2010 New Plans for Bristol’s historic Redcliffe area have been unveiled
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2010 New Plans for Bristol’s historic Redcliffe area have been unveiled
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Plans for offices, homes and a hotel as part of a major development aimed at reviving the heart of Bristol’s historic Redcliffe area have been unveiled.
Developer CEREP Redcliffe Sarl wants to knock down derelict warehouses and industrial buildings in St Thomas Street and replace them with a mixed-use development including a central public square.
Bristol City Council is considering the application for the two-acre site, which is bordered by Three Queens Lane and Redcliff Street.
Under the plans, four buildings up to eight storeys high would feature two office blocks with 16,000sq ft of space, 164 one and two-bedroom flats, a 250-room hotel, student accommodation, a medical centre and shops.
They would replace old buildings formerly used as a timber storage yard, including premises previously occupied by Patterson’s and Pilkington’s, and would be built above a basement car park with 60 spaces, 70 cycle spaces and 10 motorbike spaces.
The developers, part of the Carlyle Group, hope the planned public square, new pedestrian routes, extra seating, street trees, narrowed streets and shops will encourage more people into the area.
A statement, submitted with the application by GVA Grimley on behalf of the applicants, says: "The proposals are ideally suited to meeting the demands and pressures of the site, local area and region in a sustainable way.
"It is a unique opportunity to deliver a high-quality mixed-use scheme, which should not be missed.
"The proposals will not only provide a sensitive and sustainable redevelopment of this site but will also facilitate improvements to the public realm, education, community facilities, and visual amenity of this part of Redcliffe."
Consultation on the plans with groups including community organisation Redcliffe Futures and the Bristol Civic Society has been under way since July 2008 and designs have been revised since then. The Carlyle Group bought the site from Persimmon Homes in 2007.
The development would be part of the "Redcliffe Village" project for offices, homes and community facilities in an area bounded by Redcliff Street, St Thomas Street, Thomas Lane and Three Queens Lane. Outline planning permission for the village was given in 2002 and lasts until 2012.
St Thomas Street, Three Queens Lane and Redcliff Street, which are used as shortcuts by commuters, will all be narrowed as part of the whole project.
Redcliffe Village, which was designed to be built in 11 phases, was expected to create more than 660 apartments, eight live-in studio workshops, offices, a creche, a health and fitness centre, shops and restaurants. It is hoped that a £750,000 footbridge linking Redcliffe with Welsh Back will be built as part of the project.
Work to build a new £25-million Bristol Civil Courts Centre in Redcliff Street is already under way.
Last year, plans from developer Midshires Estates for a five-storey block of flats on the old Gas World showroom in Redcliff Street were refused because they were too high and too large.
The decision on CEREP Redcliffe Sarl’s application, which asks for detailed permission for the office buildings and outline permission for the rest of the development, is expected to be made by March.
2010 New hotel to go up near Temple Meads in Bristol
?BRITAIN’S fastest-growing hotel chain is set to build a new 151-bed Travelodge in Bristol’s city centre.
The six-storey £8.5 million hotel will be built on the corner of Mitchell Lane and St Thomas Street, which is only five minutes’ walk from Temple Meads railway station. It will also be close to the new office quarter in Temple Quay and the Redcliff area, which is currently undergoing several regeneration projects.
Work on the new hotel, which is expected to create 40 jobs, is due to be completed within 12 months.
It will include a basement car park, a ground floor which has planning permission for retail, office, leisure and health care and five upper floors. Travelodge already has two hotels in the city, in Anchor Road near the docks and at Cribbs Causeway near the M5, but needs extra space due to growing demand.
Travelodge spokesman Steve Tyler said: “We are delighted to have secured a hotel in such a strong location in the heart of Bristol’s city centre, close to Temple Meads and all the first-class amenities that Bristol has to offer.”
Andrew Batchelor, a partner with Hartnell Taylor Cook independent commercial property
consultants, said: “Bristol’s economy continues to buck the national market with sustained confidence in its performance as a regional centre and destination for future business.
