Bristol mayor holds out hope for cancelled arena project

By Joey Gardiner2018-09-26T06:00:00

Marvin Rees ‘very interested’ to meet US investor to rescue £156m city centre scheme

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees has said he is open to proposals from a US investor to rescue the £156m city centre arena scheme he cancelled at the start of the month.

Rees told Building he would be “very interested” if a US investor, understood to be Oak View Group, that met with city council officials two weeks ago, decided to table a bid to build a concert venue on the site.

His comments come amid a deepening political row in the city over the arena, with supporters of the original Populous and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios scheme, which was to have been built by contractor Buckingham Group, accusing the Labour mayor of being biased against the project.

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