That doesn't explain why you think allowing Fax to continue not paying rent is preferable to the alternative (which is to kick us out). Where does the figure of £250k/year come from? I haven't seen this anywhere other than a claim TA made on Twitter. One of the FOI requests confirmed a 5-figure annual short-fall, which is not surprising given Fax are behind with their rent. Besides, we all know the stadium is under-utilised, a whole tier of the east stand remains unoccupied for example, and the council have admitted in another FOI that they've made no attempt to remedy this.
It isn't written in stone that The Shay has to make a loss under council ownership. The soccer club managed to pay £30k/year rent and I believe pay for their own staff to look after the pitch, but as with everything it costs more when there's a council involved. I wonder how many staff are employed in relation to the Shay today as opposed to 20 years ago, and whether or not those positions are actually justified in the cold light of day.
FC Halifax Town do have a small shop in the portacabin, not a full blown shop as such but still extra floorspace which is part of the equation when you pay rent.
Surely the fairest, most transparent way to calculate the rent would be by breaking it down to a charge for shop/office space and an equal, per match charge for stadium use for each club??
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