Dear All,
Thanks to your support the Greater London Authority have withdrawn their License Application to show the FIFA World Cup from Gloucester Green. I spoke to Patrick Loy, the GLA Manager Events for London who said 'It will be announced officially in the next few days'. The hearing is therefore cancelled on the 11th March. Please inform anyone who is interested of the good news.
All The best,
Malcolm
Welcome visitor, to the website home of The Friends of Regent's Park and Primrose Hill.
In 2006 the Friends opposed Royal Parks application to licence the part of Regent's Park controlled by
Camden. Our efforts ensured modification of alcohol sales to only on 12 days per calender year and see
that film shows had no more than 5 film events in any calender year and only on Friday and Saturday.
In order get around this constraint, Greater London Assembly (GLA) opted to obtain a separate licence
in their name from Camden overriding the Royal Parks Licence.
Dear Supporter,
The licence is for the London FIFA World Cup Fan Fest showing the football transmitted live from South Africa on a huge screen for 23 days. Events involves Music, Corporate Entertainment, sales of Alcohol, Food, music, and official FIFA memorabilia. There will be a claimed maximum of 18,000 fans standing and 1,999 seated in stands.
This event has the backing of the Mayor of London and the Prime Minister. On Wednesday last week we arranged a meeting with Patrick Loy (GLA) London Event Manager, Judy Hillman the Friends Patron and Conall Macfarlane a Committee Member and myself attended.
We met at Baker Street and walked from Clarence Gate near Baker Street past the Open Air Theatre to the proposed site by the Zoo at Gloucester Green.
Patrick Loy said, among other things, that the event could not be financed without the income from alcohol sales to make it viable. If the Alcohol licence is not granted they will have to find an alternative site. Surely there must be a legal reason that would make it difficult to override an existing licence?
The meeting left us with the feeling that this switch to the GLA is an unsubtle attempt to push a project through Licensed event to please the Prime Minister and the Mayor of London. FIFA, we are told, wanted seven venues for 20,000 football fans at important sites in Major Countries where the matches can be shown on a large screen including London. As far as the GLA are concerned this event in London is to impress FIFA to award the next FIFA Word Cup to be hosted by Britain.
Thank you for your support.
Malcolm
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| THE GOALS PLAN | Details of the 5-a-side football plan submitted by Goals |
| Initial Response | Friends initial response to the proposals |
| BATS | Bat sightings in the area affected by the Goals proposal |
| Application Analysis | Detailed response to the plan |
| Paper Article | Evening Standard article |
| Trouble | Earthworks began in the park under suspicious circumstances |
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Created on Sunday 10 December 2006, last edited Tuesday 2 March 2010. Errors & Omissions excepted