Maze Stadium Officially ‘Only Viable Option’
While we reached our 250th confirmed signature today, the 30th of March 2005 was a sad day for sport in Northern Ireland, as direct (mis)rule minister for Finance, Ian Pearson announced that after conducting viability studies of the three shortlisted sites, the Maze was the only viable option. Stadium For Belfast intendo to try and get a copy of the viability studies, to see what exactly made the proposals so unviable.
In the mean time you can check out the BBC’s report on the issue, or a rather more emotive report at EverythingUlster.com.
June 5th, 2006 at 10:22 am
[…] THe NIO are a step ahead, having released their ‘masterplan’ last week, and are currently at the stage of running a competition for the design of the stadium itself. However the NIO need to attract anything up to £300 million in investment for their project, which includes many peripheral facilities around the stadium. However, the council are still of the firm belief that a Belfast stadium is viable and their deadline illustrates that they are determined to push ahead with their plans and disprove the myth propagated by the NIO that the Maze is the only viable option. […]
April 15th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
[…] Coming shortly after the announcement that there will be no olympic football at the Maze, even if plans for a stadium do go ahead, there is certainly a feeling that the Maze is not the done deal we were told it was over 3 years ago. […]