Topic ID 4748
I have seen a letter in the Mercury suggesting that the Macs site might be good for a cinema. As the Cinema thread is closed, any thoughts?
Reply ID 67996
quote:I think this is an ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT IDEA. If I had the gumphta I would do it myself, just like the bloke in Berkhampstead who renovated the Rex cinema and has made it into the best picture house in the SE, if not the entire UK. If only some rich person would do this and stop that bl**dy Sainsbury shiiite descending on us from a great height.
Originally posted by James007
I have seen a letter in the Mercury suggesting that the Macs site might be good for a cinema. As the Cinema thread is closed, any thoughts?
Reply ID 67998
quote:Sadly, I guess that's the problem. It would be great to have a proper cinema again in Hertford, but would it be commercially viable? It would be very interesting to know if any feasability studies have ever been undertaken.
Originally posted by homelessquote:If only some rich person would do this.
Originally posted by James007
I have seen a letter in the Mercury suggesting that the Macs site might be good for a cinema. As the Cinema thread is closed, any thoughts?
Reply ID 68000
quote:Even less chance than last time. I would imagine both the companies that were interested in the Mill Road site did market research before they pulled out of the project. http://www.hertford.net/issues/cinema.asp The archived topic is [url="http://www.hertford.net/issues/cinema.asp http://www.hertford.net/issues/cinema.asp
Originally posted by Deveraux
Sadly, I guess that's the problem. It would be great to have a proper cinema again in Hertford, but would it be commercially viable? It would be very interesting to know if any feasability studies have ever been undertaken.
Reply ID 68008
I wonder why the Mercury even considers this a story. It's a pipe dream. Maybe next week they'll run a story suggesting re-opening Hertford's coaching stables.
Reply ID 68010
quote:If you re-read James's O/P you'll see it was a letter in the Mercury, not a story. [:)]
Originally posted by shunt
I wonder why the Mercury even considers this a story.
Reply ID 68013
quote:Sorry, I missed that important difference. That would explain it.
Originally posted by Stevequote:If you re-read James's O/P you'll see it was a letter in the Mercury, not a story. [:)]
Originally posted by shunt
I wonder why the Mercury even considers this a story.
Reply ID 68033
No we can't have a cinema on the McMullens site because it would cause traffic chaos. The cars driving through Bengeo would increase due to the problem and the special people that live there would make even more fuss than they do already.
Reply ID 68041
I am NOT a "Special Person" I am a resident/tax payer and allowed to make my comments democratically in the UK if I feel that there is a need to! Just like you! I would be in favour of a cinema.. and one of the criticisms in the papers a couple of weeks back from the Civic Society at the Hearing was that the County Council and McMullens had not made any effort in securing an alternative use for the partially derelict site. So, when wherever you live they wish to make a waste incinerator on your back garden and you wish to object on health grounds I must remember not to mention that you're a "special person" who should just put up with it![}:)]
Reply ID 68048
quote:I think many of us would prefer a cinema, DQ. Unfortunately it only takes a quick, back of a fag packet, calculation to see why it's not an option. The point being made is that anyone buying property in an urban/industrial area where part of the industrial area is lying dormant, must accept the likelihood of it become active again. I took it to be a future certainty when I bought in Cowbridge.
Originally posted by Drama Queen
I am NOT a "Special Person" I am a resident/tax payer and allowed to make my comments democratically in the UK if I feel that there is a need to! Just like you! I would be in favour of a cinema.. and one of the criticisms in the papers a couple of weeks back from the Civic Society at the Hearing was that the County Council and McMullens had not made any effort in securing an alternative use for the partially derelict site. So, when wherever you live they wish to make a waste incinerator on your back garden and you wish to object on health grounds I must remember not to mention that you're a "special person" who should just put up with it![}:)]
Reply ID 68051
If only William the Conqueror had built a cinema in Castle grounds instead of a castle! Get over it, its done, dusted. Finished. One of the companies listed by Chase & Ptrs who had expressed an interest to East Herts Council in locating to Hertford was ... opening the golden envelope ... Sainsburys. If the Secretary of State decides that the application should fail, then what are Sainsburys going to do. Sell it for what ... housing, or a community theme park. And as Steve has remarked - at least one company has pulled out of building a cinema already. Its a matter of demographics - Hertford just falls within the definition of a market town with a population of 32,000 against a limit of 35,00 but that has failed the criteria of quite a few companies who have looked at Hertford.
Reply ID 68055
Seeing as Ware also doesn't have a cinema, and we're almost joined at the hip.. surely their populice counts too??? I think there will be no benefits to our town and a lot of problems.. Still don't say you weren't warned!
Reply ID 68056
quote:With the amount of flats being built and Labour's vision for housing in Hertfordshire we'll soon eclipse that tiny amount...
Originally posted by sloopjohnb
Hertford just falls within the definition of a market town with a population of 32,000 against a limit of 35,00
Reply ID 68057
It's been a while since I did this and I can't be bothered now, but MOMI should be able to provide current average cinema attendance per household, should anyone wish to do the sums for themselves.
Reply ID 68059
quote:Something I raised with Action for Market Towns and the response was a sharp intake of breath. Come the time when funds are available again the increase in housing may well have happened. BTW my typing fingers are getting numb - should have read 35,000.
With the amount of flats being built and Labour's vision for housing in Hertfordshire we'll soon eclipse that tiny amount..
Reply ID 68066
With the recent computer-streamed England football match being shown in certain cinemas and this market possibly increasing for football and minority sports which TV aren't willing to bid for, perhaps there will be a growing audience for the shared cinema experience.
Reply ID 68112
It is always the case, on threads like this, in Hertford or Ware that people cite lists of shops etc which should open all of which have failed in the past, but, for some unspecified reason, will now suceed. Several companies have looked at opening a cinema and clearly none thought it viable, the one in Ware closed years ago.