It doesn’t explain why they need to own the venue outright, rather than just rent the space when needed. I don’t think of EA as a charity whose purpose is to r

It doesn’t explain why they need to own the venue outright, rather than just rent the space when needed. I don’t think of EA as a charity whose purpose is to run events 52 weeks a year. And even if they were, having a single space in England, beautiful though it is, doesn’t make sense for a global organization. It would be a different story if someone donated the property and they wanted to make the best purpose for it (eg, Bellagio Center [0]). Although comically, I would expect EA to do the math and decide to sell such a donation and invest the capital in more productive charity. I like some of the ideas, but they seem like charlatans and expect that anyone who donates directly to their orgs will regret it as more such fuckups like this are revealed over time. [0] https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center/ https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/bellagio-center/