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  • 16/06/2025
What’s coming? A five-thousand capacity indoor arena—set to become the new home of the Bristol Flyers basketball team—as well as the largest indoor venue for concerts and conferences in the city. But that’s just the start. The multi-million £ scheme also includes a hotel, offices, a multi-storey car park, and hundreds of new homes.

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00:00This could be the biggest transformation to hit South Bristol in a generation.
00:06Plans for a brand new sporting quarter next to Ashton Gate have taken a major step forward.
00:13A fresh application has now landed on the desks of Bristol City Council,
00:18asking planners to greenlight the next phase of the development and to clear the way for demolition to begin.
00:26What's coming?
00:27A 5,000 capacity indoor arena set to become the new home of the Bristol Flyers basketball team,
00:35as well as the largest indoor venue for concerts and conferences in the city.
00:40But that's just the start.
00:42The multi-million pound scheme also includes a hotel, offices, a multi-story car park and hundreds of new homes.
00:49In fact, 510 homes will be built nearby at a site now called Longmore Village.
00:57Land where Steve Lansdowne originally hoped to relocate Ashton Gate over 15 years ago.
01:04That part of the plan faced legal battles and lengthy delays,
01:08with a judicial review challenge from a local waste company eventually thrown out.
01:14Now things are finally moving again.
01:16The first phase will begin with the demolition of the empty Wits building and others between the stadium and Winterstoke Road.
01:25Work is expected to start early in the new year.
01:29The developers will also cover over Colleter's Brook to protect it from nearby construction.
01:36Next comes development at the southern end of the site, near South Bristol Retail Park,
01:41with the new car park, sports and conference centre.

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