Ard Rí Hotel..

jayboi

Will we be able to go up the hill for the view or is that off the table as well?

I get the strange feeling i've asked that question before.

I Love Cheese

I agree with getting a grafitti artist in to spray the building.
Maybe Banksy, but just make something not as 'cold'.

Hoffmans

the white screens on the front will be used for projecting images onto
advertising etc they hope to make a packet from it to pay the 160000 bond they took out on it....

STIG83

I saw it the other day, some changes made on it!!

dayshah

Can the projection system work in daylight?

I think its a good idea, but during the tall ships it will be bright until about 22.00.

nkay1985

dayshah wrote: »

Can the projection system work in daylight?

I think its a good idea, but during the tall ships it will be bright until about 22.00.

Yeah was wondering about that myself. It must do in fairness.

wmpdd3

dayshah wrote: »

Can the projection system work in daylight?

I think its a good idea, but during the tall ships it will be bright until about 22.00.

Drive in movies!!!! park in the quay, use those horrible loud speakers they had for St Patrick's day.

dayshah

wmpdd3 wrote: »

Drive in movies!!!! park in the quay, use those horrible loud speakers they had for St Patrick's day.

Or low range radio, like they did in Millers Marsh a few years ago.

Hoffmans

Dunno did it work in daylight
But the 1 window they left uncovered seems to be smashed in now...weird move leavin 1 uncovered

Kxiii

Hoffmans wrote: »

Dunno did it work in daylight
But the 1 window they left uncovered seems to be smashed in now...weird move leavin 1 uncovered

I though the same myself

STIG83

I regret not going for a look at the place to see the mess, i doubt ill be able to get in there now?

Mysterious&Shy

It is looking really well now though!

O Riain

Pictures?

Mysterious&Shy

I will be walking down the Quay in an hour or so and will take pictures of it!

Trick of the Tail

I wrote a letter to the city manager and suggested they do an architectural projection mapping show on it as a climax to the Tall Ships. Look up AC/DC Rochester Castle on YouTube.

My company would have organised it all. 3D imaging, design, production, everything. It would be the most amazing thing the country, let alone the town has ever seen.

Imagine seeing the Ardree tumble to the ground, leaving only the bare hillside visible! A viking battle! Tall Ships battling off Waterford Harbour!

However the email (not letter) I got back said they didn't have enough money to do it, despite handing over 1.25 million to the Tall Ships committee.

They apparently have been quoted more than 150,000 to do still projections, which is far too much for that, and my idea wouldn't have cost much more.

Such a pity.


A.

tombliboo83

alinton wrote: »

I wrote a letter to the city manager and suggested they do an architectural projection mapping show on it as a climax to the Tall Ships. Look up AC/DC Rochester Castle on YouTube.

My company would have organised it all. 3D imaging, design, production, everything. It would be the most amazing thing the country, let alone the town has ever seen.

Imagine seeing the Ardree tumble to the ground, leaving only the bare hillside visible! A viking battle! Tall Ships battling off Waterford Harbour!

However the email (not letter) I got back said they didn't have enough money to do it, despite handing over 1.25 million to the Tall Ships committee.

They apparently have been quoted more than 150,000 to do still projections, which is far too much for that, and my idea wouldn't have cost much more.

Such a pity.


A.

Perhaps you should get your idea across to the local media and councillors. Try and attract some attention to your endeavours..surely a Waterford company offering such a skilled technological service shouldn't go unnoticed

Hoffmans

Lads look state of the streets,with potholes and trenchs would it be a priority to sort out that mess first

Trick of the Tail

tombliboo83 wrote: »

Perhaps you should get your idea across to the local media and councillors. Try and attract some attention to your endeavours..surely a Waterford company offering such a skilled technological service shouldn't go unnoticed

Agreed, but where to start? At this stage it would need a quick decision to go ahead.

There seems to be a lot of money being spent, but I fear that, as is often the case, the result will be half-arsed.

