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Another Brexit Flop
Less than 1% of the target turned up at the Festival.
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// it was the most popular paying UK visitor attraction in 2000 //
during the 12 months it was open, it attracted 6.5m visitors, considerably fewer than the 12 million expected. http://
the same year, the festival of Britain attracted 10 million visitors, and the Empire Exhibition Scotland event in Glasgow attracted 12 million.
Whilst public perception was that it was the most popular tourist attraction in the UK that year, many people I knew at the time weren't interested mainly because there was no public car parking and they couldn't drive to it.
during the 12 months it was open, it attracted 6.5m visitors, considerably fewer than the 12 million expected. http://
the same year, the festival of Britain attracted 10 million visitors, and the Empire Exhibition Scotland event in Glasgow attracted 12 million.
Whilst public perception was that it was the most popular tourist attraction in the UK that year, many people I knew at the time weren't interested mainly because there was no public car parking and they couldn't drive to it.
mushroom, how do you mean "the same year" - 2000?
No, not much parking, but that's London. It did however have a new station on the Jubilee line, one of only a couple of tube lines that intersect with all the others, so it wasn't difficult of access.
It's also been the key to regenerating a large derelict area in SE London, so I think despite the opening night hitches it's been a big success.
Just to be clear, it was a Tory idea.
No, not much parking, but that's London. It did however have a new station on the Jubilee line, one of only a couple of tube lines that intersect with all the others, so it wasn't difficult of access.
It's also been the key to regenerating a large derelict area in SE London, so I think despite the opening night hitches it's been a big success.
Just to be clear, it was a Tory idea.
Haha ... of course the "Mogster" could not have been being a teensy bit sardonic then? Over the heads of the "columnists" though as usual, in their eagerness to show their peevish attitudes. From the link also.
Event director //Mr Green said that he asked, “Can I ascertain it’s not a Brexit festival? You don’t want some kind of jingoistic jamboree?” The director said he was assured it would not be.
Some participants in Unboxed event are said to have insisted that Brexit was not mentioned in their contracts. A spokesperson for Unboxed said there were “absolutely no references to Brexit” in commissioning agreements.//
The "festival"(fester more like) cost 4 times more that the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations. These of course generated howls of protest about the cost whilst the Unboxed jamboree drew none..... until someone tried to call it something it never was. That something being a celebration of British Society. Back in your boxes then wokers?
Event director //Mr Green said that he asked, “Can I ascertain it’s not a Brexit festival? You don’t want some kind of jingoistic jamboree?” The director said he was assured it would not be.
Some participants in Unboxed event are said to have insisted that Brexit was not mentioned in their contracts. A spokesperson for Unboxed said there were “absolutely no references to Brexit” in commissioning agreements.//
The "festival"(fester more like) cost 4 times more that the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations. These of course generated howls of protest about the cost whilst the Unboxed jamboree drew none..... until someone tried to call it something it never was. That something being a celebration of British Society. Back in your boxes then wokers?
jno - // andy, the problem with the dome exhibition, as you may know, is that VIPs had to stand outside for ages before being allowed in for the opening. Paul Dacre was one of them, and ordered that nobody should ever say a good word about it in the Daily Mail (I heard this from a Mail reporter). //
No, that was the opening night problem.
The bigger problem was a badly thought-out vanity project for Tony Blair, with no idea really who would come, especially the massive numbers needed to make it actually pay for itself.
It was ill-conceived boring, unpopular, typically London-centric, and it has only been its re-use as a music venue that has saved it from being a giant white elephant.
To reiterate, politics and art do not mix.
No, that was the opening night problem.
The bigger problem was a badly thought-out vanity project for Tony Blair, with no idea really who would come, especially the massive numbers needed to make it actually pay for itself.
It was ill-conceived boring, unpopular, typically London-centric, and it has only been its re-use as a music venue that has saved it from being a giant white elephant.
To reiterate, politics and art do not mix.
andy, just to repeat: it was a Major/Heseltine project. Heseltine had done a lot to regenerate the Isle of Dogs and wanted to do the same across the river, and figured the dome would do this. He was right, it did.
Putting the Jubilee line through was a big help, of course. The cable-car, which was strictly a Boris project, has been slightly less successful. (A friend of mine was the only season-ticket holder.)
Putting the Jubilee line through was a big help, of course. The cable-car, which was strictly a Boris project, has been slightly less successful. (A friend of mine was the only season-ticket holder.)
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