Walkway for shoppers
A bridge between Aspire Tower and the Villagio car park is in the final stages of construction, and is set to become a new addition to the area which has seen massive architectural developments in recent years.
The covered bridge is situated some 10m off the ground, and customers have the choice of an elevator or three short flights of stairs to reach the walkway, which leads directly into the Aspire Tower.
With doors located some 20m from the entrance to Villagio food court, the bridge will provide visitors to the tower with an air-conditioned and covered walkway to reach the shopping centre.
The location would also suggest that it may be used for easier access to car parking as visitors will be able to park in front of the Villagio and use the bridge to get to the tower.
Construction workers at the site yesterday said that they believed work on the bridge would be completed within the next four or five days, but said they were unsure of the opening date for the public.
Aspire Tower officials were unavailable for comment on the new bridge.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=305732...
You hit the nail right on the head.
This proves what good planners we have here
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I agree .... Scarlett
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from City Center across the main street. I see people almost getting hit every single day trying to cross that street! Why build a walkway to a tower that has nothing in it...in anticipation???
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Here's a Wheeze.. Get Qatar to play a friendly against Scotland..
Then sit back and watch the scots fans enjoy their visit :)
The way things are going, Qatar will be dry in a year or so anyway... wouldn't worry about the aspire bar or visiting football teams
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I am sure they will be wise enough to allocate part of the bars in the tower for drinkers or risk losing potential customers with hard fact comment to the world.
heh, britexpat, let's see how happy a visiting soccer team is to stay in a dry hotel. I'm sure they'll be overjoyed to know that Qatar is helping them live a healthy life.
Aspire's goal is to provide health and fitness to the community.. So, alcohol cannot be allowed :O)
The tower, and the aspire hotel, both won't have liquor licenses. Good luck with marketing those to tourists ;)
Even if you were aiming at tourism from other Gulf nations, you'd need to sell liquor. There has to be a pragmatism in business. Even if you desperately wanted to believe that Gulf Arabs don't drink, it would be foolish to base your business on a premise that could be observed false in every Gulf tourist destination.
Ho hum. Maybe by the time it opens, someone will see sense.
Aspire Tower is planned to be an attraction (hotel, restaurants etc), but obviously isn't ready yet. Hence the no comment from Aspire Tower officials. Seems like a pointless story at the moment.
Thats a good thing....for the guys in the towers (if there are any)...to come to villagio to chill out!!!
I thought they should have something similar from Aspire Car park or (KSA's Cricket ground) to the Stadium.....cause expecting families to park there and cross a 2/3 lane street is just too much and also a little careless.
thanks, will wait and watch opening date for public.
Do they have enough security exits 'ICE'?
What's the point? I thought there was nothing in that tower still? Sorry if there is and I've been completely blind to whatever it is! :)