The Cricketer: What the non Hundred hosting counties plan to do with the money

[dazedpenguin]

From here (paywalled): https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/premiumfeatures/non-hundred-hosting_counties_plan_money.html

This is just the Essex bit.

With the focus on the redevelopment of Chelmsford, Essex have been preoccupied with assessing what the ground needs to enhance its capabilities on matchdays and non-matchdays.

Consequently, they haven't had any need, yet, to call on any additional funds from The Hundred pool. Chief executive Dan Feist is satisfied with the process and told The Cricketer some counties are only now starting to appreciate that the money from the sale of the stakes belongs to the ECB.

"It is ring-fenced for us to apply, but it is still the ECB's legally," he said. "It was made clear. People are in such a situation that they saw a funding opportunity, and they needed to react to it."

Meanwhile, as Essex's plans accelerate, there is a sense that they will require some of the available cash later this year to ensure they can move swiftly from planning into the development stage.

[vim]

What is the betting that the money is spent on consultants and drawing up the plans. Leaving nothing left to actually build anything.

[Oldhasbeen]

What is the betting that the money is spent on consultants and drawing up the plans. Leaving nothing left to actually build anything.

Definition of a consultant: bloke who has read one more chapter of the manual than you have

[vim]

It is amazing that Consultants are breeding like Rabbits. However, none of them have any clients.

[bwildered]

 Just get out the original brochure on the development which got snowballed.

[vim]

Not the development, where there was a partnership with someone doing a very good disappearing act. Or the one with the model that had a picture that looked like David East, was cutting a novelty Christmas cake.

[Cartero]

Set your alarm clocks to about 2036 and wake up to find nothing has happened.

[Oldhasbeen]

Set your alarm clocks to about 2036 and wake up to find nothing has happened.

In my diary to check- in the unlikely event that I'm still around in 2036. But I suspect you may not be far from the mark, although I'm confident that the toilets will have been upgraded by then.

[nat]

Set your alarm clocks to about 2036 and wake up to find nothing has happened.

It will be a housing estate by then.