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Under Mayor George Ferguson, it was decided that Bristol would have a new arena at Temple Meads. Now a new mayor will decide if an alternative site will be used at Filton - making use of the old hangers where they built Concorde. Although Filton has a railway station, it is a fair old walk from Filton airfield - which is likely to result in most people favouring cars as the means of reaching the site. People would also have to transfer to shorter trains in order to use Filton station whilst Temple Meads has all the trains using this major hub station, The Temple Meads site would be more difficult for those using car transport to reach the Arena.
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-06-12/where-should-the-arena-be-built/
http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-06-12/where-should-the-arena-be-built/
A report commissioned by Bristol City Council on the city's long-awaited arena has suggested building the venue at the Brabazon hangar in Filton rather than on Temple Island by the city's Temple Meads station.
£9m has already been spent preparing the Island for the Arena but the development has been put on hold for the investigation.
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