The calculations there are completely correct under the assumption that the space is being used 365 days a year, which strikes me as wildly implausible. I was working on the assumption the is space used a few days each year. If this space is actually being occupied 100% of the time, Iโd gladly retract my criticism.
The actual usage of the abbey is very likely to be somewhere between these two numbers. Definitely I would expect it to be used far more than for one major conference per year, but I wouldnโt expect 100% usage either.
This comment suggests that renting conference venues in Oxford can be pretty expensive:
https://โโforum.effectivealtruism.org/โโposts/โโxof7iFB3uh8Kc53bG/โโwhy-did-cea-buy-wytham-abbey?commentId=3yeffQWcRFvmeteqc
Your cost estimates seems to be in the wrong order of magnitude.
The calculations there are completely correct under the assumption that the space is being used 365 days a year, which strikes me as wildly implausible. I was working on the assumption the is space used a few days each year. If this space is actually being occupied 100% of the time, Iโd gladly retract my criticism.
The actual usage of the abbey is very likely to be somewhere between these two numbers. Definitely I would expect it to be used far more than for one major conference per year, but I wouldnโt expect 100% usage either.