Mansfield's Tour of Britain stage to cost council £50K

Mansfield District Council are to spend £50,000 on the UK's biggest free spectator event of the year.
Last year's Tour of Britain stage.Last year's Tour of Britain stage.
Last year's Tour of Britain stage.

Mansfield District Council are set to spend up to £50,000 to host the Stage Seven finish of the Tour of Britain 2018.

The stage will be finishing in the town centre on September 8.

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The tour started in Mansfield last year for stage four of the race - bringing in £189,867 to the district.

Helen Sisson, marketitions manager at the council put the cost to Councillor Roger Sutcliffe, Portfolio Holder for Finance on Tuesday, May 22.

He made a delegated decision to pass the costs.

In a report she wrote: “The event will put Mansfield on the map again in 2018 and in the spotlight as a host venue.

“A direct contribution of £25,000 is required as financial support to the Tour of Britain and an additional amount of £25,000 is required for event-welcoming.

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“The council will be seeking additional sponsorship locally to support the event costs and keep the council budget requirement to a minimum.”

The money will “be found from existing budgets”.

It also stated that there would be no consultation on the costs.

The only other option given to not paying the money was to withdraw from hosting the event which attracted an estimated 25,000 people into the district to watch.