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Higher fees may empty stadium BY SUE NEWMAN
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If the push to increase fees at the EA Networks Centre is successful, its owner, the Ashburton District Council, could find itself with a community facility that noone can afford to use, says its manager Steve Prescott. The stadium and pool complex already has some of the highest fees in New Zealand and those rises by the pro-
posed amount would put it almost at the top of the list and create a facility few could afford to use, he said. During discussions on the council’s long-term spending plan, councillors agreed to a proposal to change the charging formula for the complex. Currently 60 per cent of costs are carried by the council with 40 per cent coming from users. The proposal is for costs to be shared 50/50 and this would be
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achieved by lifting the stadium’s court hire by 40 per cent and fees to use the gym, pool and for classes by 9 per cent. And that could see the complex’s largest user, Mid Canterbury Netball, taking its competition back outdoors, said association president Karla Newlands.
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