Council Want City As Tenants For Starters

Last updated : 20 November 2013 By Covsupport News Service

Coventry City Council Chief Exective Martin Reeves, has spoken about his hopes of bring Coventry City Football Club back to the Ricoh Arena but only on a rental deal.

With neither City Council Leader Ann Lucas or SISU Boss Joy Seppala saying anything about their meeting nearly a fortnight ago, Mr Reeves, who is also an Arena Coventry Limited Director, told the Nil Lampety podcast show that 'his goal was to get the club back in the City', as a start of a process which could see City renting the Arena leading to the sale of the freehold of the Arena site if it is made available for sale.

Coventry City Council have issued the following statement:

“Martin Reeves and Christ West met two representatives from the supporters consultative group earlier this week after they requested a private discussion some weeks ago.

“It was made clear to them that nothing confidential could be shared with them and Martin Reeves and Chris West could only speak on behalf of the council and not on behalf of all ACL shareholders, but were happy to answer the representatives’ questions as far as they could.

“Throughout this process the council has been absolutely committed to being as open and transparent with fans as it could and within the constraints of on-going legal action which has severely fettered its ability to speak publicly on  this issue.

“It was agreed at the time that the details of the meeting between Ann Lucas and Joy Seppala should remain private, and this remains the council’s view, so we will not be commenting further.”

More on this: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-council-bosses-want-sky-6324715

Listen to the podcast: http://www.skybluesblog.co.uk/episode-50-the-nii-lamptey-show/