foreveryoung Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, ender4 said: Is the village not ready? From everything i had heard I thought it was. Looks ready, apparently most not fitted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Looks ready, apparently most not fitted out. Any evidence for this? Genuine question. I haven't seen any and a quick google doesn't bring anything up. The only thing I can see is the story about the original village being scrapped for 4 smaller villages, but that happened 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Really hope these games are a success, Brum needs a bit of a profile raise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Really hope these games are a success, Brum needs a bit of a profile raise. Seems more of a vanity project at the moment and to raise the diversity profile of Birmingham. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jones1328 Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Seems more of a vanity project at the moment and to raise the diversity profile of Birmingham. Surely this is a parody account by this point isn't it?! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 If there's something that Birmingham cannot be credibly accused of, it's vanity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, ender4 said: Is the village not ready? From everything i had heard I thought it was. Yes and no. What was supposed to be the village was the big new apartment complex where Bham Poly (or sorry, some pretend University) used to be. After the games it was then supposed to be converted back to normal apartments and sold on. But about a year ago they claimed it would not be ready on tome so instead split the village out over a number of sites such as Bham University student digs and the NEC hotels. So there isn't actually a village as such, there are a number of smaller sites. Meanwhile the original complex looks finished to me, or would have been with a but more urgency. However I am sure the developers now have more profit to be made by selling totally brand new apartments to spec instead of already partly used apartments. Call me cynical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, foreveryoung said: Seems more of a vanity project at the moment and to raise the diversity profile of Birmingham. 1.2m tickets sold. Redevelopment in loads of place, 2 new railway stations, masses of City Centre improvements. This is not a vanity project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Looking at the venues there's only the Gymnastics that look to actually taking place in the city centre (NIA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Looking at the venues there's only the Gymnastics that look to actually taking place in the city centre (NIA). Volleyball and basketball are being done at Smithfields. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) Edited July 28, 2022 by sidcow 2 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 BBC's Commonwealth Games 2022 coverage intro leaked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, sidcow said: 1.2m tickets sold. Redevelopment in loads of place, 2 new railway stations, masses of City Centre improvements. This is not a vanity project. You maybe right, although redevelopment was over due anyway in Perry Barr and surrounding areas. Shame the locals haven't spent there grant's on tidying up there own businesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lichfield Dean Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Meh, it's hardly old Snobs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: Meh, it's hardly old Snobs. He COULD have put that at the end of his tweet but I think it may have somewhat detracted from the punchline of the joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Any evidence for this? Genuine question. I haven't seen any and a quick google doesn't bring anything up. The only thing I can see is the story about the original village being scrapped for 4 smaller villages, but that happened 2 years ago. It wasn't scrapped. Because of covid it could not be completed in time for the games. The final housing development will be completed. Most games have 7 years to get ready. Brum had 5 with 18 months of that being the pandemic. Edited July 28, 2022 by The Fun Factory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: It wasn't scrapped. Because of covid it could not be completed in time for the games. The final housing development will be completed. Most games have 7 years to get ready. Brum had 5 with 18 months of that being the pandemic. Yeah I wasn't disagreeing with that. I meant the plans were scrapped in favour of the 4 smaller villages because of the pandemic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, choffer said: A great advert for Birminum. I am still convinced Nadine Dorries is actually a Catherine Tate character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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