Big up for Civic, Wulfrun and Slade rooms, btw, if you like your gigs.
The Civic and The Wulfrun Halls are closed for the forseeable future as the city council have mismanaged the refurbishment and they are currently structurally unsound.
The last big gig was for the darts and they charged ticket holders for a seat on a bus to the alternative venue, the Aldersley Leisure Centre.
I've got a ticket to see Sarah Millican in November and that too will be at Aldersley.
Wolves is too small not to remain unaffected by any closures.
When people find alternatives to something, they tend to stick with the alternative, rather than come back.
It's a city in name only and there aren't enough people coming in to keep shops/pubs/nightclubs open.
Yes, there are major advantages.
The train station is on a major route between north, south and west, it's close to motorways and a large amount of money is due to be spent on tram and train links.
A new train service between Wolverhampton and Walsall is being planned with a station in Willenhall.
Looking forward to this as the fastest bus route, the 529 crosses Junction 10 of the M6 and any delay is purgatory.
There are plans for lots of new houses on derelict sites.
However, we are so used to hearing about plans which never get off the drawing board and seeing snazzy artists' impressions about what the place could look like, it's easy to become cynical.
The city botched a new shop and entertainment development called 'Summer Row' which decimated shops and never came to fruition.
The excuses for why the new Westside development hasn't been started have already had their first airing.
This is after the old market building was reduced to a 'temporary' car park.
The Royal Hospital site is going to be developed by one government quango after another government quango had previously stepped in to buy the place from Tesco and failed to find a buyer.
I've spent over 12 years in an area blighted by The Royal saga and watched as the place deteriorated from dump to shithole.