Facelift for Brighton Centre (From The Argus)
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Facelift for Brighton Centre
6:35pm Friday 6th January 2012 in Business News
Geoffrey Bowden, Bill Randall and Adam Bates at the refurbished Brighton Centre
The ribbon has been cut on a new era for the Brighton Centre.
Brighton and Hove City Council leader Bill Randall was joined by tourism cabinet member Geoffrey Bowden in marking the official opening of the refurbished seafront venue.
It comes after £1 million was promised to build a new front, fit new doors, improve the foyer and redesign the restaurant – after replacement of over 4,000 seats, interiors modernised and meeting facilities improved.
Howard Barden, the Brighton Centre acting general manager, said: “With the completion of these works, we anticipate we will greatly enhance the delegate and visitor experience keeping the venue competitive and relevant on both the national and international conference venues scene.”
It has a capacity of 5,000 with the largest purpose-built conference and exhibition space in the south of England.
Comments(13)
rolivan
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7:40pm Fri 6 Jan 12
Spx
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7:42pm Fri 6 Jan 12
richardsim7
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8:12pm Fri 6 Jan 12
jyan
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11:38pm Fri 6 Jan 12
bug eye
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12:07am Sat 7 Jan 12
george smith
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9:15am Sat 7 Jan 12
Morpheus
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10:38am Sat 7 Jan 12
george smith wrote:Exactly my thoughts when I read about visiting relatives yesterday. If we did this with a caravan we would soon be moved on.
On the article above that we are not allowed to comment on , I thought the travellers were here visiting relatives for Xmas - mind when I visit relatives I stay in a small hotel nearby. In is now January so why haven't they moved on?
Hotbeans
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10:57am Sat 7 Jan 12
moronslayer
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12:59pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Hotbeans wrote:It looks much the same - drab brown glass. The pillars that used to be outside of the front doors have been enclosed.
Erm, so the doors look like any other revolving doors. What does the refurbished building look like??
It's funny how often building work costs a million pounds. I suppose it's an easier number to remember. I wonder if the figure was rounded up, or down.
Berkshire Hunt
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3:43pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Dingdong123
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4:22pm Sun 8 Jan 12
RottingdeanRant
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4:15pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Morpheus wrote:I wonder why we are not permitted to comment on the article about the travellers? I this some form of discrimination? Or maybe the council are scared of the obvious answer to 'Brighton and Hove City Council officials said they were aware of the new camp and were deciding what to do about it.' which is to get go to court immediately to evict them and do this immediately every time this occurs. Or is that too difficult?
george smith wrote:Exactly my thoughts when I read about visiting relatives yesterday. If we did this with a caravan we would soon be moved on.
On the article above that we are not allowed to comment on , I thought the travellers were here visiting relatives for Xmas - mind when I visit relatives I stay in a small hotel nearby. In is now January so why haven't they moved on?
remluf says...
7:39pm Fri 6 Jan 12
That's what needs to happen.
And the link to Churchill Square should be restored. It used to connect to the side of Tescos.