There were a lot of very positive comments on Twitter this morning, seems the sound quality was excellent.
It's very impressive. Views good from all areas, staff friendly and helpful, bands were all good, even if not all to my taste. Difficult to find fault, so I'll mention the beer's over a fiver a pint. All in all, a success in my view.
Sounds like it's impressive! I couldn't go sadly but it's a shame they didn't open the top tier seating area. All we've seen is the lower tier. Would be good to get the full perspective. Great to finally have a top notch sound system too.
I think that was the main point on the radio this morning was the beer pricing. That’s just the same for most live venues I’d guess.
I think they're testing it out in phases, which makes sense. From what I saw, I don't think you'll be disappointed if you're in the top tier anytime, as I'm sure they've applied the same logic to that area, as they have to the lower bits, and it worked really well.
Aye, it's a poor strategy, as people will double up at the pubs around for half the price, and then spend their time pissed up or pissing. So pubs get the profits with less hassle. It felt churlish mentioning it, as everything else was excellent, so hopefully they'll take the comments on board and adjust the prices to a more 'local' level and it's all good.
How plans for these 12 sites could transform how Hull looks in the next 15 years... 1. Albion Square please log in to view this image A concept image of the proposed Albion Square ice rink A planning application covering the re-development of the site currently occupied by the old Bhs and Co-op department stores as well as the derelict Edwin Davis building is expected in September. It is expected to include a new ice arena, retail units, up to 257 homes and a multi-storey car park. The design guide envisages the new buildings on the site will be between five and eight storeys high. New housing and apartments will front Albion Street. 2. Blackfriargate Events might be about to mirror the suggested future of this chunk of land between Myton Bridge and the Fruit Market. The design guide identifies it for office use and safetywear firm Arco is considering the site as an option for a new headquarters as part of a potential move from its current base in Waverley Street. The 14 most frustrating (and controversial) things about living in Hull A development up to six storeys tall at its eastern end overlooking High Street would be acceptable under the council's guidance. There's also potential for an car park on the lower floors of the building. 3. Portside please log in to view this image Pepi's being demolished in 2009 Overlooking the Marina and Humber Dock Basin, this site used to be occupied by Pepi's bar and the Portside pub until their demolition just over a decade ago. Now the council says it will support "high quality" office or residential development with ground floor restaurants. Why traffic on Ferensway is so bad and what the roadworks are for There's an emphasis on providing a distinctive focal point with potential developers being encouraged to pitch schemes up to nine storeys high. 4. Humber Quays please log in to view this image Currently derelict waterfront land next to Humber Quays This weekend will see part of this former dockside site being used as for the Humber Street Sesh. Beyond that it's being promoted for potential residential use with up to 200 new homes, including apartments in blocks of between three and six storeys. Ten of Hull's very best retail units you can now buy or rent - and they're in great locations The design guide suggests three-storey town houses fronting Wellington Street West and a new public walkway along the riverfront. 5. Myton Street please log in to view this image The former Staples store on the Myton Street retail park The newly-opened Bonus Arena now dominates the middle of this location but there could be plenty more to come over the next few years. An expansion of the Princes Quay shopping centre across Waterhouse Lane to sit alongside the recently-opened multi-storey car park serving the Arena is on the cards while the council is in talks over acquiring the Myton retail park. Murder, tragedy and poverty - the dark history of Hull's asylums and workhouses New retail or office space is envisaged together with a new hotel, the latter potentially including in its design two existing listed buildings - the former Earl de Grey pub and the derelict Castle Street Chambers office building. 