pattricia Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 14 hours ago, Gormenghast said: What about all the benefits we got from the World Student Games? Well that was a flop wasn’t it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearysmith Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Manchester will get it because the BBC has a big base there. Early 70s, Giles has his say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, wearysmith said: Manchester will get it because the BBC has a big base there. To be pedantic, that is incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearysmith Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: To be pedantic, that is incorrect. ....and yet, WIKI offers: BBC Manchester (often known as BBC Salford) is the British Broadcasting Corporation regional headquarters for the North West, the largest BBC region in the UK. BBC Manchester is a department of the BBC North Group division.[1] The BBC considers the Manchester department as one of its three main national bases alongside London and Bristol, and has had a presence in the city since launching the 2ZY radio station in 1922. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Well yes its in Salford, not Manchester. The name is irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) You got there ahead of me. Media city where both BBC and ITV have operations,is very much in the City of Salford. Regardless, I am not sure that's such the persuasive influence to give Manchester advantage as some posters seem to think. After all, the BBC also has a big presence in Glasgow Pacific Quay, being it's headquarters for the whole Scottish division. After the closedown of pebble mill, the BBC built a big office, studios and public tour at the Mailbox in Birmingham and still has a presence of around 700 staff.....Any of them could potentially argue they have equal importance. Given the fact that the venue for the event will be by some sort of Arena and not a BBC studio, I don't think the location of the broadcaster's biggest office is going to be the major factor. They've hosted the event for years in places all around the world and they have just packed up and gone wherever. I strongly suspect, capacity, venue availability and financial handshakes are going to be the biggest sways in this decision. You never know, this might be the time when our allegedly "dead", "underused", "poor relation" of an arena finally has its moment. It will be hilarious if we won the bid just on the simple fact that our venue had the least number and less important pre scheduled bookings to rearrange or cancel. Always got to love a win by technicality. Edited August 13, 2022 by ECCOnoob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarniwoop Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 An article in today's Times says that it should be Sheffield. It quotes our links to Ukraine with our twinning with Donetsk and the number of bands that started out in Shefield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 29 minutes ago, Zarniwoop said: An article in today's Times says that it should be Sheffield. It quotes our links to Ukraine with our twinning with Donetsk and the number of bands that started out in Shefield. What in earth does the bit in bold have to do with anything? Bizarre journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: What in earth does the bit in bold have to do with anything? Bizarre journalism. Yes and no. Liverpool's bid certainly made a big emphasis out of their musical history. I don't see why Sheffield can't do the same. Just tactically playing the game really. Edited August 13, 2022 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 History doesnt pay the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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