Frank Lampard's Coventry City consider building 40,000-seater new stadium as EFL rule is introduced
The Championship side, managed by
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Coventry City's lease on current home the Coventry Building Society Arena (formerly the Ricoh Arena) ends at the end of the 2027-28 season
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Chelsea legend Frank Lampard took over in Coventry last November, and led them to a playoff semi-final
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The arena is currently in use by local rugby side Coventry Rugby Club, whose chairman shut down the idea of the expansion and a potential stadium share as "not feasible."
It was reported that the council also responded negatively to the approach regarding a move to the site.
With the club's lease on their current stadium, the Coventry Building Society Arena, running out at the end of the 2027-28 season,
future
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The near-33,000 capacity stadium is owned by the Frasers Group and its majority shareholder, ex-
The pressure to find a solution is on for the club, who will be fined £10,000 under new EFL stadium rules if they have not secured access to a stadium for the
next
10 years.
That fine would double annually for each season started without those provisions, and further measures could include expulsion from the league should a club's stadium agreement not cover a full season.
Similar rules saw National League side Gateshead denied a shot at promotion to the EFL through the play-offs in 2024 after they failed to meet their ten-year stadium tenancy requirements.
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The proposal to move stadium has not been well received by the current tenants of the new site Coventry Rugby Club
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Coventry would rather not have that uncertainty over their heads as they pursue promotion to the Premier League under Lampard this season.
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