Billion baht sports & conference complex to be built at Phuket's Mai Khao Beach

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Billion baht sports & conference complex to be built at Mai Khao Beach

International MICE (meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions) industry and local conference and event organisers have been calling for a major conference venue on Phuket for decades.

By Nattha Thepbamrung and Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

Phuket’s Governor led a team to visit 150 rai of land on Mai Khao Beach today (November 8) to review the plans to build a sports complex with a 900 – 1,000 million Baht budget from the budget year 2019.

 

The sports complex is expected to attract more sports tourism to the island featuring a sports centre, exhibition hall and conference centre using initial studies and designs that have been prepared several years ago.

 

The Governor has ordered departments involved to put fences around the plot to avoid encroachment while also asked the local authorities to take care of the cleanliness of the area as there were many people dumping trash on the land.

 

Full story: https://www.phuketgazette.net/news/billion-baht-sports-conference-complex-built-mai-khao-beach

 

-- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2017-11-09

[schlog]

No! We don't need <deleted> like this in Maikhao! We don't want to loose more nature and getting more concrete! Get your backhanders somewhere else Gov!

[Old Croc]

These grand plans all sound good when first mooted, but they all disappear into the ether after the feasibility study money is used up.

[NamKangMan]

 

"If you build it - they will come."   

 

 

 

 

[schlog]

50 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

These grand plans all sound good when first mooted, but they all disappear into the ether after the feasibility study money is used up.

 

Problem is this cake is too sweet. So it comes up nearly with every new Gov since many years. Outsiders want this project but Maikhao people against it. Till now one of the big phuket families always stopped that nonsense because Maikhao is their origin. But maybe one day they get tired.....

Edited November 9, 2017 by schlog

[madmitch]

3 hours ago, schlog said:

No! We don't need <deleted> like this in Maikhao! We don't want to loose more nature and getting more concrete! Get your backhanders somewhere else Gov!

Joni Mitchell got it right all those years ago.

 

"They paved paradise, put up a parking lot"

 

 

 

 

[d123]

Where can I buy/invest in shares in local Benz distributorship? I get this strange feeling there’s going to be an upturn in new Benz’s being sold