Car park boost for Phoenix Square customers
Visitors to Phoenix Square arts centre will have access to a new car park with more than 40 spaces from next month.
The city council is to lease unused land next to the cinema in Midland Street to create a 24-hour car park. The land, on the corner of Midland Street, Nichols Street and Burton Street, is owned by Blueprint, one of the developers of Phoenix Square. The city council will not pay any up-front costs to rent the land but will instead split any income surplus to running costs between itself and the owner.
The space will offer 42 parking spaces, plus three disabled bays, and will officially open in early October.
Customers have welcomed the idea. Ray Priestley, 81, from Humberstone Park, Leicester, who visits the cinema with his wife, Maureen, said: "It will make a huge difference. It will be much better for the cinema, as people often don't know where it is."
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Alan Morton, 30, an assistant operations manager from Westcotes, Leicester, said: "There have always been complaints about parking, so it will be good to have a car park."
Parking will be free after 6pm. Before this, normal council pay-and-display tariffs will apply – £1 for the first hour, £1.50 for two hours, £2 for three hours, and all day for £4.
Patrick Walsh, marketing manager at Phoenix Cinema, said: "The car park will play a significant role in supporting the cafe and cinema and should bring in new visitors."
Coun Rory Palmer, deputy city mayor, said: "I am sure the car park will prove popular with people visiting the cinema and the other attractions in this part of the city.''
Comments
by Jayemar
Sunday, September 23 2012, 4:14PM
“Do you have any evidence for this stupid observation? Do you know that Phoenix is closing? Do you know that it is not making an income? No, probably not. Just another one of the blinkered, culture shy Midlands Moaners who never miss an opportunity to have a go at any developement in the city and has probably never even been to the venue. Thank goodness for Phoenix's loyal followers who have been customers for over two years despite the lack of a car park. And by the way, the area is perfectly safe and on street parking is free after 6pm. Perhaps, DBLeicester, you should tear yourself away from the TV and try it!”
by DBLeicester
Tuesday, September 18 2012, 3:21PM
“A car park that will outlast the venue! How ironic that the car park will generate more income than the Phoenix itself...!”