I offered the opportunity to do something not only 'proper', but also spectacular and amazing - but it seems the will isn't there.

A.

mike65

Des Whelan is the key here, chairman of Tall Ships committee and WLR big cheese, I'd get in touch with Deise AMs own Billy McCarthy see if you can wrangle 10 mins with him. Whelan might just link 2 and 2 and reach 4.

robtri

alinton wrote: »

I wrote a letter to the city manager and suggested they do an architectural projection mapping show on it as a climax to the Tall Ships. Look up AC/DC Rochester Castle on YouTube.

My company would have organised it all. 3D imaging, design, production, everything. It would be the most amazing thing the country, let alone the town has ever seen.

Imagine seeing the Ardree tumble to the ground, leaving only the bare hillside visible! A viking battle! Tall Ships battling off Waterford Harbour!

However the email (not letter) I got back said they didn't have enough money to do it, despite handing over 1.25 million to the Tall Ships committee.

They apparently have been quoted more than 150,000 to do still projections, which is far too much for that, and my idea wouldn't have cost much more.

Such a pity.


A.

why is it a pity??? cause u wont make money.......

Max Powers

alinton wrote: »

I wrote a letter to the city manager and suggested they do an architectural projection mapping show on it as a climax to the Tall Ships. Look up AC/DC Rochester Castle on YouTube.

My company would have organised it all. 3D imaging, design, production, everything. It would be the most amazing thing the country, let alone the town has ever seen.

Imagine seeing the Ardree tumble to the ground, leaving only the bare hillside visible! A viking battle! Tall Ships battling off Waterford Harbour!

However the email (not letter) I got back said they didn't have enough money to do it, despite handing over 1.25 million to the Tall Ships committee.

They apparently have been quoted more than 150,000 to do still projections, which is far too much for that, and my idea wouldn't have cost much more.

Such a pity.


A.

Looked up that ACDC castle clip, EXCELLENT. Still images wont be a patch on that. Synchronized to music also, excellent.

Trick of the Tail

robtri wrote: »

why is it a pity??? cause u wont make money.......

No, because it would be a spectacular event, the like of which the country hasn't seen before, and it would put Waterford firmly on the map and give Dublin a hell of a lot to live up to next year.

A.

O Riain

alinton wrote: »

No, because it would be a spectacular event, the like of which the country hasn't seen before, and it would put Waterford firmly on the map and give Dublin a hell of a lot to live up to next year.

A.

Have you got in contact with anyone to get the ball rolling?

Trick of the Tail

O Riain wrote: »

Have you got in contact with anyone to get the ball rolling?

Just a letter to the city manager like I said, who said they couldn't afford it.

Despite handing over 1.25M euro to the Tall Ships cttee.

A.

O Riain

alinton wrote: »

Just a letter to the city manager like I said, who said they couldn't afford it.

Despite handing over 1.25M euro to the Tall Ships cttee.

A.

You said there was still time to do it and a few posters above suggested channels you could go down to possibly get it through?

chelloveks

Ya need to figure out whose palm to grease first....

danjo-xx

Don't want to hijack this thread but as an outsider the one thing that I Feel could improve the city enormously is the levelling of this monster, to quote prince charles,





its like a carrabunicle on the neck of an old friend.


Shame on everyone for not getting this flattened while waiting to develop the area later.

Trick of the Tail

I'm not going to go begging, those that matter know my idea, where I am and how to contact me.

If they're not interested, that's up to them.

They also know that I could organise the still projections (a pale substitute) for far less than the amounts they've been quoted.

A.

Trotter

That ACDC clip is amazing.. It'd really be something to remember!

chelloveks

alinton wrote: »

I'm not going to go begging, those that matter know my idea, where I am and how to contact me.

If they're not interested, that's up to them.

They also know that I could organise the still projections (a pale substitute) for far less than the amounts they've been quoted.

A.

...but if someone already greased their palms theu dont care about saving money!!!