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– 800 acre development
– €460m estimated cost
– 3,000 employed during planned 3 year construction
– A turf track & a/w track
– A 500 room hotel
– A casino
– A golf course
– A greyhound track
– A 15,000 seater entertainment venue
– Construction expected to commence in the spring
Very ambitious plans.
One reservation I’d have is the concentration of tracks already in that part of the country – Thurles, Clonmel, Tipperary, Mallow (Cork), Limerick and Gowran Park would all be within a 40-50 mile radius of this new track.
Hopefully it will be a success and not another white elephant.
Vitually no chance of this happening, the white elephant scenario is by far the most likely outcome.
Vitually no chance of this happening, the white elephant scenario is by far the most likely outcome.
And exactly why do you condemn this project to fail?
I think there is an agreement that the existing Thurles track would make way for this if it gets the green light.
I still remain sceptical that this will materialise despite Lowry lending his weight behind the project. There is the issue of a casino licence and a number of other operators are ahead of them in the queue if and when these are eventually handed out.
And even if it all gets the go ahead, Quirke (who hails from the region) estimates that 80% of their business will come from overseas. Hmm, will I go to Thurles or Vegas for my next vacation, that’s a tough one.
Yep, the country’s well short of 500 room hotels at present. We do need another one. Plus there’s the added bonus that this project should keep tax evader, cheat and liar, Lowry, top of the polls in Tipp-North for as long as he wants. Can they get a section 23 on this or does that apply to the entire county Leitrim only? I’d say the only similarity between Nevada and Tipp at present is the number of foreclosures.
Another one for the NAMA portfolio?
I was talking to a few Tipp lads about this today.
Obviously alarm bells are ringing given that it is Lowry’s pet project. He is now desperate to get all the gameing and licensing legislation (
will this hasten in the introduction of FOBT’s in Irish betting shops?
) through before an election is called – it’s FF’s end of the bargain in return for his support of the current government. Lowry must be getting worried that the government will fall after the budget and before the legislation can be approved because he was on the radio earlier on today criticising Jim McDaid’s decision to resign from the Dáil:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1102/breaking46.html
Lowry knows well that his goose his cooked when the Blueshirts and Labour get in. He’ll become an irrelevance on the peripheries of the Dáil.
As for the racetrack itself, I’ve fished out a few articles from last year that make for interesting reading:
There is a great need for a National Hunt course which can race through the winter, and this will be ‘unfloodable’, according to architect, Brian O’Connell. He said the track will be built a metre above the ground and ‘will be better than anything seen before’.
Legendary trainer Aidan O’Brien described the impressive presentation as "amazing, mind-blowing".
He continued: "It’s what the world has been waiting for, we will be able to hold the Breeders’ Cup at this track. Everyone knows how hard it is becoming, with the weather, to race here in the summer and winter.
"This will be an all-weather with grass and the whole project will be good for the economy. It is a phenomenal project and just what the Irish racing industry needs. It will be fantastic to have a world-class facility in Co Tipperary and I eagerly await having many runners there."
Ballydoyle number one jockey, Johnny Murtagh added: "These are fantastic plans. We are supposed to have the best horses, jockeys and trainers in the country and now we are going to have the best racecourse."
http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/tipperary-set-for-mind-blowing-track-104333.html
Mr Quirke, a former garda from Thurles, just a few miles from Two-Mile Borris, has already spent €30m buying up land, and on planning and work already carried out on site.
He said little yesterday but told one reporter: "I intend to put my monies into this. I wouldn’t leave them in a bank or institution and you can understand the reasons why.
"I would commit everything, I would put all of my cards on the table on this one."
Fianna Fail councillor for Two-Mile Borris, Seamus Hanafin, told the Irish Independent the plan could be a huge investment in the locality.
"Richard Quirke has showed his credentials in the town — he has invested here on many occasions — and I am confident it will go ahead."
Labour councillor John Kennedy was also optimistic it will go ahead. "Mr Quirke is a man of very much experience with his connections in Dublin.
"It is far from a pipe dream — once he sets his mind to something, he’ll do it."
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/welcome-to-fabulous-las-vegas-co-tipp-1925922.html
Ná comhair do chuid sicíní sula dtagann siad amach……….
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0613/casino.html
I am delighted….since its being done by Private Investors it can’t surely become a white elephant.
American Tourism in that particular area from Kentucky is the main selling point as Coolmore etc are 10 mins down the road. The clientele will not be looking for weetabix for breakfest.
"Imperial Call" wrote: Ná comhair do chuid sicíní sula dtagann siad amach……….
http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0613/casino.html
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