ICC hall 'too small for party conferences'
I bumped into veteran Sky TV political commentator Adam Boulton at the Tory party conference at the ICC and asked him what he thought of birmingham as a conference venue.
Seems he love the city and the fringe 'vibe', but is less than enthusiastic about the auditorium. Too small, in his view, and stifling the mood of the event.
Here's what he said in full:
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I thought this from day one. Hall 1 which is used for the stage only seats 1,500, Hall 2 (Symphony Hall) seats 2,000. Perhaps they could just use the NIA, set out in Academy arrangement which seats 4,500. Thought for 2010.
Precisely Simon. The ICC/NIA is just so flexible. For the International Olympic Committee we had sessions in Hall 1, big press conferences in Hall 5 and the main announcement with all the bidding cities at the end was on a stage built in Hall 3. And then if any of that's too small, there's the NEC which had, for example, the huge USA media centre for G8.