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Potential ring-fence won’t stymie Sharp’s aspirations

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The Rugby Paper Team
27 January 2019

By NEALE HARVEY

Vision: Coventry chairman Jon Sharp. Right: How Butts Park Arena might look

AMBITIOUS Coventry are pushing ahead with plans for a stadium fit for the Premiership, joining Cornish Pirates in providing an antidote to ring-fencing.
With work on Pirates’ Stadium for Cornwall due to begin this Spring, Coventry chairman Jon Sharp is in “detailed discussions” with a property developer aimed at providing a 12,000-capacity facility with commercial opportunities attached.
Sharp, a huge admirer of Exeter Chiefs’ successful model, plans to incorporate apartm...

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