“This pre-let demonstrates the strength of the region and shows development remains achievable if the developer has the experience and the track record and a quality tenant can be identified.”
Richard Dean for CB Richard Ellis Investors, an international real estate investment management firm, said: “This site has been a challenge for us but we are delighted with the development deal we have concluded with Travelodge.”
The new Travelodge is the latest in a series of new hotels in Bristol.
Radisson Blu has opened a £20m hotel in the former Bristol and West tower while Future Inns has opened its Cabot Circus hotel next to the shopping centre.
Hotels are also planned for the former Hill House Hammond insurance building in Lewins Mead and York House, a disused office block at the junction of Bond Street and York Street.
This announcement is a more positive message from the hotel trade which has been in a delicate state due to the recession.
In March, occupancy rates were down 2.3 per cent from 68.5 per cent last year to 66.9 per cent this year. Average room rates dropped 4.9 per cent from £74.95 last year to £71.28 this year.
The Venetian
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The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is the largest AAA Five-Diamond rated Resort in the Americas. [1] This Venice-themed luxury hotel and casino is located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. The Venetian is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
The Venetian has 4,049 suites and a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) casino. It is located on the east side of the Strip, between Harrah’s and the The Palazzo.
Combined with the adjacent Sands Expo Convention Center and The Palazzo Hotel and Casino Resort, The Venetian is a part of the largest hotel and resort complex in the world — featuring 8,108 hotel rooms and suites, outnumbering the MGM Grand.[1]
On November 26, 1996, 8 years after it was bought by Sheldon Adelson, the Sands Hotel was imploded to make way for The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. Ground was broken April 14, 1997.
The resort opened on May 3, 1999 with flutter of white doves, sounding trumpets and singing gondoliers, with actress Sophia Loren joining The Venetian Chairman and Owner, Sheldon G. Adelson, in christening the first motorized gondola. Built at a cost of .5 billion, it was one of the most expensive resorts of its kind when it opened. A brief time line of the hotel’s history:
September 24, 1997 — Announcement that the Venetian’s Grand Canal Shoppes will be managed by Forest City Commercial Management.
November 14, 1997 — ,000,000,000 financial package secured.
August 18, 1998 — Venetian Resort tops out.
August 24, 1998 — Venetian begins accepting room reservations, by phone and on-line.
May 3, 1999 — Grand opening of first phase of complex.
October 7, 2001 — The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum opened within the resort, featuring its first collection: Masterpieces and Master Collectors: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings.
August 30, 2002 — The museum opened its second collection: Art Through the Ages: Masterpieces of Painting from Titian to Picasso.
May 15, 2003 — Museum opens third exhibit: American Pop Icons.
June 27, 2003 — The Venezia at the Venetian opened as an additional tower, adding 1,013 suites and a new wedding chapel.
November 7, 2003 — Museum opens exhibit: A Century of Painting: From Renoir to Rothko, featuring paintings by Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, van Gogh, Renoir, and others.
March 19, 2004 — "The Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday reluctantly imposed an agreed-upon million fine on The Venetian for rigging contests and violating state gaming regulations but only after chastising other state agencies for not pursuing the case more vigorously. Chairman Peter Bernhard and Commissioner Art Marshall, who called the violations the "most serious" they have dealt with during their tenures on the commission, criticized the state attorney general’s office and the Gaming Control Board for taking a year to bring the eight-count complaint before the commission. … "This is the most serious complaint I’ve seen since I’ve been on the commission. The issues go to the heart of the integrity of the industry," Bernhard said. … The Asian high roller at the center of the case, who was also the big loser in the casino over the Chinese New Year weekend in 2002, was preselected to win a Mercedes-Benz. The complaint said a Venetian executive who rigged the drawing with a cohort hid the winning ticket in his shirtsleeve and pretended to draw it randomly from a batch of entries before announcing the "winning" ticket."[2]
October 10, 2005 — Blue Man Group officially opens at the Blue Man Theatre.
June 24, 2006 — Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular opened at a new theatre at the Venetian.[3]
The Casino at the Venetian offers more than 122 casino games. In addition to slot machines and table games, there is a state-of-the-art sports lounge.
