Those involved with Covsupport News Service wish to announce that it will not be supporting Coventry City's current owners SISU Capital Ltd, in their bid to move the Sky Blues to a new venue for home matches out of Coventry.
We believe that:
Moving City out of Coventry is not condusive for the club, making it even less attractive for investors,
Moving City out of Coventry will cause untold problems of getting to matches for the vast majority of supporters including families, the disabled and the school parties who regularly attend matches.
Moving City out of Coventry will greatly hamper the club's ability to retain supporters and further restrict possible income sources.
Moving City out of Coventry will affect the hospitality department's abilty to attract supporters to facilities which are not comparable as at the Ricoh Arena.
Moving City out of Coventry will greatly affect advertising revenues and cause further job losses,
Moving City out of Coventry will greatly affect the club's work in the local community and may affect future grants for outlets such as Sky Blues In The Community.
Moving City out of Coventry will greatly hamper the ability of the manager to attract players
Moving City out of Coventry will greatly affect the playing surface of which ever club has to host City's first team home games, plus the home PDL League and FA Youth Cup matches, the club also has to play. This may lead to postponements and more hassles for supporters.
There are no definite plans to move back to Coventry, contrary to Football League regulations,
Building a new stadium in Warwickshire would be contrary to the well being of the local clubs in the Warwickshire area and would probably be met by planning objections, thus delaying the project by untold years.
Arena Coventry Limited do want the Sky Blues at the Ricoh Arena, as do other parties and the door is far from being bolted.
We have proved over the years that we are more than willing to support the club in many areas and will continue to do so. However, moving Coventry City out of Coventry is something that we will not support.