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£600m in the infrastructure of the North East as a whole would be fantastic
Should be spent on emptying wheelie bins and not some big sports day.
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£600m in the infrastructure of the North East as a whole would be fantastic
That's what you pay Council Tax for.Should be spent on emptying wheelie bins and not some big sports day.
UK Government have asked cities who wish to bid for the 2022 Games to submit proposals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/39666912
Could the North East (inc Middlesbrough!) submit a joint bid?
3 decent football stadia; Gateshead Stadium for the Athletcs, Riverside/South North cricket grounds, Metro Arena, 50m Pool at the stadium...
Anywhere else that could be used?
Good shoutI'm sure they could use The Darlington Arena too
Good shout
I'm sure they could use The Darlington Arena too
That's hockey sorted
No. However public money to fund facilities including the legacy facilities of big games (Manchester and Glasgow Commonwealths, not just London Olympics) is unsurprisingly planned to distribute them for the future needs of the sport particularly for talent development. Hence for example there's only one Olympic size pool in the NE (which is in Sunderland). When it was decided 15 or so years ago that the fact there was only one in the whole country was a disgrace, it was also decided to spread the new ones geographically - I think the plan was to build six. Just one example from one sport.Maybe the North East doesn't but with funding from the National Lottery (or is that only allowed for a London Games?) a contribution from NE development budgets (if such things still exist) and a contribution from central government then it could be a goer.
£600m in the infrastructure of the North East as a whole would be fantastic
No. However public money to fund facilities including the legacy facilities of big games (Manchester and Glasgow Commonwealths, not just London Olympics) is unsurprisingly planned to distribute them for the future needs of the sport particularly for talent development. Hence for example there's only one Olympic size pool in the NE (which is in Sunderland). When it was decided 15 or so years ago that the fact there was only one in the whole country was a disgrace, it was also decided to spread the new ones geographically - I think the plan was to build six. Just one example from one sport.
That's one f***ing huge stadium for just Hockey.
Don't disregard how popular hockey is.
Rowing could go to Keilder. Archery on the green outside Durham Cathedral. Somewhere similarly historic for the shooting. If there was a velodrome, it would just be a matter of getting the rest of the ducks in a row (also for the shooting).
thee pool hasn't got anywhere near enough seats - do it in the north sea and have the air show at the same time
turn the north stand 180 degreesstick a few benches around the edge. very few pools have that much spectator space tbh. take out a side and put some temporary stuff in
turn the north stand 180 degrees