside that so I get the logic. Hope it works out.
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'we work with some of the worlds most elite clubs......and Grimsby'
Feels a bit like we're out of place being associated with these lot, but if we go up the leagues now they'll have an easy time selling their services to other clubs I guess.
There's a hint of us having access to loads of data already but not quite being sure what to do with it in there, if so can only be a positive. Likewise the new board member sounds like getting a football guy in to plug a knowledge gap in the boardroom, continual improvement in all aspects not just the pitch and all that. Impressive CV on the fella anyway and you'd imagine better advice will be presented than that from Shaun 'it's sustainable as long as you're willing to pay for it' Harvey
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