2112 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Gef are reporting that a new Casino, large multi storey car park and 3 storey entertainment complex which includes a casino. The MiddleMarch Site. No doubt the IOMG cheerleaders will be on praising our illustrious leaders and civil servants, and the wonderful Manx Development Corporation. Do I think this development will get off the ground ………… in a nutshell - no! The old bus station development failed. If this one gets of the ground, it is likely the GMT will be helping out financially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Remind us, where is Middlemarch? Near Middle Earth? Or some grand estate from the times when the staff knew their place? 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gladys said: Remind us, where is Middlemarch? Near Middle Earth? Or some grand estate from the times when the staff knew their place? It may as well be. Opposite Lord Street adjacent to Walpole Avenue. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, 2112 said: Gef are reporting that a new Casino, large multi storey car park and 3 storey entertainment complex which includes a casino. The MiddleMarch Site. No doubt the IOMG cheerleaders will be on praising our illustrious leaders and civil servants, and the wonderful Manx Development Corporation. Do I think this development will get off the ground ………… in a nutshell - no! The old bus station development failed. If this one gets of the ground, it is likely the GMT will be helping out financially. I'll have £50 on 'never gonna happen' please. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 A multi story car park would be fabulous, another one at Summerland and then stop all the prom parking. 20 mph within the City centre and Douglas may become attractive to visit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Back in 2018 there were press reports that the Palace hotel and casino might relocate to this site and so it might not be an extra new casino as such but a relocation of an existing one . At the time a spokesman for the Palace said they should be based where the entertainment areas are rather than their current location. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesde Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Hopefully this link will work to the 2018 story https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/middlemarch-site-possible-for-palace-hotel/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 Perhaps the 6 Chinese Bank will come after all? I think that there are so many crisises within IOMG, that IOMG have taken to gerrymandering the news agenda to knock the Chris ‘Crisis’ Thomas off the airwaves. Perhaps the next stage of news management is making Rob Callister the new Minister of Economic Development. He can oversee the new Casino and Car Park Project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 What they need is solar panels… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 40 minutes ago, 2112 said: The old bus station development failed. If this one gets of the ground, it is likely the GMT will be helping out financially. We could just stick the reserves on the Blackjack table... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, 0bserver said: We could just stick the reserves on the Blackjack table... Who could we trust at the table? I wouldn’t trust them with a kipper stall. Edited August 3, 2022 by 2112 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice of Reason Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 32 minutes ago, 0bserver said: I'll have £50 on 'never gonna happen' please. You wouldn’t get very good odds 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTail Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 It must be a relocation of the Palace as, IIRC they have the only licence on the IOM, I'm sure John W will confirm. Meanwhile I am pissed off with the abandoned steel structure on Duke Street and the big whole in South Quay. Can't we get someone to sort some of these out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 How they ever got planning permission to build such a high building in Duke Street is a mystery when, or if, it ever gets finished it will shut all the natural light out of that street it will be like walking through a tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, NoTail said: It must be a relocation of the Palace as, IIRC they have the only licence on the IOM, I'm sure John W will confirm. Meanwhile I am pissed off with the abandoned steel structure on Duke Street and the big whole in South Quay. Can't we get someone to sort some of these out? Why should we be surprised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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