Opening today

[ayjay]

The Spinnaker Tower, will, (fingers crossed) be opened today.

 

Millions of pounds over budget and somewhat late, but I rather like it.

 

Who'll be first from AN to go up it?

[Elton]

Love the press release that says it's owned by Portsmouth City Council and managed by Heritage, with a profit share going to both.

 

Has anything like this ever made a profit?

 

I appreciate your enthusiasm, John, but these kind of things just don't float my boat, especially when more deserving causes don't receive the lottery funding that this 'attraction' did.

[Elton]

PS Bah, Humbug!

[Ken Davison South Wales]

Apart from good views what other assets does it have??

 

Is this another modern folley??

[Tony U]

It does look nice though, which is more than some of the other millenium follies.

Mind you, I also like the Millenium Bridge between Newcastle and Gateshead.

[billy5000]

Hi all

 

seen it and it looks kinda cool.

 

saw it being built in many stages as i used to be pretty local to portsmouth.

 

 

another waste of money and no damn spinning wheel to ride

 

sg

[Gillies]

and the lifts jammed on the opening day (oh oh)

 

Gillies

[DonRamos]

If I happen to be in Pompey I may well go have a look, but won't be knocking myself out.

 

The way our local news (South Today) goes on about the tower you would think that it is gonna end world poverty, feed the starving children and create over 1 billion pounds profit in the process. According to them it is simply the most fantastic thing ever built

 

Only time will tell.

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

just heard on the news that they are currently trying to free the project manager who is in the lift that is stuck half way up the tower.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

When things like this are undertaken by council bodies I always wonder if it would be a viable private sector project, in this case no.

 

So who pays for the up keep while a few dozen people wander about it on a daily basis?

 

[ 18. October 2005, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: Ken Davison South Wales ]