My aging memory tells me that:Spyman wrote:From what I remember, the reason we left is that we were kicked out because the guy that owned the stadium sold it to the rugby club.quaker4life wrote:The Arena is NOT an option.
It is not worth the long term risk for short term gain, we left for a reason it's gone and certain people need to let it go.
If that makes me a fool so be it, couldn't care less just my perception at the time.Quakerz wrote:You are a fool if you questioned whether the ground is up to Conf North standard. It is up to standard, end of. If it wasn't, we wouldn't have got the grading! There is no grey area.
It wasn't our choice to leave the Arena.
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Staying at the Arena was an option however was ruled out very quickly as we simply couldn't afford to stay there based on the known finances and financial assumptions. At the point we left there, the Arena was still owned by Raj and paying rent for the use of it was (in theory at least) available to us. However, the FC was in administration and the Arena was always likely to be sold thus any lease could have been cancelled if the new owners wanted that to be the case.
In addition to the cost of the lease and ongoing expenses to keep it running, there was a considerable amount of money needed immediately to complete statutory maintenance on the infrastructure as the place reached it's 10th birthday.
So although it was the club's choice to leave, in reality staying wasn't an option.