And an equal proportion of car thieves and vandals too.

Have always found the £5 to be good insurance.

Andy C



On 4 Dec 2010, at 18:35, Jim Moran <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have no idea why anyone uses the pay car parks at Elland Road. There
> must be more free parking in Holbeck and Beeston than almost any other
> ground in the country.
> 
> On 4 Dec 2010, at 18:31, "Rick Duniec" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 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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