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Breaking News: Leeds Arena moves forward with funding green light
11th December 2009
By Ian Briggs - Deputy Editor, Yorkshire
PLANS for the long-awaited Leeds Arena took a huge step forward today after the Government gave the green light for a £9.9m funding package to take the 12,500 seat project forward.
The decision follows the snubbing of an £18m bid from regional development agency Yorkshire Forward earlier this year, which was turned down because the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills said Leeds Ci......for the full story register now for free or login below...
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This is fantastic news - and long overdue. The impact on the regional economy, if managed properly, should be significant. Let's hope it doesn't take a ridiculous amount of time to be built and be fully operational.
sharon brigden
Fantastic new for Leeds and for Yorkshire as a whole, Now all we need is the work to actually commence and for this Arena to be a huge success, i really do hope that it makes a massive difference to our local economy tourism and trade. Leeds has been patient for to long and the Leeds Arena has been too long coming, personally i cant wait for it to open.... Good Luck to all those involved...:-)
Chris Russell
I've got a couple of surplus domain names www.leedsarena.com and www.leedsarena.co.uk for sale, if anyone wants to make me an offer, or broker a deal for their sale? They currently point to the Leeds Arena wikipedia page.
Chris Silverwood
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If its designed with the flexibility to faciltate conferences and major trade exhibititions it will be a great asset to the area. Its long overdue.
Trevor Turner