Coventry City owner explores building new 40,000-seater stadium

The owner of Coventry City has been exploring the possibility of building a new 40,000-seater stadium for the club, the BBC has discovered.

Doug King, owner and executive chairman of the football club, has written directly to Julie Nugent, the chief executive of Coventry City Council, to ask about constructing a new stadium at the Butts Park Arena, current home of Coventry Rugby Club.

But the plans have been described as “unfeasible” by Jon Sharp, the chairman of the rugby club, due to the size and position of the site, just outside the city centre.

While a groundshare at Butts Park appears to be off the table, discussions around an alternative home for the Sky Blues once again raises questions about the club’s long-term future at the Coventry Building Society Arena.