The Venetian has an extensive indoor retail mall called the Grand Canal Shoppes, which covers 500,000 square feet (50 000 m²).
In addition to the lake in front of the casino, canals on the second floor of building, in the shopping mall, are used to provide gondola rides. The hotel also hosts the Las Vegas Madame Tussauds wax museum. There are usually two wax figures outside of the attraction. The celebrity figures outside rotate to new celebs several times a month.
The Venetian hosts 17 acclaimed restaurants, including Bouchon, which is the vision of Time Magazine’s “America’s Best Chef”, Thomas Keller and Piero Selvaggio’s Valentino, featuring the Italian cuisine from James Beard Award-winning Chef Luciano Pellegrini. Because the hotel is composed of suites, the hotel contains an upscale specialty store that sells produce, meats, and other items for cooking.
In addition to shopping at the Grand Canal Shoppes, The Venetian offers plenty of other things to do, including:
Blue Man Group — an explosive show in the 1760-seat Blue Man Theatre
Wayne Brady: Making %@it Up – a comedy improvisation, song and dance revue starring Brady, improv partner Jonathan Mangum, singers, dancers, and a four-piece band
Canyon Ranch SpaClub — a 69,000 sq ft (6,400 m2) health spa and fitness center
Convention space — 1.9 million sq ft (180,000 m²), including the 1,200,000 sq ft (111,000 m2) Sands Expo convention center
A new production of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera entitled Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular, which runs 95 minutes long and new special effects only seen at the Venetian. The Phantom Theater was custom built to resemble the Palais Garnier.
Pool Deck — a 5-acre (20,000 m2) deck above the fourth level of the Venetian Tower, featuring 3 pools and a hot tub
Tao Nightclub — 10,000 square foot (1,000 m²) high-energy nightclub located within the Tao “Asian Temple” Entertainment Complex.
Aquaknox – a medium sized quaint and elegant restaurant that specializes in seafood
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The Venetian Las Vegas 2
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The Venetian (Las Vegas)
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The Venetian
Facts and statistics
Address 3355 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Opening date May 3, 1999
Theme Venice
No. of rooms 4,049 Suites
Total gaming space 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2)
Permanent shows Blue Man Group
Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular
Signature attractions Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, Madame Tussauds Las Vegas
Casino type Land-Based
Owner Las Vegas Sands
Previous names Sands Hotel and Casino
Years renovated 2003
Website The Venetian website
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is a hotel and casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, on the site of the old Sands Hotel. The Venetian is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
The Venetian has 4,049 suites and a 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) casino. It is located on the east side of the Strip, between Harrah’s and the The Palazzo.
Combined with the adjacent Sands Expo Convention Center and The Palazzo Hotel and Casino Resort, The Venetian is a part of the largest hotel and resort complex in the world — featuring 8,108 hotel rooms and suites, outnumbering the MGM Grand.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Film history
2 Other attractions
3 See also
4 Gallery
5 References
6 External links
[edit] History
On November 26, 1996, 8 years after it was bought by Sheldon Adelson, the Sands Hotel was imploded to make way for The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. Ground was broken April 14, 1997.
The resort opened on May 3, 1999 with flutter of white doves, sounding trumpets and singing gondoliers, with actress Sophia Loren joining The Venetian Chairman and Owner, Sheldon G. Adelson, in christening the first motorized gondola. Built at a cost of .5 billion, it was one of the most expensive resorts of its kind when it opened. A brief time line of the hotel’s history:
September 24, 1997 — Announcement that the Venetian’s Grand Canal Shoppes will be managed by Forest City Commercial Management.
November 14, 1997 — ,000,000,000 financial package secured.
August 18, 1998 — Venetian Resort tops out.
August 24, 1998 — Venetian begins accepting room reservations, by phone and on-line.
May 3, 1999 — Grand opening of first phase of complex.
October 7 2001 — The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum opened within the resort, featuring its first collection: Masterpieces and Master Collectors: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings.
