Talk:Trafford Centre
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[edit] Trafford Centre Compared to other Centres
The Trafford Centre has never been the biggest in the UK! When it openned it was 1.2m sq ft (Actually just slightly bigger than Manchester Arndale at the time, IIRC just under 1.2m sqft). At the same time the Metrocentre had 1.5m sq ft or retail space.
When Bluewater opened it took the crown of the largest UK shopping centre, weighing in at 1.6m sq ft. In 2004 the Metrocentre reclaimed its crown with an extension taking it to 1.8m sq ft.
The proposed extension mentioned will take it to 1.4m sq ft, which will still leave it some way behind the Metrocentre, and Bluewater. AFAICT it will be of a similar size to Meadowhall and the extended Manchester Arndale (both 1.4m sq ft) or Lakeside (1.3m sq ft).
81.158.240.6 13:10, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Number of Anchors
The Trafford Centre's own info doc says that it has 6 anchors [1].
Bhs - approximately 5,659sq.m
Boots - approximately 5,102sq.m
Debenhams - approximately 12,152sq.m
John Lewis Partner(opens May 2005) - Approximately 20,438sq.m
Selfridges - approximately 19,481sq.m
Marks & Spencer - approximately 4,274sq.m
Pit-yacker 17:44, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Regent or Regents
I can confirm it is Regent Crescent not Regents as I have just visited the centre today Penrithguy 22:00, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Alternative use as a prison
The suggestion in Trivia that 'If the Trafford Centre, hadn't turned out successful, it was going to be turned into a prison. It is easy to see from the layout how easy it would have been to convert', is totally inaccurate and should be removed. It is improbable that Peel would take a chance on building the Trafford Centre, not to mention the planning hoops that had to be jumped through of they thought it would fail its intended purpose. The building bears no resembelance to a prison. Suspect this is an attempt at vandalism from someone dislikes the architecture of the building and should be removed Squadgy 21:11, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
- This sounds very similar to a common urban myth that circulates about numerous student halls of residence that the building's design was based on a low security prison.
- However, on the subject of the architecture I'm sure that I remember when the centre opened that the architect was quoted (in the times I think)as saying Peel hadnt listened to a word he said and predicted it would close within 20years. If someone has free access to newspaper archives they might like to look this up.
- Pit-yacker 21:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] M&S, Trafford Centre bigger than Bluewater?
This needs a citation. It could also do with re-wording as it isn't exactly clear what it means - I'm assuming that the branch of M&S in the Trafford Centre is bigger than the branch of M&S in Bluewater. If so, so what? What is notable about this? Or is a blow by blow account of relative sizes of different branches of different stores called for? For example I'm willing to bet the Manchester Arndale branch of Next is bigger than the Trafford Centre's branch but is this really worth mentioning in an article? Pit-yacker 19:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, this is hardly worthy of note - the largest M&S according to the Wikipedia entry is Oxford Street, London, so I can't understand why someone would want to compare against Bluewater, which in itself isn't a store famed for its size.Squadgy 20:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
