Source: Daily_Mail
Hull owner Assem Allam plans £100m KC Stadium revamp
Hull owner Assem Allam wants to transform the KC Stadium into a ?100million sports village.[LNB]Local businessman Allam has revealed detailed plans to build a complex, which would include a hotel, tennis, squash and gymnastics facilities, an Olympic-size swimming pool and a multi-story car park, around the club's current KC Stadium or on the back of a new 40,000-capacity stadium at Melton.[LNB]Allam, who would first have to buy the KC Stadium off Hull City Council, told the Hull Daily Mail: 'I want to do this for the community. The idea behind the sports village is that it will become a day out for the whole family. [LNB] All change: Allam wants to transform the KC Stadium into a sports village[LNB]'People of all ages will be able to come and play here.[LNB]'I want to see our younger generation only go home to eat and sleep, rather than hanging around on street corners.'[LNB]Allam and his son Ehab, who have a reported personal fortune of ?150million and finalised a ?40million takeover of Hull last year, have hired architects The Miller Partnership to draft two sets of proposals.[LNB]Allam would prefer to increase the capacity at the KC Stadium to 35,000 and build the sports village around it at a cost of ?114million. The Melton proposal would cost around ?161million and would involve building a new stadium on land east of Brickyard Lane.[LNB] Man with the plan: Hull City's new owner, Assem Allam[LNB]In an open letter outlining his vision, Allam said: 'Would you build an extension to your home if it was rented? You wouldn't. That's what I'm saying. I need to own the stadium if I'm going to do this.[LNB]'I'm not about to move the KC Stadium or convert it into boutiques. Does it matter who owns it?[LNB]'There is no financial gain for me. The only thing that would put me off this idea is if people were not interested.[LNB]'What do people want? A poor old stadium used every two weeks or a sports village used every single day?'[LNB] Ipswich determined to hold on to Bullard as QPR eye bid for midfielderHull 1 Crystal Palace 1: Palace confirm survival as Sekajja grabs late equaliserAll the buzz of the Football League: Coleman's still cutting the mustard [LNB] Explore more:Organisations: Hull City Council
