Mij Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Actually a Casino/hotel is a very good idea, or a state of the art conference centre/hotel. At present the prom sort of peters out at the end. I think there may need to be a serious impact assessment to address the sort of knee jerk reactions typified by the previous posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 The Kitty says an Asda - isn't that going somewhere else???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 An asda would be nice but wouldn't that cause traffic issues, Although they could get very big store and a decent car park. And because the summerland site is near to the ferry terminal, the transporting cost's would be cheap.Although not as cheap as what tesco's probably is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 An asda would be nice but wouldn't that cause traffic issues, Although they could get very big store and a decent car park.And because the summerland site is near to the ferry terminal, the transporting cost's would be cheap.Although not as cheap as what tesco's probably is. I think transport costs are largely irrelevant - transporting one to ten miles makes no difference when half the stuff has just traveled hundreds of miles across England or Ireland. The Summerland site is a landmark area and shouldn't be replaced with just a supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 doubt it will be a supermarket...Asda would prefer somewhere else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Ice rink Snow Dome etc. Wouldn't be cost effective as I don't think many people would want to use it. I think whoever it was that proposed a 4-500 person music venue would be a great idea. As at the moment there are loads of bands who can't support the Villa (and let's face it the Gaiety ain't much of a music venue) but equally are to big to put on at the Cornerhouse or similar pub. I think some kind of large scale entertainment complex would be great. Somewhere you can have ANY type of event to a large number of people without restrictions because the building is expensive, far to delicate and a heritage site... For instance the Venue did a Foam party shortly before it closed. Where do you think you can do that now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 An asda would be nice but wouldn't that cause traffic issues, Although they could get very big store and a decent car park. And because the summerland site is near to the ferry terminal, the transporting cost's would be cheap.Although not as cheap as what tesco's probably is. I think transport costs are largely irrelevant - transporting one to ten miles makes no difference when half the stuff has just traveled hundreds of miles across England or Ireland. The Summerland site is a landmark area and shouldn't be replaced with just a supermarket. True, The Summerland site is a landmark, Although transport cost's over time do add up to a good sum of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxchatterbox Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 or maybe the new boy will be Aldi or Lidl..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 God forbid, is that shite really coming over here?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMcC Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 God forbid, is that shite really coming over here?! Gossip.... (certainly hope not as well, last thing we need is 7p tins of beans....) Just build something that looks good, but provides entertainment and something to do for kids, and to replace the venue........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperate Dan Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 abseiling/rockclimbing centre. wouldn't cost too much... the cliff is there, a large shed from B&Q as an equipment store and bobs your uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 or maybe the new boy will be Aldi or Lidl..... ALDI is fantastic. They sell very cheap brands of very good quality. Their staff are also paid top whack for the job - hourly pay in Manchester for cashiers was over 8.00GBP and they were paying around 40,000GBP per annum for store managers. Some of their offers for bikes, computers and other household equipment are really good value. As for LIDL - Poland is full of this shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 or maybe the new boy will be Aldi or Lidl..... ALDI is fantastic. They sell very cheap brands of very good quality. Their staff are also paid top whack for the job - hourly pay in Manchester for cashiers was over 8.00GBP and they were paying around 40,000GBP for store managers. Some of their offers for bikes, computers and other household equipment are really good value. As for LIDL - Poland is full of this shit. WOW £ 40,000 an hour!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadget Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Do we REALLY need more shopping outlets! Don't you feel that we are becoming more like 80,000 alcoholics shopoholics clinging to a rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 ALDI is fantastic. They sell very cheap brands of very good quality. Their staff are also paid top whack for the job - hourly pay in Manchester for cashiers was over 8.00GBP and they were paying around 40,000GBP per annum for store managers. Some of their offers for bikes, computers and other household equipment are really good value. As for LIDL - Poland is full of this shit. Just btw: ALDI and LIDL are both German companies - well known discounters there.. The guys behind ALDI are the two richest Germans (they're brothers), and also made it into the Forbes Top 20 richest people - Karl Albrecht is Nr. 8 with $18.5 billion, and his Brother Theo is Nr 20 with $15.5 billion (they split the business between them) - not bad for self-made guys that started with nothing, I think... The funny bit about ALDi is, that most of the stuff they sell was produced by well known brands (Nestle, Kraft, etc..), but they sell it under a different name - same stuff, but seriously cheaper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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