Planned improvements at the Ricoh Arena Wasps today announces a series of planned upgrades at the Ricoh Arena over the coming months, which will improve access, customer experience and increase footfall. Located within two hours of 75% of the country, access to Wasps’ new home will be further enhanced in June 2015 when a railway […]
WASPS PASS 27,000 TICKETS WITH FOUR DAYS STILL TO GO UNTIL RICOH DEBUT Wasps have today announced it has passed the 27,000 ticket mark for the Club’s opening game at the Ricoh Arena in four days time. The all-time record home ground attendance for an Aviva Premiership Rugby fixture is 24,000 set by Leicester Tigers […]
WASPS PASS 17,000 TICKET MILESTONE FOR FIRST GAME AT RICOH ARENA Wasps have today announced that it has passed the 17,000 ticket mark for the Club’s first game at the Ricoh Arena, more than double its record crowd so far this season. The Club’s opening game at their new home will be their Aviva Premiership […]
Wasps have today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 100% shareholding of Arena Coventry Limited, the company that owns the Ricoh Arena, having acquired a 50% shareholding from the Alan Edward Higgs Charity. The Club had previously acquired a 50% shareholding in Arena Coventry Limited from Coventry City Council on Wednesday 8th […]
One December afternoon in 2012, shortly before 3.30pm, a six-figure cheque was deposited by Wasps as payment to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. If it happened three minutes later, Wasps would have missed the bank’s cut-off point for clearing and they would have been wound up, an ex-professional rugby club. That is the stark background […]