Comments on: New Visitor Services Centre On Front Street

By: jay e burkert

jay e burkert — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:40:35 +0000

we will be at the royal navy dockyard on june 26, 27, and 28. doe,s one our pubs or rest, have a steel band entertainment. where and when? thank you

By: hrb

hrb — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:54:08 +0000

Ugly, take this crap down!!! This is not Bermudian – this is a cheap container building that should NOT BE ON FRONT STREET. Get rid of it – ulgy as sin. Hate how it dominates and towers over the end of Front Street – blocking the views of the Harbour from Goslings, Brown & Co. Visitors do not need a 3/4/5 story building to work out their itinerary. Visitors come here for our Bermudian architecture, the wonderful colours of our buildings. This damn thing flies in the face of it all!!! Do not like. Take it down!

By: Y-Gurl

Y-Gurl — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:05:28 +0000

Another waste of space, cruise ship visitors spend very little, what are these people going to do in the winter, sell Bermuda rum cake?

By: question

question — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:25:43 +0000

Ah yes. We’ve seen Caines showing us all news ways to present ourselves.

By: Bertastic

Bertastic — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:52:14 +0000

Tourism is a year round business. Air arrivals will still need service.

By: Bertastic

Bertastic — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:50:26 +0000

A shabby desk shoved in the corner of a coffee shop is not the way bermuda wants to present itself.

By: Bertastic

Bertastic — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:47:39 +0000

If you watch the video
And listen it’s not meant to compete but to enhance and compliment. It won’t be a retailer since the bta has their own brand of merchandise….it’s like Shelly bay 5 all over again/

By: po

po — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:11:49 +0000

if there are 30 containers which doesn’t look like it to my untrained eye, thats 27500.00 per container come on now don’t play us for fools. ( that is of course if the sum of 825000.00 is correct. ) Damn kindergarten lego engineers con do that.

By: Chauncey

Chauncey — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:59:10 +0000

It is OCTOBER!!!!! What the heck to we need it for… at this time of the year? Put it up in April when it MIGHT be required. The next six months it will be empty unless from the people that will get a wage.. for doing nothing! It is blot on the landscape. It is as ugly as if the OLEANDER had tied up and left a load of empty boxes.

By: sage

sage — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:54:24 +0000

“The approved budget for its reassembly is $825,000″ Kevin Dallas.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:07:35 +0000

Thats about 2 years wages for Kevin Dallas.

By: Piggy Wiggy

Piggy Wiggy — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:38:18 +0000

I think i will VISIT to see where and what my portion of tax money has gotten, oh and use the free Wi Fi if they have it. Could you please tell me where I can spend even more of my hard earned pesos in tis OVER priced paradise?

By: Paul Riviere

Paul Riviere — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 09:55:41 +0000

No where does it say $825,000.00 to reassemble.
While I am NO fan of Mr. Davies, he states that $825,000.00 was allocated which included the purchase of the pop up building at a deep discount, the cost to reassemble, the cost to outfit/ brand windows etc, and the cost to outfit the building with accessories needed to function.
But most of the OBA trolls are trying to paint a picture that it cost $825,000.00 to reassemble.
Listen to Mr. Davies closely in the first 30 seconds.
Or quite simply, ask him to break down the costs.
And it’s a BTA project NOT a PLP project.

By: Legalgal

Legalgal — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 09:06:45 +0000

They had the very useful Terminal office as a referen
ce point for tourists. All it needed was free wifi. What a total waste. And looks ….well like a high rise container monstrosity. But making someone rich.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 08:09:57 +0000

Quite brazen about extracting even more cash from visitors.

By: The Original Truth™

The Original Truth™ — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 02:10:03 +0000

When will the BTA become a sustainable business? They need to stop using the tax payer’s money & raise their own. If these high paid CEO’s have been worth their salt why haven’t they found a way to build up their own income?

By: catedra

catedra — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 01:55:53 +0000

Where was the tender for this advertised?

By: Doug K

Doug K — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 01:23:08 +0000

wow….

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:34:43 +0000

Bit pointless give we only want English speaking visitors.

By: Question

Question — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:31:33 +0000

Because PLP

By: Me

Me — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:24:38 +0000

824 g wow for that tin box

By: Crapola

Crapola — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:19:51 +0000

who was the contractor (just look at the crane) where was the planning permit # glorified lego blocks and it cost 825000 to assemble, rubbish (F O F again?)

By: smile

smile — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 23:05:23 +0000

Yes,
Concerning that they will have vendors in “pop up” retail space competing against those struggling to keep their doors open on the other side of the street.
Will be interesting to see what the final product produces.

In general BTA has been doing an incredible job turning Bermuda tourism around. I’m hopeful they won’t try to compete against already established Hamilton businesses.

By: Tired of PLP Crap

Tired of PLP Crap — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 22:58:43 +0000

I can only assume a building/planning permit was gazzeted and thus obtained and all workers had to be english speaking bermudians

By: Not ADA

Not ADA — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 22:45:12 +0000

look whose crane was on site enough said

By: Bertastic

Bertastic — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:48:34 +0000

How about waiting to complain until you see and experience the final result? Is that you…Laverne?

By: Bertastic

Bertastic — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:43:19 +0000

The government Cancelled it for now. So not in the “boys club” you speak of…

By: eyes wide open

eyes wide open — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:36:37 +0000

best comment of the week!

By: Michael Mouse

Michael Mouse — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:17:37 +0000

Stop ya noise at least we didn’t have to pay airfare to send him to Front Street.

By: haha

haha — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:14:20 +0000

Govt has bottomless pockets havent you observed? They dont care about how you make your money

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:57:19 +0000

Contractor smiling all de way to de bank.
Well across de street.

By: JohnBoy

JohnBoy — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:47:25 +0000

Why so expensive to reassemble? It would probably cost less to build a shop that size with bricks!

By: James

James — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:37:00 +0000

Looks like crap and blocks the view. How do they allow them to build this out of container frames when nobody else is permitted to build out of containers?

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:23:50 +0000

$825,000!!!
$825,000!!!!
$825,000!!!!!

By: somuchless

somuchless — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:58:42 +0000

So who got the bus and ferry ticketing proposal? You thought we’d forget so you can keep it in the boys club?

By: Thanks OBA

Thanks OBA — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:58:33 +0000

America’s Cup. The gift that keeps on giving. Still waiting to hear what Jamahl’s plan is to replace that “Mickey Mouse” event. So far, all we’ve heard from him has been crickets.

By: What

What — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:57:08 +0000

Now hold on one bloody minute! I have been paying Front Street and Reid Street rents for over 25 years and now they give prime placement to vendors who have not made a like investment in operations?!?

The placement will put me out of business but give a startup a business! There is something wrong with this! Ok I guess I have to fire the 25 Bermudians that I employ and setup a small boutique on the waterfront staffed by me and one Bermudian versus what I am doing now?

Confused, frustrated and angry!

By: question

question — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:55:22 +0000

Don’t let the Minister for National Security anywhere near the female shop assistants. He doesn’t know how to behave.

By: cha

cha — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:18:56 +0000

$825,000?? That’s nuts.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:02:15 +0000

This is ridiculous!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:35:03 +0000

It does sound like a lot but when compared to Dr Brown’s payout it looks quite small! The titty milk drinkers won’t see it that way though!!

By: sage

sage — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 18:25:00 +0000

Only $825,000 to re-assemble? Fantastic.