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4 organisations have expressed interest, there still in negotiations with the preferred. They need agreement to the below.
56. The Council has recently completed the acquisition of the Greenbank Partnership Ltd assets including the Ice Arena, with the existing lease arrangement remaining in place with the existing tenant to continue operating the Ice Arena in the short-term. A new long-term lease is currently being negotiated, with this report recommending the appointment of a preferred long- term operator for the Ice Arena as set out in Confidential Appendix 5, although this appointment remains subject to completion of suitable legal agreements, as well as suitable commercial terms, including a requirement that the Ice Arena will operate with no form of financial subsidy by the Council. This objective will be assisted by the proposals to make better commercial use of the second ice pad, details of which are set out within this report and in Confidential Appendix 6.
The previous operator of the IAW couldn’t run it without a deficit. The viability studies highlighted the need to permanently remove the second pad to increase revenue with a view to making the IAW viable, without an alternative use being adopted, the Council stated today that IAW & Cardiff will loose the IAW facility. The new leaseholder will need to agree to the risk, the Council want the risk removed from the public purse onto the private operator.