Leisure Opportunities Newshttp://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/Leisure Opportunities: News and Jobs for the leisure industryen-us© Copyright 2005, The Leisure Media Co Ltd. All Rights Reserved.Sunday 01 August 2010Sunday 01 August 2010Leisure Opportunities: Leisure jobs60Leisure Opportunitieshttp://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/images/rssheader.gifhttp://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/ LDA announces post-Games Olympic site masterplanners http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=55473 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=55473The London Development Agency has announced the three companies which will be joining forces as masterplanners for the London 2012 Olympic site, post Games.27 Feb 2008 World’s biggest building planned for Moscow http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=54363 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=54363The world’s biggest building is to be built in Moscow, Russia, and will boast 3,000 hotel rooms, cinemas, a theatre and a sports complex as well as a 900 apartments and an international school.20 Feb 2008 Empire hotel opens in Hamburg http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=53903 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=53903A new 74m-high hotel, called the Empire Riverside, has opened in Hamburg, Germany.18 Feb 2008 New Acropolis Museum unveiled http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=53093 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=53093The Acropolis Museum in the historic area of Makryianni, nearby the Parthenon, in Athens, Greece, is undergoing a 130m euro (£97m, US$189m) redesign.11 Feb 2008 Pavilion Garden plans unveiled http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=51263 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=51263Bournemouth Borough Council has unveiled updated plans for the £59m Pavilion Garden project on the seafront in a bid to revamp the seaside town.01 Feb 2008 Mary Rose receives £21m Lottery grant http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=50453 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=50453The Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s 16th century flagship, has received a £21m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.25 Jan 2008 Plans unveiled for Bahrain Pearl entertainment centre http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=49543 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=49543Plans for the 95,755sq m Bahrain Pearl Entertainment and Recreation Centre have been shown to municipal councillors, the Bahrain Tribune has reported.17 Jan 2008 Liverpool’s cultural ceremony hosted at Echo http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=49353 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=49353The £146m Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) in Liverpool opened on schedule to kick off the city’s year as European Capital of Culture with a musical ceremony.17 Jan 2008 Michener Art Museum revamp http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=48393 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=48393A US$10m (£5.1m, 6.8m euro) expansion and renovation programme is to be undertaken at James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US, according to designs created by Hillier Architecture.11 Jan 2008 Usher Hall revamp redesigned http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=47113 http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/LOemail/wider_newsdetail.cfm?codeID=47113The proposed renovation plans of the Usher Hall concert venue in Edinburgh have been redesigned in order to cut costs.19 Dec 2007