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News Release from: Chartered Institute of Building [CIOB] | Subject: Milton Keynes Bowl.
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2006
Redevelopment and management of the
National Bowl.
Gaming International and Clear Channel Entertainment selected as preferred developers for the redevelopment and management of the Milton Keynes National Bowl.
Milton Keynes Partnership, at the heart of one of England's growth areas, has selected Gaming International and Clear Channel Entertainment as preferred developers for the redevelopment and management of the National Bowl The successful bid includes increasing the capacity of the arena from 65,000 to 75,000, installing a new arch stage and building a Bowl Pavilion suitable for staging indoor events all year around
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 12 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The developers will also be contracted to build a national skateboarding park to international specifications, using it as a skateboarding display arena in association with the 2012 Olympics.
Other facilities include a greyhound stadium with 3,500 spectator capacity complete with restaurants and bars, and a 4/5 star 120 bedroom hotel with associated leisure complex.
The selection was made through a formal assessment process involving both the Milton Keynes Partnership as land owner and Milton Keynes Council as planning authority.
Gaming International is the second largest operator of greyhound and speedway racing in the UK.
Clear Channel Entertainment, formerly part of the Clear Channel Media Group, is now an independent company trading world-wide as Live Nation.
The final selection process involved a bid from Inter MK, developer of the new Milton Keynes stadium and owner of the Dons division one league football club that successfully relocated to Milton Keynes.
'Super flexible homes' plan.
The MK Partnership - a sub-committee of English Partnerships - has opened an exhibition of the masterplan drawn up by a Savills consultancy team for development of Tattenhoe Park on the west side of the new city.
The scheme aims to provide over 1,200 new homes, some 30 per cent of which are to be affordable.
Currently subject to a four-week consultation exercise, the draft plan recommends the building of 'super flexible homes' at Tattenhoe Park as a pioneering venture.
These would sit alongside other standard housing types and be spread across the 57 hectare site.
The 'super-flexible' concept enables a proportion of the houses to be built with future extension or adaptation in mind.
The plan requires that up to 30 per cent of all dwellings should be designed as 'super-flexible'.
The idea is to accommodate changing family circumstances, allowing people to adapt their homes as an alternative to moving.
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