Game on Sporting Quarter plan moves another step closer

WORK to create a new 'Sporting Quarter' next to Ashton Gate with a 5,000-capacity arena and conference centre, new homes, offices, a hotel and a multi-storey car park has taken another step forward.

- Tristan CORK

Bosses at Ashton Gate have put a new application to Bristol City Council planners, asking them to sign off on their 'phasing and delivery strategy,' which will mean the demolition of the now empty buildings between the stadium and nearby Winterstoke Road can begin.

The application and its sign-off is an important trigger for work to begin on the major project, which will see a larger new home created for the Bristol Flyers basketball team, and the biggest indoor arena venue for events, conferences and concerts in Bristol.

The Sporting Quarter was given planning permission by city councillors back in August 2023, along with 510 new homes to be built on land next to Ashton Vale - where Bristol Sport owner Steve Lansdown originally wanted to move the stadium around 15 years ago - which will be renamed Longmoor Village.