Labour leader Jane Ashworth says the 3,600 capacity venue plan for Stoke-on-Trent is 'not realistic'
Jane Ashworth, who became the new leader in May, says the council has made many cutbacks in a bid to save moneyCouncil leader Jane Ashworth says plans to build a new 3,600 capacity arena were not "realistic"The entertainment site would cost £50m to build, the council saysBBC News West MidlandsDoubt has been cast over plans for a new events arena after the leader of Stoke-on-Trent city council deemed it "not a realistic proposition".
It would cost an estimated £50m to build which the current leader admitted is not financially viable. "There is an issue around Etruscan Square, as yet we are not clear what the most cost effective short-term and long-term solutions for that space are," she said. was designed to transform land previously occupied by the former bus station and East West Precinct with developments to be rolled out in three phases."There's virtually no fat to cut", the leader told BBC Radio Stoke about the council's finances.
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