Newest rugby stadium in the UK is the Dam Health. Built as 7.5k but extendable and cost £25m. That included all the excavation and drainage to an area prone to flooding.
Yes, and so how can any club ever afford to build a new rugby stadium? The Legends presumably could not afford the £16m Ashley paid (reportedly, I think) to buy the CBS.
I wonder how many of the Premiership and Championship clubs own their own stadium (as opposed to renting it, or it being owned by a connected party, as ACL owned the arena)?
Indeed, I wonder how many top flight soccer clubs own their own grounds?
The Brentford Stadium cost £70m. By comparison, the Edinburgh stadium is a modern garden shed. Where on earth do these clubs get that sort of money?
And why was the CBS Arena sold for so little?
These, and many more, questions will be answered next week. Same bat channel, same bat time ...