|
-
Originally Posted by ECHOEONE
Because football clubs only attract football supporters. "Community" is just a mask many commercial activities try to wear. More people will come to a rejuvenated sea front than a struggling football club.
So facilities for the people who are already living in Southport should be completely dismissed? Selling point should be how many people would come to the sea front - and nothing else??
How is that even credible?
Your blinkered response entirely typifies how the public in this town have cast the football club aside without even realising it's potential. Sadly, if influencial public representatives share your view, nothing will ever flourish for the local community - it'll always be for visitors with fat wallets. Go and ride around Blackpool - that's exactly what's gone on there for decades. Do you want that for Southport?
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 2 Dislikes
Check Todays Deals on Ebay.co.uk
Check Todays Deals On Amazon.co.uk
Your Comments:
-
Originally Posted by SteveandLois
Use the money to put back the Burscough curves railway section,for connecting Southport to a lot of potential tourists and visitors who hate driving into the town centre,and then struggling to get back to their homes,and the people of Southport can also get to other parts of the country easier as well,by reconnecting the town to other rail networks via the "curves "section being reinstated..And more revenue / money brought in by these extra visitors,and new investors will hopefully get MORE retailers attracted to fill the empty retail premises on Lord St,London St,and Eastank St and the other areas local to the town centre....Building a bus/coach terminal could also be included with some of this money.
So why would Bliss invest in the Burscough curves?
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by The PNP
Can't say the prospect of highrises being plonked down in a forward location like that is desirable. They will dominate the vicinity and obscure the view of the lake. Nobody's going to say, 'ooh let's go to Southport and look at a block of flats' - duh!
Nobody says lets go to southport and look at victorian buildings
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by onehorsetown2
Nobody says lets go to southport and look at victorian buildings
Nobody will come to Southprt anyway as there's nothing here and what little there is is closed. Pier closed at 9:30 this morning with literally hundereds on the seafront. Parts of the new seafront development were never opened from the last build, the lake is always full of rubbish and with the proposed new cycle lanes any family looking to have a two week holiday will not sit in queues of traffic, they'll go to Blackpool where they can drive down a motorway to within a few miles of the town and then a dedicated bypass road straight into the middle of town.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 2 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by marky
How about a relocation of Southport Football Club, into a modern multi-use facility - which would be able to be used by the whole community? There were suggestions of this being an ambition of the club a few years ago - on the land currently lying idle on Foul Lane.
Given that Sefton Council own the current ground on Haig Avenue - which is a less than ideal location for a football ground, why isn't anyone putting forward a proposal to release the land for affordable housing (in keeping with the location) and giving SFC a chance to flourish as a community resource in a new, purpose-built location?
Why must it always be about the seafront and Lord Street?
It's a good idea in theory but who's going to pay for it? The football club couldn't afford to build a new stadium.
It's not necessarily one thing instead of the other. Bliss want to develop their Promenade site with their money. That doesn't prevent the football club exploring relocation options if it was affordable for them.
Last edited by salus.populi; 30/05/2021 at 12:09 PM.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by onehorsetown2
So why would Bliss invest in the Burscough curves?
Isn't this money the £38.5 million the town is supposed to have been granted by the Government?
The article isn't the easiest read, with mention of the Government money, Sefton Council, Bliss, BIP, Genr8, HOK and IPW as being involved with 'investing'.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by Sap33
Isn't this money the £38.5 million the town is supposed to have been granted by the Government?
The article isn't the easiest read, with mention of the Government money, Sefton Council, Bliss, BIP, Genr8, HOK and IPW as being involved with 'investing'.
No this is private investment by Bliss. The government grant is for the conference centre where the theatre and floral hall currently are.They own the area and buildings where the bliss hotel, casino etc are.
The government money can only be spent on the projects it was applied to cover, so no it can't be used on the curves
Last edited by onehorsetown2; 28/06/2021 at 07:28 PM.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 1 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by Ric
Nobody will come to Southprt anyway as there's nothing here and what little there is is closed..
Yet the town has been heaving all weekend. Perhaps visitors think more of the town than some of the miserable locals.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 2 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by salus.populi
Yet the town has been heaving all weekend. Perhaps visitors think more of the town than some of the miserable locals.
Some come to go on the grass, i mean beach when i went out at half nine everwhere was shut so yes i was miserable, wanted a cuppa after my walk.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 1 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by Ric
Some come to go on the grass, i mean beach when i went out at half nine everwhere was shut so yes i was miserable, wanted a cuppa after my walk.
Places being shut at half 9 on a Sunday morning is hardly surprising but I doubt there was nowhere open at all. Maybe take a flask next time.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
God, you guys are funny. Moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan, moan.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 1 Likes, 0 Dislikes
-
its a repeat of maritime court...a complete out of character disgusting blot on the southport victorian landscape....the planners have utterley ruined liverpools waterfront with out of character eyesores, now it may happen to southport...i hope its blocked
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 1 Dislikes
-
Well we got screwed by the last revamp of market hall. (20,000 footfall)
Nobody’s to blame we £60,000 consultants.
Now market is being turned into a school dining room.
The Strand at present is worth approximately 4 million less than we paid.
Now the prom is going to be another white elephant, sorry but maintaining the
Victorian theme. What price this time for consultants.
Hey , poor mayor of Liverpool under investigation. There’ll be a lot more investigations
over next 3years . Whistleblowers wanted , good rates of pay.
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 1 Dislikes
-
Originally Posted by jayjay2000
The directors of most large companies don't live where their outlets are based and all of these companies have large debt portfolios and is Southport now only accepting investment from local people?
-
Member Post Likes / Dislikes - 0 Likes, 0 Dislikes
|
Search Qlocal (powered by google)
Privacy & Cookie Policy
Check Todays Deals On Amazon.co.uk
Check Todays Deals on Ebay.co.uk
Booking.com
Supporting Local Business
Be Seen - Advertise on Qlocal
UK, Local Online News Community, Forums, Chats, For Sale, Classified, Offers, Vouchers, Events, Motors Sale, Property For Sale Rent, Jobs, Hotels, Taxi, Restaurants, Pubs, Clubs, Pictures, Sports, Charities, Lost Found
UK,
UK News,
|