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The Hall is near the circuit, motorways and EMA; it could easily become a four or five star hotel. Premium rooms in the original Hall, cheaper rooms in the newer blocks behind. Much more sensible proposition than an airline 
Photos of the interior here.
Photos of the interior here.
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The Hall is near the circuit, motorways and EMA; it could easily become a four or five star hotel. Premium rooms in the original Hall, cheaper rooms in the newer blocks behind. Much more sensible proposition than an airline
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Originally Posted by ara01jbb
The Hall is near the circuit, motorways and EMA; it could easily become a four or five star hotel. Premium rooms in the original Hall, cheaper rooms in the newer blocks behind. Much more sensible proposition than an airline
To be honest, with all of the running costs, I have a feeling that you'd struggle to give it away at the moment.
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Photos of the interior here.
Its a stunning building mind and is sure to fetch a few quid... Maybe just a little black in the generally red BD balance sheet.
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Originally Posted by johnnychips
Please could you enlighten us non-petrolheads, unless you're referring to a budget hotel that tried to open?
Basically, Gillett persuaded a lot of people that he could take the F1 race from Silverstone to Donington Park. He signed a long term deal with Ecclestone but then couldn't raise the funding to bring the track and facilities up to spec.
It dragged on for ages and nearly bankrupted Donington Park in the process. They did some work, but it was shoddy and consisted of digging a big hole and causing the track to subside and also wrecking a load of perfectly good tarmac around the rest of the track.
Eventually Bernie pulled the plug and the race went back to Silverstone and Donington Park was left with nothing having given up the motoGP race to Silverstone as well in pursuit of F1.
So Donington is now a shadow of itself and in motorsport terms has been put backwards 10 years. It's now operating again, but without the draw of big races, then the need for massive new hotels is fairly minimal.
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Can't see The Hall being a viable attraction on the market as offices again if and/or when the bmi group move out... It's just too far from anywhere really significant with a limited catchment area for a clerical workforce (witness bmi's need to bus staff in from cities/towns in the region each day), too difficult to upgrade to true high-tech standards, and too large for a start up. Only realistic chance of a sale, I'd have thought, was for a major hotel/hospitality chains to buy it and convert it into a hotel cum conference venue
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Royal - you may well have better information than me, but I can't think of something less architecturally suited to a call centre than a pseudo-castle.
Call centres are usually in large open plan offices, with plenty of network and telephone cabling. Also helps if it's easy to reach by some form of public transport, as it means the low paid staff who talk to customers on the phone can get there easily.
Call centres are usually in large open plan offices, with plenty of network and telephone cabling. Also helps if it's easy to reach by some form of public transport, as it means the low paid staff who talk to customers on the phone can get there easily.
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Hastings House would be perfect for a call centre.
Dunno what anyone could do with the Hall, it isn't particularly suited to use as an office, and as has been stated there is enough hotel capacity around EMA.
Dunno what anyone could do with the Hall, it isn't particularly suited to use as an office, and as has been stated there is enough hotel capacity around EMA.
Whispers today about the Hall for new BA call centre.
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Quote: "Murder mystery weekends perhaps? Ghosts? ladies walking through walls? Headless people?"
Headless people often seen around the top floor, some say they are called management, others call them ghosts of the past. Same thing really...
Headless people often seen around the top floor, some say they are called management, others call them ghosts of the past. Same thing really...