Stafford Cinema - ups & downs.

Feed The Goat

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Millar Sandy have been instructed to market The Stafford Cinema, Newport Road, Stafford, by the freeholder, Eros Properties Limited. Built in the 1930s as an Odeon in a style typical of the time, the property is prominently situated at the south end of the town centre close to the new Riverside leisure development and provides three screens with a total seating capacity of 610. Subject to the appropriate planning consent, the building would be suitable for alternative entertainment uses including a nightclub, restaurant or bar and is available for either purchase or lease with an asking guide price of £750,000. The property includes two small retail units which have been producing a rental income of £14,500 per annum by way of sub-lettings.
 

Gareth

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No offence but most who visit to complain about and as buildings is more SBC civic centre than say the swan.

it is not a pretty building at all.
 

pinky

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Would love for them to re vamp it and turn it into a cinema like the everyman in the mailbox, something different but still utilising what it already has.
 

Gramaisc

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Would it be logistically awkward for itinerant players? They often seem to arrive with stacks of gear - is there a back way in from the green area behind?
 

Withnail

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No offence but most who visit to complain about and as buildings is more SBC civic centre than say the swan.
No offence but what does that sentence even mean?
it is not a pretty building at all.
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My grandmother was not tall, not at all tall.

That building is handsome, it's there for all to see. It is not at all not so.
 

Trumpet

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Someone will decide it's cheaper to demolish than sandblast the exterior and refurb the interior.
Unfortunately in £:s:d terms they would probably be right. The high ceilings will make it expensive floor space.
The culture of destroy will prevail.
 

Floss

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Millar Sandy have been instructed to market The Stafford Cinema, Newport Road, Stafford, by the freeholder, Eros Properties Limited. Built in the 1930s as an Odeon in a style typical of the time, the property is prominently situated at the south end of the town centre close to the new Riverside leisure development and provides three screens with a total seating capacity of 610. Subject to the appropriate planning consent, the building would be suitable for alternative entertainment uses including a nightclub, restaurant or bar and is available for either purchase or lease with an asking guide price of £750,000. The property includes two small retail units which have been producing a rental income of £14,500 per annum by way of sub-lettings.

It's where my mum and dad met, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year.
 

Gareth

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We are entitled to our opinions and for me it is ugly and dirty looking with ugly red brick and concrete.

Inside is worse although has some charm. Anyone who has been in there in recent years complains about the cold, the toilets, the smell and most of which has been posted on here.

some nice memories for sure but as a venue it is truly dated and roll on the new cinema.

plus if Millar sandy are looking after it expect it to be empty indefinitely as they couldn't get rid of a cold.
 

Wormella

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Maybe the could be an offer on the old, old, library and the cinema and some nice rich person could buy them both, do them both up and give us an instant cultural quarter with a museum, performance space etc
 

gilbert grape

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Been to this place a couple of times and that's what made me think of a music venue. The O2 in Manchester has a capacity of 3,500 and the building in question would probably be about a third of the size of this. In the last couple of years I've been to sell out gigs in venues of less than a thousand, where the acts have been playing stadiums within days.

Regarding @Gramaisc point about access - there is a point next to fiveways insurance or an exit next to the old roonys barbers.
 
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