sheenaj wrote:I have always felt the main problem with the Magnum was access! Way down in an area which at night is surrounding area was blank. There was a bus that went there infrequently but if your standing in that bus shelter waiting for it to turn up was always scary.Even trying to get there during daylight was bad enough. If you don't have a car you are relying on a safe way to get there and back. I hope the new developers take this into consideration -but probably not The area around Irvine needs to be revamped.The last time I was there the 'mall' was a shadow of when it first opened.The area needs jobs and an injection to jump start it but please think before you build!It would be nice if some of that investor money could see it's way to Saltcoats Harbour area.
You are bang on the money with your description of why the Magnum was the right facility in the wrong place. They have missed a trick here in building the replacement, the old Volvo site was perfect. Plenty of space for as big a facility as required. Just off the motorway, right on the bus route, loads of parking space, in a great catchment area for Irvine, Kilwinning etc etc. Instead, they have shoehorned a rushed facility, with limited space, limited parking, no room to expand etc etc. Well played NAC
bonzo wrote:It was that "ill conceived" it was the second biggest visitor attraction in Scotland beaten only by Edinburgh Castle.
Bonzo,
I must confess that I find that hard to believe, nonetheless, I'll take your word for it.
But that now raises a much bigger question. If that is the case, why the hell did they let it get so run down?
I really do give up.
I can only say in my own defence, I didn't vote for them.
JD.
I smell fish. At exactly the moment Magnum is to close new facilities roll into town.
"Words are very.... unnecessary... they can only do harm".
bonzo wrote:It was that "ill conceived" it was the second biggest visitor attraction in Scotland beaten only by Edinburgh Castle.
Bonzo,
I must confess that I find that hard to believe, nonetheless, I'll take your word for it.
But that now raises a much bigger question. If that is the case, why the hell did they let it get so run down?
I really do give up.
I can only say in my own defence, I didn't vote for them.
JD.
bonzo wrote:If this development comes off it will be huge for Irvine and Stevenston
Surely you're having a laugh there bonzo, the only benefit I can see to Stevenston folk from any of these proposals is the bridge over the river being re-connected.
Michael if this proposal does come off what side do you recon they will work from? I would think the Stevenston side would be the viable option. Personally I think that would be great for business in the town. Also they are talking of utilising the beach which of course leads you to Stevenston as well as Irvine. People out walking would surely use the towns amenities. Just my thinking I might be a mile off.
I'm hoping you're right there bonzo, it's just that smaller towns like Stevenston seem to habitually get left out of all this supposed regeneration stuff.
michaelm wrote:I'm hoping you're right there bonzo, it's just that smaller towns like Stevenston seem to habitually get left out of all this supposed regeneration stuff.
Hear hear!!
Btw... If you go to the Magnum, don't forget to take pix!!!! Years from now people will want to see them in the same way we like to look at stuff from the past just now!!!!!!
"Words are very.... unnecessary... they can only do harm".
Despite the fact that it was successful its opening times were curtailed by its proximity to the explosives company and it was daft to have been built there.
The last time i was in Scotland was about five years ago with the family. We stayed at Shandylands for a week and me and the boys loved it for the fact we could visit a different place every day of the week to enjoy the amenities. The Magnum we all thoroughly enjoyed as we had the ice -rink all to our own and that raises questions. Maybe the place is a dinosaur now if they have to knock it down and bring it up to date it will raise short term jobs and maybe many more if it GETS it right. You cant live in the past forever.
The area around Irvine needs to be revamped.The last time I was there the 'mall' was a shadow of when it first opened.The area needs jobs and an injection to jump start it but please think before you build!It would be nice if some of that investor money could see it's way to Saltcoats Harbour area.