August 30, 2002 — The museum opened its second collection: Art Through the Ages: Masterpieces of Painting from Titian to Picasso.
May 15, 2003 — Museum opens third exhibit: American Pop Icons.
June 27, 2003 — The Venezia at the Venetian opened as an additional tower, adding 1,013 suites and a new wedding chapel.
November 7, 2003 — Museum opens exhibit: A Century of Painting: From Renoir to Rothko, featuring paintings by Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, van Gogh, Renoir, and others.
March 19, 2004 — "The Nevada Gaming Commission Thursday reluctantly imposed an agreed-upon million fine on The Venetian for rigging contests and violating state gaming regulations but only after chastising other state agencies for not pursuing the case more vigorously. Chairman Peter Bernhard and Commissioner Art Marshall, who called the violations the "most serious" they have dealt with during their tenures on the commission, criticized the state attorney general’s office and the Gaming Control Board for taking a year to bring the eight-count complaint before the commission. … "This is the most serious complaint I’ve seen since I’ve been on the commission. The issues go to the heart of the integrity of the industry," Bernhard said. … The Asian high roller at the center of the case, who was also the big loser in the casino over the Chinese New Year weekend in 2002, was preselected to win a Mercedes-Benz. The complaint said a Venetian executive who rigged the drawing with a cohort hid the winning ticket in his shirtsleeve and pretended to draw it randomly from a batch of entries before announcing the "winning" ticket."[2]
October 10, 2005 — Blue Man Group officially opens at the Blue Man Theatre.
June 24, 2006 — Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular opened at a new theatre at the Venetian.[3]
[edit] Film history
Building the Venetian was the subject of an episode of the show MegaStructures.
Various Venetian locations were the setting for the introductory scenes of the 2001 movie, Rat Race.
A suite from the Venetian is featured as a location in the 2005 movie Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
The exterior of the Venetian is portrayed in the movie Resident Evil: Extinction. There is a dramatic zombie attack scene which takes place on the Venetian’s replica of the Rialto Bridge.
It also appeared in a scene of the 26th episode of season one of The O.C..
[edit] Other attractions
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Gondola rides at the canalsThe Venetian has a high-end retail mall called the Grand Canal Shoppes, which covers 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2).
In addition to the lake in front of the casino, canals on the second floor of building, in the shopping mall, are used to provide gondola rides. The hotel also hosts the Las Vegas Madame Tussauds wax museum. There are usually two wax figures outside of the attraction. The celebrity figures outside rotate to new celebs several times a month.
The Venetian hosts 17 acclaimed restaurants, including Bouchon, which is the vision of Time Magazine’s “America’s Best Chef”, Thomas Keller and Piero Selvaggio’s Valentino, featuring the Italian cuisine from James Beard Award-winning Chef Luciano Pellegrini. Because the hotel is composed of suites, the hotel contains an upscale specialty store that sells produce, meats, and other items for cooking.
In addition to shopping at the Grand Canal Shoppes, The Venetian offers plenty of other things to do, including:
Blue Man Group — an explosive show in the 1,760-seat Blue Man Theatre
Wayne Brady: Making %@it Up – a comedy improvisation, song and dance revue starring Brady, improv partner Jonathan Mangum, singers, dancers, and a four-piece band
Also Bring Me The Horizon will be playing here in July of 2009
Canyon Ranch SpaClub — a 69,000 sq ft (6,400 m2) health spa and fitness center
Convention space — 1,900,000 sq ft (177,000 m2), including the 1,200,000 sq ft (111,000 m2) Sands Expo convention center
A new production of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical The Phantom of the Opera entitled Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular. The Phantom Theater was custom built to resemble the Palais Garnier.[citation needed]
Pool Deck — a 5 acres (2.0 ha) deck above the fourth level of the Venetian Tower, featuring 3 pools and a hot tub
Tao Nightclub — 10,000 sq ft (930 m2) high-energy nightclub located within the Tao “Asian Temple” Entertainment Complex.
Aquaknox – a medium sized quaint and elegant restaurant that specializes in seafood
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venetian_(Las_Vegas)
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