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He’s nothing if not honest in interviews!
And with the bits about equity deals and terrestrial TV coverage.

Great news he’s even considering a new stadium. Can’t deny his passion for the club after listening to him tonight.

Would maximise income meaning more to spend on the squad

For me an excellent interview and we are lucky that the bloke is looking to be around for another '10 to 15 years' we are lucky to have such an owner. But as for the Stadium stuff I think the most pertinent thing was his comment 'I'll have the leader onto me now saying Adam what you thinking of' which indicates for me that the Council is involved. The only thing that stopped this happening in the past was a shortfall of finance but now it appears he seems to like private equity funding.

.... let's hope it will cost nothing to build (or maintain).

stadium share with KR

Would love us to get a new stadium but surely your looking at 50 million to do so?

He seems confident that it's doable. Very early days and it's a few years off but interesting that he's floating the idea.

Usually you’d need Council involvement in order to get some cheap land.

Glad he’s seriously considering it. Make it a proper community stadium.

Quite funny that Adam is now bound by the terms and conditions of an agreement that he helped negotiate. With someone from the Council who then went onto work for the SMC.....

While I'd love us to have a smaller ground with standing...I cant see where the funds are coming from.

Also not a load of empty plots in West Hull without buying up a lot of houses/property. The KCOM is ideally placed for our fanbase if we moved further away then we'd risk losing fans.

If you build it, they will come (West Hull though not Iowa)

Doesn't Adam already own the old Birds Eye site?

Not heard that. Can't seem to find anything online except a Hull Live article that Atlas were planning to move their factory there in 2017.

Be amazed if this happens especially at this moment In time priority is survival and with the uncertainty around the SL TV deal or lack of one possibly in the near future

Think we've got bigger issues first than looking at new grounds!

Not even sure a new ground would improve the atmosphere as today's generation people are obsessed with phones every 2 minutes than singing

Classic negotiating tactics by AP
If he wants to, or is even able to, build a new ground for 6.5 years time then he has to start NOW
I would imagine he may renew a lease soon based on threats to leave

If he borrowed say $20m to build a stadium on free land then the interest of approx 2.5% would be a massive bill etc

I loved the interview and hopefully we can kick on for 2021

we already spend above cap

Really interesting listen. Loads going on on so many fronts.

Good to hear Adam Pearson on top form and totally committed to getting us where we need to be.

Great if we could pull this off , Are the Allams still trying to sell City ?

He sounds full of energy doesn't he? Lots of love for Sneyd at the moment too, AP saying up there with Ellis as the best signing of his tenure although maybe not that surprising given he's a double Lance Todd winner. Can't see us getting a new stadium at all but I do think it's being looked at fairly seriously. Genuinely interesting hour, not a football fan but enjoyed some of the anecdotes.

Great listen and shows just how lucky we are to have AP as our owner. He is a genuine honest guy who clearly just wants the best for the club, the fans and the city.
Think it was telling about the private equity bid and the way he feels the sport needs to move forward to gain more exposure and money into the sport.
I noticed he also mentioned that the club have signed the union trialist.
In regards to the stadium it is certainly something he sounds serious about. I would imagine the cost of renewing the leave will no doubt be a driving factor. Though interesting he made several mentions of the fact that there is currently a vast amount of available financial help at the moment which has probably brought the thought of a club owned stadium to the forefront of his thoughts. I’d even say if he got the right spot for a stadium and finance he’d likely do it. So it’s up to the council & SMC to make it an attractive option for the club to renew the lease. Be interesting to see what sort of response he gets from both. He certainly sounds to be focused and full of renewed energy for moving the club forward.
What was also telling and a sign of the type of guy he is was he mentioned about being the custodian of the club which just shows he understands what it means to own a sporting club and the responsibility of that.

Any elaboration on the vast amount of available financial help? Was it in the form of private investors?

Malase does seem to have set in at the KCOM all round sadly, the Allams seem content with City running at League1 funding levels and are likely to keep bouncing between League1 and the Championship until they sell up.

It's not in the SMC's interests to make a profit because they have to share profits with the Council (so as we know accounts are managed creatively between City and the SMC) so hosting extra events isn't really an interest for them.

HullFC have to share ticket revenue after a certain amount (7k or 8k) so it's often not worth our while doing cheap tickets or a marketing campaign as the marketing spend it outweighs the extra revenue.

It's a shame as the stadium has brought a lot to the City. I very much doubt City would have reached the Premier League and us win 3 Challenge Cups without it.

Whilst i can fully understand the stadium concerns that Adam expressed we dont need another stadium in Hull.
With Hull City for sale the best option for Adam would be looking at finding either the finance to purchase the club or looking for a small consortium to fund the purchase.
With both clubs controlled by Adam then most of the stadium problems would go away and the council in my opinion would be far more willing to do deals with Adam with regard to the surrounding land development and the stadium itself than they currently are with Pinocchio Allam.
I am certain fans of both teams would back this and provide the clubs with as much money as they can afford by buying pre season passes and club clothing.