Council enquiry confirmation reveals Coventry City’s new stadium intent

CONFIRMATION form Nuneaton and Bedworth Council that it has received an enquiry from a developer about building a football stadium in the area seems to confirm that Coventry City’s owners have given up on a return to the Ricoh Arena.

Council leader Cllr Dennis Harvey said the inquiry was “of a very speculative nature and at an early stage” and did not relate to a particular location.

But coming soon after a Coventry Telegraph report that a new stadium could be built near Exhall, the news will have City fans licking their lips at the prospect of seeing light at the end of the tunnel following a harmful dispute between the club’s owners and the owners of the Ricoh Arena.

Harvey said: “I can confirm that an inquiry has been made by a developer to council officers. However, this was of a very speculative nature and at an early stage.

“Since that initial exploratory contact we have received no further approach and we are therefore not considering any proposal for any particular location.”

The Sky Blues have been playing home games at Northampton Town’s Sixfields this season following the row with Arena Coventry Limited, the operators of the Ricoh arena, over unpaid rent.