Events Centre

Is it an irish company designing it so.

Are they being paid for this yearly extension of the detailed planning stage? What has actually been delivered is anyone checking it?

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt on design.. things always get changed/ redesigned/altered , it'll happen during construction as well , if construction ever starts , could be a slight change in what the end customer wants , or because specs of a material are slightly different , or regs change ...

Just build it ..

Should there be a competition to see when and how much extra money BAM are going to demand ,

I'm betting they'll hype construction to start may/ June then look for 15% extra to start ,(inflation in building costs)

Then they won't start construction till Jan , 2024 ( maybe 2025 if they're still busy ) ,

Oh and they'll need an extra subvention before the complete construction , so maybe 80 to 100 million gov money for bam to own the building 100 %

As always I'll only believe this when I see it!

Examiner gets great mileage out of this. Pretty much the same story rehashed every few months. "Work hoped to commence <insert future date here>".

Bam own the site ..

Whatever chance it had of being viable was eliminated by Covid.

Alot of the regional smaller venues in the UK are struggling as bands are concentrating more and more on outdoor summer gigs and bigger cities.

The events centre in Cork is no longer viable, its not happening.

Does the marquee not prove there is a demand there for a venue like that.

15-20 events a year isnt viable for the events centre, it probably needs 60-70 events minimum per year to be viable.

In fairness, they would get a lot more than 15 to 20 events if it was built. As well as concerts, there'd be comedians, musicals, exhibitions, business and political events etc.

Its been officially canned according to an insider on skyscraper city.

The chances of that are zero in the next 10 years and vanishingly small in the 10 years after that. The likes of LiveNation wouldnt touch Cork after this fiasco and without promoters it’s worthless

I heard a story over the weekend that BAM are looking to exit Ireland, massive liabilities from the children's hospital. Not sure how true but I guess that could have something to do with the recent rumours?

Bam are more likely trying to take the absolute mint they've swindled out of the government from the Childrens Hospital out of the country.

Good riddance to them overall, ripoff company and poor quality work quite often too.

Really hope this Events Centre gets going, if not then serious questions as to the role of City Council and how Cork with 3 senior Government ministers couldn't get this project over the line. The amount of state intervention elsewhere for similar projects is worth recalling from the National Convention Centre, Bord Gais energy theatre, Croke Park, Aviva and supporting infrastructure. The subvention to the Events Centre project is small in comparison.