gingerjon Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Details are here: https://www.wearebigred.com/news/big-red-construction-take-over-midlands-hurricanes/ 2 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Might reduce their tax bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Sounds promising, especially targeting schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Isn’t it just the same bloke who bought them a year ago? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RugbyLeagueGeek Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Jughead said: Isn’t it just the same bloke who bought them a year ago? Looks like it. Old news isn't it? Are they still moving to the Commonwealth Stadium? All gone a bit quiet on that front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 This is old news so not sure why it was released now. As far is I know plans are still to move to the Alexander Stadium 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelic Cynic Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 It looks like binoculars may be required once they complete all the athletics fittings. https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50253/perry_barr_regeneration/2222/alexander_stadium_development/2 That seems to be some distance from seating to pitch. No reserves,but resilience,persistence and determination are omnipotent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said: This is old news so not sure why it was released now. As far is I know plans are still to move to the Alexander Stadium "Under Slightly Revised Ownership" might have been a fairer topic title. 1 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, OriginalMrC said: This is old news so not sure why it was released now. As far is I know plans are still to move to the Alexander Stadium Is this true? Do you have a link? Thats potentially huge for RL in the midlands and Birmingham in particular if true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Angelic Cynic said: It looks like binoculars may be required once they complete all the athletics fittings. https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50253/perry_barr_regeneration/2222/alexander_stadium_development/2 That seems to be some distance from seating to pitch. Either way that’s a fantastic stadium for a RL side. Especially for a club in the 3rd tier and in Englands second city. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del capo Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I thought that they were going to be playing on the smaller but purpose built 'warm up' facility next to the main stadium? A bit like when Manchester Rangers played on the Arena next to the Etihad itself, ( Great venues both by the way) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, Tosh said: Is this true? Do you have a link? Thats potentially huge for RL in the midlands and Birmingham in particular if true. Yes it's true this was part of the plan and reason for the rebranding. Can't find original links but a move to the Alexander Stadium was the aim. Hasn't been officially confirmed but still on as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Angelic Cynic said: It looks like binoculars may be required once they complete all the athletics fittings. https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/50253/perry_barr_regeneration/2222/alexander_stadium_development/2 That seems to be some distance from seating to pitch. The stadium is finished and was used for the commonwealth games. Some of the seating and fittings were temporary for the games. The view for RL will be fine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, del capo said: I thought that they were going to be playing on the smaller but purpose built 'warm up' facility next to the main stadium? A bit like when Manchester Rangers played on the Arena next to the Etihad itself, ( Great venues both by the way) Watch this space, last I heard things were to be a bit more ambitious than that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands hobo Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 So let me get this straight. Big Al sells out to Mike. Then 6 months later mike sells to the company he owns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorks Tim Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I see this as a positive move in that it gives the club a more solid base. Makes no difference to us as supporters (none of us knew - or cared - out of which of his pockets the purchase funds came out of originally) but will be easier for Mike Lomas to do off-field business such as raising finance, signing contracts with local councils etc and so forth. He/they seem genuinely committed to the aims expressed in the article linked in the first post and this feels like further confirmation of that commitment. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daddy Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 It sounds like they are ambitious which is very positive. Targeting schools is also the right approach. But please, please, please rename the club from Midlands to Birmingham, people in the UK do not affiliated their favourite sports teams to a region 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, The Daddy said: It sounds like they are ambitious which is very positive. Targeting schools is also the right approach. But please, please, please rename the club from Midlands to Birmingham, people in the UK do not affiliated their favourite sports teams to a region They’ve said many times why they’re called Midlands tbf, whether or not you agree with it they have a plan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, The Daddy said: It sounds like they are ambitious which is very positive. Targeting schools is also the right approach. But please, please, please rename the club from Midlands to Birmingham, people in the UK do not affiliated their favourite sports teams to a region How many people support sports teams called London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daddy Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 26 minutes ago, Gomersall said: How many people support sports teams called London? I would have to start a separate thread to talk about all the reasons and grave mistakes that led to London not being successful. None of these have anything to do with the fact that they are called London but mainly incompetence from the owner and the people tasked with running RL in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Prophet Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Daddy said: It sounds like they are ambitious which is very positive. Targeting schools is also the right approach. But please, please, please rename the club from Midlands to Birmingham, people in the UK do not affiliated their favourite sports teams to a region I think “Midlands” is weak as a name too. I’m sure there is a plan as @Eddie says, but I still think the name is weak. Purely judging a book by its cover, I don’t expect the club to be much more than div 1 fodder for another 10 years, so I don’t really care what the name is. Happy to have them prove me wrong. Edited November 25, 2022 by Sports Prophet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL Sutton Coldfield Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Hopefully they move to Alexander as I'd probably buy a season ticket as it's easy for me to get there. Also, agreed on the name comments you're going to be based in Birmingham so just call them the Birmingham hurricanes, it's not like people from Derby and Nottingham are going to be attending games. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 8 hours ago, The Daddy said: I would have to start a separate thread to talk about all the reasons and grave mistakes that led to London not being successful. None of these have anything to do with the fact that they are called London but mainly incompetence from the owner and the people tasked with running RL in the UK But my comment wasn’t specifically about the Broncos. Are there any other teams carrying the London name who get good support? Genuine question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, Gomersall said: But my comment wasn’t specifically about the Broncos. Are there any other teams carrying the London name who get good support? Genuine question. London Irish RU may be in trouble but their average attendance is around the 9k mark. London Lions basketball seem to pull in around 2k. 1 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomersall Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, gingerjon said: London Irish RU may be in trouble but their average attendance is around the 9k mark. London Lions basketball seem to pull in around 2k. Thanks gj. I could argue that the LI name plays more on the Irish than the London in their name. I have no idea if that attendance is good, bad or indifferent for U.K. basketball. The last time I looked the London Lions were an ice hockey team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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