http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-11919651
4 December 2010
Leeds United football fans face parking charge increase Leeds United fans
will have to pay more to park at the club's Elland Road ground in the new
year.
The charge for cars is to rise from £5 to £6, the charge for mini-coaches
will go from £10 to £12 and the charge for coaches will increase by £5 to
£20.
About 1,900 vehicles use the five car parks around Elland Road on match
days.
The city council said parking charges had remained the same for the past
four years but included VAT, which is to rise next year.
Posters have been put up across the ground to warn fans about the changes,
which come into force on 1 January for the match against Middlesbrough.
Martin Farrington, the council's acting director of city development, said:
"Leeds United and Elland Road are an intrinsic part of Leeds and we
obviously would not want to do anything that would put people off from going
and supporting their team at home.
"However, it has been four years since any rise in the cost of parking for
matches at Elland Road and not only have our costs increased significantly
but we are also reluctantly having to accommodate a rise in VAT.
"We have tried to keep the rise to a minimum while ensuring we can continue
to provide thousands of parking spaces close to the ground for match days."
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