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stevebradley wrote:

supremo wrote:This £1000 is not a subsidised rate. It was determined by a valuer used by the council. It is unique and I am not exactly sure if the charges are calculated on actual square footage or on over all facility usage. This is enough for the Club to ask or look for a second opinion.
The only other team in N. Ireland that uses council facilities is Ballymena Utd so it would be interesting to find out what they pay for the use of their ground on match days. Maybe if the council insist on this valuation, our ticketing should clearly state how much of the ticket price goes to the council just like VAT.

It would be imopossible to put a cliam on tickets about how mcuh of it goes to the council though, as the council's fee is a fixed rate. The more tickets sold, the lower the per-ticket allocation towards the council would be - so you can't predict it in advance of knowing the sales.

I hope the club can get the £1,000 fee down, but if not it'll just be the way it is. We useed to able to pay not a lot for the Brandywell because it was a kip. That excuse is thankfully gone now.

If we can average 2,000 at games we'll be lifting somewhere in the ballpark of £20,000+ each time. Giving 5% of that to the council doesn't seem unreasonable. And the more we attract to games, the easier the fixed charge will be to swallow - so it's all on the club to attract more fans.

MariborKev wrote:

pmac wrote:Do you know......

How many were at the meeting?

Where was it held?

What other items were discussed?

Being a share holder i would have liked to have been there, but the meeting was not advertised on the Derry City DC site, not in the papers/media, nor on here. The last meeting held i received notification in the post, but not this time. Shameful way to treat shareholders. Surely the least they can do is publish the minutes of the meeting.

The AGM was publicised on the club website. It was also published across the club's social media channels.

The company is under no obligation to publish the minutes. As a shareholder i assume you can contact the club and request minutes.

I'm not defending the club's approach, just clarifying a few facts.

TenaciousDee wrote:Pmac it clearly was advertised on the club website as I was able to find you the link and post it on this thread yesterday.

KEVK wrote:The Brandywell Stadium is far from finished, so the Club should be in a decent bargaining position.

The Club could argue that given the limited capacity of the Brandywell, they could possibly lose out on income when games sell out such as big league and cup matches as well as European matches. Until the stadium is 'completed' for the Club to maximise its income from gate receipts, the Council should offer a lower rate for rent.

We're not talking huge crowds that haven't been seen for years for the Brandywell to sell out at the moment.

stevebradley wrote:

KEVK wrote:The Brandywell Stadium is far from finished, so the Club should be in a decent bargaining position.

The Club could argue that given the limited capacity of the Brandywell, they could possibly lose out on income when games sell out such as big league and cup matches as well as European matches. Until the stadium is 'completed' for the Club to maximise its income from gate receipts, the Council should offer a lower rate for rent.

We're not talking huge crowds that haven't been seen for years for the Brandywell to sell out at the moment.

Our bargaining position is pretty weak though Kev, as we have no leverage.

No matter what the Council say, we don't have any other choice but to play there.

thecitizen wrote:An 'all weather' pitch that can't be used in all types of weather.....

cousin kev wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43248273

What a bunch of fuckin idiots. sick to the back teeth with this clowncil. Fair play to Kenny who said as much in not so many words.