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Meadowbank plan on hold



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Published Date: 21 November 2008
COUNCILLORS have agreed to put the £25 million revamp of Meadowbank Stadium on ice.
The council had expected to bring in around £17 million through selling a third of the Meadowbank site for housing after bulldozing the existing stadium and velodrome.

However, as the Evening News revealed last week, the development has now had to be shelved

The council may need to plough in £11.9m – almost half the cost of a new stadium – to keep it in use in the meantime.

Cllr Iain Whyte, leader of the city's Conservative group, told yesterday's meeting: "This needs more than just a lick of paint."





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  • Last Updated: 21 November 2008 9:39 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Top Floor,

21/11/2008 12:48:05

Nothing will happen at Meadowbank for years. It will now go into a terminal decline.

The previous plan for Sighthill could have worked but they turned it into a political football.

Too many "save Meadowbank" bandwagon jumpers and what's the result ?

Sport in Edinburgh loses out - again !
2

alex paterson,

edinburgh 21/11/2008 12:51:20
I hope nobody is surprised at this outcome,if you are,well thick is a good word for you.
3

Just another cyclist!,

21/11/2008 13:28:02
#2 Thanks for your comment Alex. It really added to the story. Very insightful.

Do you open every story and insert a comment just for the hell of it? Do you think you are providing a service to other readers of this site?
4

Top_Dawg,

21/11/2008 15:20:43
Good one #3. Alex, do u bother to even read the stories before making a comment. Your a total t w a t
5

I love to eat Sellotape,

21/11/2008 15:34:29
If they have "agreed to put the £25 million revamp of Meadowbank Stadium on ice" then let's get an ice hockey team going. Come on, Edinburgh - we can do this!

6

alex paterson,

edinburgh 21/11/2008 16:02:56
#3 Yes.
#4 Not.
#5 Best idea yet.
7

COLINTON.MAINS,

Oakville Ontario 21/11/2008 21:39:58
go.for.one.like.TORONTO.cool.in.summer.warm.in.winter
8

Old Town,

Edinburgh 22/11/2008 09:29:26
#1Nothing will happen at Meadowbank for years. It will now go into a terminal decline

way to late for that it happened years ago, before they thought of replacing it.
9

Shawl,

Scotland 24/11/2008 15:09:10
It would be £11.9 million well spent. Meadowbank is an architectural gem. It is also of historical importance. Does anyone remember the great Greame Obree who started out on this very velodrome before smashing world records around the globe. He couldn't come back because of the state it is in. Get it fixed and encourage new champions like the Flying Scotsman.

 

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