www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/ ... CM.twitter Are they joking?? they spent all money on a new indoor market and now they are on about knocking it down!!

www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/ ... CM.twitter Are they joking?? they spent all money on a new indoor market and now they are on about knocking it down!!

That just about sums our City up. WMDC didnt want a market town in Wakey Money down the pan

Let's face it, the old indoor market was actually better than the new one.
It's a very poor design and isn't a pleasant place to shop.
You're right about the waste of money though.

They should have put the three million pounds towards our new stadium!

It was an awful design; which was never going to work, the fact they didnt consult with the market traders of old in the previous indoor & outdoor market.

The plot of land is not that big at all, how many screens could it possibly have 2???

unbelievable

just read about this as I got a notification on my facebook from Wakey Express.
£100k relocation package for those businesses in there is a joke too

Its to make way for a Newmarket, if you get my drift

WMDC have now realised how they replaced what was a thriving indoor/ outdoor market with plenty of parking in very close proximity with a small expensive white elephant. Rents are far too high for a start and even when tenants plead with them to let them stay for reduced rent they would rather see the space empty. Having worked in the old meat market for several years and shopped in the outdoor market for many years I appreciate the great loss it was to the City. The new market has nowhere near the variety / quantity or character of stalls of its predecessor. Whilst the Trinity Walk is a fantastic addition to the City a market with all the old attributes is also a must.

This!

Despite being annoyed at the waste of money and the stubborn stance taken by the Council on the poor design and the high rents, this is an opportunity to put things right.

Correct but do we really need another multi sceen cinema?

Will they really put things right though?
My prediction is that they will do it on the cheap, permanent market stalls all the way down the precinct.
No upkeep of a market area!

I blame the RFL for this and I won't go to this new cinema.

not lost your charm have you

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The market lost it when this new one was built,the old one though old a shabby was brilliant the new design just isn't right.
I quite like trinity walk but the market is awful and yes wakey doesn't need another cinema.
A lot of shops closing at the minute in centre aswell.....

I thought that the council got the new market hall built for free, as a back hander so to speak from whoever built Trinity Walk?

Part of this is correct, the new Market Hall was built by the developers of Trinity Walk at no cost to the
Council, it was built for free because the developers needed the site of the old Market Hall for the Trinity Walk development.

Back when the new Market Hall was built everyone was against it, letter after letter appeared week after week in the Wakefield Express from everyone saying how bad it was. The Market Traders have seen a fall in footfall thru the market hence the fact that full commercial rents have never been charged.

The proposed sale of the site will bring capital income to WMDC part of which will be used to help market traders relocate to either Pontefract or Castleford markets these are more commercial than Wakefield or they can relocate into the Ridings to help fill the vacant shops. The outside market traders will see their businesses offered better outside space with more footfall.

Maybe they could help some of the businesses relocate to the empty shops in Wakefield city centre, there are enough of them!

Was the old market really thriving in the years before the new market was announced and built? It may have been on Saturdays and Sundays but was 3/4 empty the rest of the week.

true but I fair bet it made more over the weekend than this new one did in a month

I haven't set foot in the either the old or new market in 20 years; do people still shop in them?

Personally, I welcome a new cinema - it's in a good spot; I hope it's a nice one with big seats and no popcorn. And ushers.

New indoor market could have been good if it was like the old one with another floor.
The size of it and the roof height take away all the atmosphere of a market.
Huddersfield indoor market is a good old fashioned market, plenty of variety.
Best thing in there is Olivia's Cafe, they do a right jacket tatty and if you like your toasted currant tcakes with plenty of butter on, that's the place to go.

I'd like to see a luxury cinema like the one in Leeds with the extra large comfortable seats and the waitress service serving proper food rather than hot dogs n nachos.

That's a whole different experience to Cineworld

The most amazing thing for me re this story is that Wakefield needs two cinemas.