Royal Albert Hall

[duke63]

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Struggling to survive.

If ever there was a case for a wealth tax, its now.

[D41]

"Hitler, has only got one ball - the other, is in the Albert Hall..."

[Kwacky]

There are too many cinemas, theatres, museums and live gig venues closing down.

Someone once said that you can judge a civilisation by the way they treat the arts.

[D41]

It's a privately owned building, so I'm not sure what imposing a wealth tax on anyone would accomplish. The only royal or slim government connection it has is in it's name.
It's run by a charity, and owned by it's patrons, so you'd be forcing the wealthy to "donate" to a privately owned enterprise via a wealth tax, to fund other wealthy people's private investments/hobbies.

[Kwacky]

Like the countless other companies the government had bailed out over the years?

[Jack]

its a beautiful building and the acoustics are great it would be a shame to lose such an historic venue

[duke63]

Britain will be an impoverished society if it loses all its best theatres and venues.

Arts are one thing we are very good at. It needs funding desperately to survive.

[D41]

Like the countless other companies the government had bailed out over the years?

I thought we were just talking about one specific venue.

[Kwacky]

You raised reasons why it shouldn't get help.

[D41]

I'm only questioning why it should get help from people who have no connections or interest in the place, based solely on their income. People are voting with their wallets & staying away from theatres, cinemas, etc.
The gov't stepping in to help is only going to involve them in the arts, which I guess is okay, but sounds a bit ominous.

[Frankie]

Strange this, or possibly not, I have been providing alot of kit via sub contractors on the Albert Hall, there has been a lot of work going on over the past year. not sure everyone on site is getting things right, companies, (Big companies) going bust working on this project as well. So i would assume from client down the line people have been losing money hand over fist