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." >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: >> http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
