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The council would end up buying the remaining 85% for a knock-down price if it came to it.. Even though there are upkeep costs, having 40 sporting fixtures there a year, plus anything else that it can be hawked out for could make it pay for itself. Plus, there is no way on earth they'd allow two sporting teams in Wigan to become homeless.
The sticking point is at the moment it comes along with a loss-making football club who are about to lose most of their saleable assets, still have massive outgoings and have no income stream for the next 6 months.