jimsing":3umuqf7v said:Rob_GT4":3umuqf7v said:jimsing":3umuqf7v said:Rob_GT4":3umuqf7v said:So you actually believe that the club has 'set aside' (your words) 1 million pounds from the clubs budget to build a roof on a grandstand that, if it still goes ahead, will be done in say 3 years time?
Sorry, that's just not believable and there has been no evidence from anywhere or anybody to say that's the case either, the 1m will more than likely be financed if and when it comes to it.
Martin Starnes has said that on examination, the grandstand roof needs to be replaced and a sum of about £900,000 has been set aside, on top of the £5m that is being spent on the grandstand refurbishment.
It is Q4 in the Grandstand Q & A - https://www.pafc.co.uk/news/2017/june/grandstand-plans-your-questions-answered/
I think Starnes revealed the sum in a Herald piece. I'll try to find it.
The quote you've referenced states:
Q4: Roof: will the pillars holding the roof up be replaced so as to improve sight lines and what will happen to the floodlights? Will the roof be translucent?
A4: The roof and the Grandstand floodlights need to be replaced (the Board has agreed that this will be funded in addition to the £5m budget) but they will be replaced with a similar structure to that which already exists (the roof will be extended to cover the disabled seating-see below). This is consistent with the ambition of retaining the Archibald Leitch shape and impressively is the most efficient structure the engineers could come up with. The further extension of the roof over the lower terrace (Stage 2) will be made from translucent polycarbonate and will be supported by the two corner structures.
I'm fully aware that the board has agreed to finance a roof extension when/if the grandstand is built in years to come, however saying that we will be doing the roof of a grandstand due to be finished in around 3 years time is very different to saying 'our budget this year is 1 million pounds short because we've already put the money aside'.
I think you may be misunderstanding things. The new roof was going to be part of phase two, but it requires replacing now, when the grandstand is refurbished. I understand that the works will start at the turn of the year, although I do not know at what stage the roof will be replaced.
The Club will put the money aside now, whilst we have it, regardless of when it will be required to be spent, in order to ensure that it is financed, and that it does not impinge on future income.
The extension of the roof was originally planned for phase two, but I do not know whether that will be included in the replacement in phase 1 or not.
Does that not make sense?
Not really no, you've made massive assumptions that it appears you have literally made up.
What you have said is, and I quote:
The Club will put the money aside now, whilst we have it, regardless of when it will be required to be spent, in order to ensure that it is financed, and that it does not impinge on future income.
There is absolutely no evidence anywhere from anyone connected with the club suggesting that 1 million pounds has been siphoned off and set aside from what we are spending right now to prepare for something required years in the future. You have merely assumed that the club have already ringfenced a million pounds from our recent windfalls, which is just extremely unlikely speculative nonsense, if anything I fully expect the roof extension to be financed through borrowing spread across the majority stakeholders if and when it's required, it won't have been tucked away in a box under the bed years in advance.