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title: "Coventry: Financial expert reveals cost for proposed new stadium"
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author: "Ben Crump"
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published: "2020-07-23T06:40:43Z"
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# Coventry: Financial expert reveals cost for proposed new stadium

**Football finance expert Kieran Maguire has [revealed](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-new-stadium-plans-18634142) the cost of Coventry City’s planned new stadium build.**

The Sky Blues played their home games in the 2019/20 season across the Midlands at Birmingham City’s [St Andrew’s Stadium.](https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2019/june/statement-coventry-city-confirm-groundshare-at-st-andrews-trillion-trophy-stadium-for-201920-season/)

Promotion to the Championship has seen Mark Robins prepare for the future and recent links have [emerged](https://talksport.com/football/efl/716516/coventry-tim-fisher-ricoh-arena-return/) about a potential return to the city’s Ricoh Arena, which is owned by rugby club Wasps.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Coventry are currently on a second exile from the stadium which they previously called home, having also spent time at [Northampton Town’s Sixfields Stadium.](https://talksport.com/football/efl/716516/coventry-tim-fisher-ricoh-arena-return/)

Despite those links of a possible return, it has now been [announced](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53485827) that the club have struck a deal with University of Warwick over a new-build stadium.

*“If they are going to be ambitious then the capacity of the stadium has to a minimum of 30,000,”* football finance expert Maguire told BBC CWR as quoted by [Coventry Live](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-city-new-stadium-plans-18634142).

*“There will be significant costs. You’re not going to get much for short than £100 million, I would imagine, for the cost of the stadium, especially if it is going to be green and carbon-neutral.*

*“It will be an expensive project but it could be very successful.”*

With the revelation of the new-build stadium and little happening in terms of a return to the Ricoh Arena, it remains to be seen if Coventry will continue to ground-share with Birmingham next season.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

This is superb news for Coventry City fans, who have been waiting for some time to find a place they can truly call home.

The new build will not only give those fans a bona fide venue for their club; it should also give the Sky Blues a fresh identity to go hand-in-hand with their on-field success.

***Money well spent? Do you think Coventry are right to build a new stadium? Let us know in the comments section below…***