Bristol Council have decided not to build Bristol arena in Bristol but in the neighbouring county. Instead they’re guaranteed rent for forty years to some landlords. Makes sense 😅.
It’s an unpopular opinion, but I really don’t see how an arena near Temple Meads would be feasible. The traffic there is abysmal, Temple Meads can barely handle the traffic it gets now, and both Brislington and Totterdown rejected any plans for RPZ.
I’d love a central arena, but without significant investment in the train station AND a dedicated car park that can get people to Temple Meads (i.e. a new local station) I don’t see how it was feasible.
With that said, the entire point of moving was to start right away. With the mayor now gone there’s no incentive to complete, so I would put money on it never happening now…
A new arena next to the station would have come with a lot of what you think needs to happen. It represented investment on Bristol rather than South Gloucestershire.
But our ex Mayor didn’t see it that way after his trip to the company that wants to build the arena in South Gloucestershire, YTL.
