{"id":183652,"date":"2010-01-15T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T14:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1045809"},"modified":"2010-01-15T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T14:58:11","slug":"stadium-point-16000-standing-concert-venue-old-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/183652","title":{"rendered":"Stadium Point: 16,000 Standing Concert Venue-Old Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"
Don’t know if this has been mentioned or posted about yet? Doesn’t ring any bells.<\/p>\n

Article in todays MEN.<\/p>\n

I’ve found the pdf drawn up by Sankey’s relating to the proposal. Nice bit of info and plans.<\/p>\n

From what I can gather United actually own the warehouse. Not sure if a full planning application has been submitted yet. Can’t find it.(Trafford Council) From comments below the article, it does seem a planning application has already been submitted. CDX.<\/p>\n

See below.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\tStanding room only at new concert venue
\nPete Bainbridge <\/p>\n

January 15, 2010<\/p>\n

BOSSES of Manchester nightclub Sankeys are planning to create a massive standing-only music venue aimed at attracting some of the world’s biggest acts.<\/p>\n

With a 16,000 capacity it would be built in a derelict warehouse owned by Manchester United near Old Trafford stadium and the Imperial War Museum.<\/p>\n

The Stadium Point project is set to cost up to \u00a35m and create around 250 new jobs.<\/p>\n

The company spearheading the project, Stadium Point Ltd, says it will also bring \u00a325m to the local economy.<\/p>\n

And they hope to fill the venue by bringing in the likes of Madonna, The Chemical Brothers and Britney Spears.<\/p>\n

David Vincent, director of Stadium Point Ltd has been the boss of Sankeys club for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n

He explained that there was a real gap in the market for such a venue.<\/p>\n

He said: “Artists are holding a lot more concerts now as they are not making much money from records anymore, so arenas are a growth area.<\/p>\n

“People love to dance and in Manchester we only have indoor venues to cater on a regular basis for up to 6–7,000 people standing, but we will have a great floor space for up to 16,000.”<\/p>\n

The company had applied to Trafford council for a 24-hour licence, but has now deferred that application to carry out further consultation with people living nearby.<\/p>\n

The firm’s original licence application would have allowed them to open 24 hours a day and sell alcohol for 20 hours a day, seven days a week at the Trafford site.<\/p>\n

This prompted a backlash from local politicians. Kate Green, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Trafford, said that the project could create havoc for residents.<\/p>\n

She said: “There are serious questions to be answered about adequate transport and crowd control as well as concerns about noise nuisance and public-order offences.<\/p>\n

“But once again the council seems to be bending over backwards for big businesses and ignoring residents’ worries about these issues.”<\/p>\n

Gorse Hill councillor Dave Acton said: “I’m totally opposed to this proposal. People in this area have enough to put up with already with parking and traffic problems on match days at Manchester United and the cricket club.”<\/p>\n

Mr Vincent said that although he believed the comments were politically-motivated, he was surprised that a project bringing 250 jobs was being shot down.<\/p>\n

And he said that while they had initially applied for a 24-hour licence, events would not go on after midnight on weekdays.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co…._concert_venue<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nSankey’s Stadium Point PDF. http:\/\/www.mikecordingley.co.uk\/files\/StadiumPoint.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Sankey’s’ Licence Application @ the Quays. Includes comments by Kate Green, prospective parliamentary candidate who attended a meeting with residents and developers on Wednesday night.http:\/\/www.mikecordingley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=55<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t know if this has been mentioned or posted about yet? Doesn’t ring any bells. Article in todays MEN. I’ve found the pdf drawn up by Sankey’s relating to the proposal. Nice bit of info and plans. From what I can gather United actually own the warehouse. Not sure if a full planning application has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1886,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}