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One Grand, One Vote: Inside the Fan Buyout Breathing Life Back Into Britain's Grassroots Venues
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One Grand, One Vote: Inside the Fan Buyout Breathing Life Back Into Britain's Grassroots Venues

Community share offers are quietly rewriting the rules of venue ownership in the UK, turning audiences into shareholders and putting freeholds in the hands of the people who actually turn up. We spent a week at one northern room that fans bought outright in 2026 to find out what happens after the keys change hands — and whether the model travels.