The sporting club would, and does. Our Sports Club turnover is in the order of a quarter of a million each year - of which included in that are Council fees for the privilege of being able to run that business. $400wk rent/fees isn't that much for a business generating that sort of income - and we're small! Nothing the size of the Raggies program.Pag wrote:morell wrote:Many leases enable you to do exactly that.Pag wrote:Our ground isn't exclusively ours during training nights. If a father/son who live across the road want to have a kick down in a pocket or roll an arm over in the nets, we have no right whatsoever to ask them to leave.
Morell out of interest, would MP be able to pay what Athelstone have to? Like I said, we wouldn't be able to, and if these rates force sporting clubs to shut down surely that's doing more harm to the council area than good?
The Mitchell Park Football Club (and cricket, and netball and etc) are an affiliate to the Sport Club. So we don't have anywhere near the expenses, but also don't have anywhere near the ability to raise the sorts of revenue they do either.
In essence, a fully licensed bar and kitchen should be able to generate enough income to pay Council fees with consummate ease.
Unless of course you're coughing up oodles of cash for player payments....