6. East Bank please log in to view this image The cleared former Clarence Mill site next to Drypool Bridge Perhaps the most dramatic change of all is being proposed for the East Bank of the River Hull, between Drypool Bridge and Myton Street. A strip of waterfront land there has been allocated for around 800 homes on a different sites, including at the now demolished former Clarence Mill where an apartment block up to six storeys high will be permitted. The secret woodland walk on the edge of Hull perfect for a summer stroll The Grade II listed former Trinity House buoy shed in Tower Street is identified to be retained for potential leisure or office use subject to refurbishment while mixed ground floor use, including retail and leisure, will be allowed in some of the new apartment blocks earmarked near the existing Premier Inn. 7. Dock Office Row please log in to view this image How the new-look dry dock berth for the Arctic Corsair could look The other major scheme in the pipeline on the River Hull is happening on the West Bank north of Drypool Bridge. It will be the focus of a Lottery-backed £27.6m project aimed at boosting Hull's maritime heritage. While it includes upgrading the Maritime Museum and the Spurn, Lightship, most of the cash will go on moving the Arctic Corsair into a new dry dock berth at the currently derelict North East Shipyard on Dock Office Row next to a new visitor centre. Complete guide on free things to do with the kids in and around Hull in the summer holidays There's also provision for up to 142 new riverside apartments in at least three separate developments and potential for the riverside public walkway to the extended. 8. High Street please log in to view this image The previous high-rise hotel and apartment scheme in High Street which failed to get off the ground Once earmarked for a multi-storey hotel and apartment complex which never got off the ground despite securing planning permission, this site at the southern end of High Street overlooking Myton Bridge is now under new ownership. The council's design guide suggests a new six-storey would now be appropriate with a mixed use of residential on the upper floors and office or leisure below together with a 40-space undercroft car park. 9. Wincolmlee please log in to view this image Wincolmlee could see new waterfront housing This narrow strip of largely derelict land on the West Bank of the River Hull runs from North Bridge to Scott Street Bridge, still home (for now) of Hull's very own Banksy artwork. Various attempts to re-develop it in the past have come and gone without success but the council believes the potential remains here for more city centre living. Banksy in Hull - how to find them and what they look like The guide acknowledges its narrow shape "provides some design challenges" but suggests they could be overcome with clever design. Up to 154 apartments with undercroft parking in five different blocks are envisaged together with a publicly-accessible riverfront walkway. 10. Colonial Street please log in to view this image The current car park in Spring Street These two sites were originally zoned for new housing as part of the original plans for the St. Stephen's development. One is now overgrown grassland while the other, which stands where the old Hull Truck Theatre was based in Spring Street, is currently used as a car park. Hull's car parks could be turned into 'safe places' for homeless people Even so, they are still regarded as suitable for new housing under the council's long-term planning policies with potential for 200 new homes and 70 parking spaces. Again, multi-storey residential use is envisaged with flats up to six storeys tall at the northern end of the site. 11. Anlaby Road/Park Street please log in to view this image The former railway engineering works next to Park Street bridge Currently up for sale, a cluster of former railway engineering and maintenance buildings occupy a 1.7 acre site next to Park Street bridge. Permission granted in 2011 for a mixed-use scheme including offices, hotel and residential has now lapsed and last year the council officially allocated the site for housing. 'Deafening jet engine noise in Cleveland Street is making our life a nightmare' The design guide says up to 88 flats in a four or five-storey development would be acceptable along with a communal garden, landscaping and 88 parking spaces. 12. Ice Arena please log in to view this image The Hull Arena in Kingston Street The proposed new rice rink at Albion Square provides an opportunity to re-develop the site of the current venue in Kingston Street. Surprisingly, the council's Local Plan does not allocate any specific future use for the land but new residential is the current preference. The design guide suggests traditional housing here instead of the favoured high-rise approach elsewhere, mirroring the type of nearby houses in Wellington Street West. Even so, the site is regarded as being big enough for 76 new homes together matching marking space for each property.
The one on his scooter blowing his hooter probably does. Nerd alert: Them buses were specially adapted in the roofal department in order to fit through.
Certainly do John. Been through it many a time when going to Hull with mum and dad on a Saturday for them to do shopping that we couldn't get locally, clothes etc.
