Fallen Arches
Economically, there is no justification for taxpayers to subsidise the activities of any nightclub anywhere.
What are the true costs of night life in cities and towns taking into account “externalities”?
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Hide AdIt’s highly likely, adding up the social costs, that taxpayers are already substantially subsidising night-time partying.
If such enterprises are not “stand alone” there is no economic argument to keep them open.
Is the Arches the “powerhouse of culture and arts” Nationalist government ministers and Creative Scotland say it is?
Why, if it is so powerful, does it need supporting with a late licence after midnight?
Surely most people really interested in “the Arches culture” would pay to go there before midnight without alcohol?
Arguably, clubs operating after 11pm impose real economic costs on others and should pay an “externality tax”.
Ellis Thorpe
Old Chapel Walk
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire