Quote by Nemesis: "... thinking that the council is this year giving Wales Rally GB £100,000 ( from FOA ) and that is not counting what is being given by the WAG it strikes me that money is going to the wrong things !"
I suspect you'll find that the event is worth far more than £100k in terms of business into the town, especially the hotel trade at a slack time, by way of the people visiting for that event and the publicity showing Llandudno all round the world.
The recent Cambrian was supported by the Council and a survey carried out to assess the spends, which will be far greater than the financial support given to the event. Llandudno received massive publicity in the press, TV all round the world, a total of over one million hits were recorded on social media.
... the problem, to my way of thinking, is that the money spent on events comes out of the Council funds (such as from council taxes) but the income goes to businesses and not to cover running costs of the town (such as sorting out the sand) ... I should just say that is my personal opinion, and not that of any organisation I am linked with.