Leeds Arena

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 11 Sep, 2010 10:46 am

[quotenick="stutterdog"] outofthefire wrote: anthonydna wrote: I'm willing to man a 24hr lookout to stop Sheffield Councilors pouring concrete into the foundations! If there going to pay for it let em pour it

Lets pour Sheffield into the foundations!Would that then make it the Sheffield Arena? Should stop a few arguments.

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 11 Sep, 2010 12:50 pm

stutterdog wrote: outofthefire wrote: anthonydna wrote: I'm willing to man a 24hr lookout to stop Sheffield Councilors pouring concrete into the foundations! If there going to pay for it let em pour it

Lets pour Sheffield into the foundations! I see Easyjet are pulling out of Robin hood Airport ,on todays news too! I know,bless.They shut Sheffield airport because only the departures were ever full,never the arrivals!!Who would want to go there,its the Midlands anyway!!!

jim · Post by **jim** » Thu 16 Sep, 2010 11:21 pm

I see from tonight's BBCTV's Yorks and Lincs Ceefax pages that Sheffield is now running its Council vans on its MPs and Councillors speeches.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Fri 17 Sep, 2010 8:49 am

stutterdog wrote: Just heard on Look North News this lunchtime. The government is to give the council £10 million towards the cost. A pratt from Sheffeid council said it was a public scandal that Leeds should get this cash! Gigs wise Leeds has hosted the best bands in the history of modern music at many Leeds venues.Still I suppose if we get an arena we can have disney on ice and X factor specials.I'll be in the O2 or the grove.Where I can actually see the band, and they can see me. Opera glasses or big video screen anyone?

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Sat 18 Sep, 2010 3:52 pm

Found this while searching on Bishopgate Cycle Path. Its a pdf but the pdf seems to be corruptedhttp://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:yiXvi2WpbFgJlandocs.leeds.gov.uk/WAM/doc/BackGround%2520Papers-209912.pdf%3Fextension%3D.pdf%26id%3D209912%26location%3DVOLUME2%26contentType%3Dapplication/octet-stream%26pageCount%3D1+%22bishopgate+street%22+%2B%22cycle+path%22&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESirhjMBfBIdI5mJ7Ev8i0frAcQIfX80KyMy6uLJKbaXElnhK1EZwbcJJSdbwWJlyHDq4hZufOXoM3V7S2pPY4KOu3-QgxMpkgUxme7hZU9aj9Fgp5WFqI2MX0-EGs7x3BtJ0_Az&sig=AHIEtbTe993IZrxoxDRbgggPvP7PYUZ1jgorhttp://tiny.cc/i8vskInteresting reading especially the bit on public transport which LCC seem to think will provide a service for people leaving evening events at the arena

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 09 Oct, 2010 6:15 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-11508127£5.8 million to be spent on revamping the Woodhouse Lane multi storey car park so folk have somewhere nice to sit for two hours after a gig at the Arena before being allowed out onto the Inner Ring Road (Anyone who has even used the on-site multi storey at the MEN Arena will know what I mean!)It seems an awful lot of money doesn't it, £5.8 million?Still, where public money is concerned it can cost £20k to change a lightbulb...

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sat 09 Oct, 2010 6:49 pm

raveydavey wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-11508127£5.8 million to be spent on revamping the Woodhouse Lane multi storey car park so folk have somewhere nice to sit for two hours after a gig at the Arena before being allowed out onto the Inner Ring Road (Anyone who has even used the on-site multi storey at the MEN Arena will know what I mean!)It seems an awful lot of money doesn't it, £5.8 million?Still, where public money is concerned it can cost £20k to change a lightbulb... £20K! I'll offer to do it for only £10K. I shall however let you all into a secret free method though. Shush keep it quiet. All raise your hands, as many hands make light work. Sorry for that!

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 10 Oct, 2010 10:01 pm

The more I read about Leeds the more disgruntled I get!Why is it being spoiled so much- Manchester really knows how to do it better - and I'm a die-hard leodian, not sure for how much longer though.

Post by **cnosni** » Sun 10 Oct, 2010 10:34 pm

The public transport issue for post event was mentioned during the "wrangling" period.LCC said that they would be working with the bus operators to provide buses to other car parks and the train station,something that doesnt happen at the MEN.As for Woodhouse car park then this was always mooted as the main event car park.Delays getting in and out for an event will probably be less than the MEN,given its proximity to the inner ring road,where as the MEN is slap bang in the middle of the city with no motorway standard (and i use those words guardedly) infrastucture close by,hence i always go there on the train.Sheffields shed isnt any better for getting out of,so i park up at Meadowhall and use the tram.£5.8m is a lot of money,lets hope that it will also be part of improvements to getting in and out from the inner ring road. I dont think you should get too down Lee,this arena looks like it should be the bees knees,though im sure it will be far from perfect,it is Leeds after all!!

anthonydna · Post by **anthonydna** » Sun 10 Oct, 2010 11:29 pm

I've got a great trick or the MEN car park, don't pay for your ticket, run your key over it so the magnetic stripe doesn't read. There is always a guy on the barrier, see how long he can last with 8,000 cars beeping their horns before he loses his bottle and lets you out!