[Brighton] Brighton Marathon heading for Administration

[dejavuatbtn]

Don't worry, B&H City Council will get them to promise to pay, no fingers crossed. Indeed, B&HCC will even give them the money to pay the winners and the council. The event will go ahead next year and then they go bust owing the council and the runners. i360 get away with it so why not everyone else?

Ah, the council love running up a debt.

 

[Billy in Bristol]

'Events' had it very bad, broadly speaking they were one of the first to be locked down and last to be opened up.

Tell me still struggling despite having now raised £537k for good causes

 

[middletoenail]

How much has the city lost through that pole that goes up and down?

I'm not a runner, but I'd rather keep the marathon going than that i360 nonsense.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Just adding a bit of detail here but the ‘deadline’ for buying one’s place in the marathon was Monday. Into admin on Tuesday. Lovely.

 

[Soton Seagull]

High running costs

 

[Guinness Boy]

No disrespect to Neneh Cerry and Yousou's subject matter but I can't stop singing this.

"Seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
Seven seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting..."

Yep. Literally the only good thing was beating you

 

[CHAPPERS]

Brighton Marathon saved as new organisers given licence

The 2023 Brighton Marathon is set to go ahead under new management.

www.theargus.co.uk

Event goes ahead but no details on what has happened to the money recieved by Grounded Events.

 

[dazzer6666]

 

[Badger]

Is Brighton going to be the runner-up prize for people who didn't get into the London Marathon?

 

[dazzer6666]

Is Brighton going to be the runner-up prize for people who didn't get into the London Marathon?

…….the irony is it was set up in the first place partly to catch everyone who didn’t get in to London. I had a call with Tim Hutchings at the time (ie before the first one). The marketing of places etc was carefully timed around London rejection letters and stuff like that

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Is Brighton going to be the runner-up prize for people who didn't get into the London Marathon?

Going to be? That was a major part of the business model from the start!

 

[Badger]

Going to be? That was a major part of the business model from the start!

Oh, I knew that. I just assume it will be more official now. "Sorry, you didn't make London but here's a nice marathon by the sea you can run instead"