Ideas to get the best from city hall revamp

Sir, – Opportunities for Perth City Hall (“Hall tipped to draw crowds”, The Courier, March 8) are really opening up, including all kinds of cultural shows and, as you report, the potential to attract a possible extra 160,000 visitors yearly.

All that is as optimistic a prospect as the defunct Civic Square suggestion was a non-starter.

The hall is primarily a community centre for city and county, but we have three proposals for further enhancement of the revived hall’s facilities.

Firstly, transfer the Tourist Information Centre to the city hall, expanding its scope to include, for example, exhibitions of city and Perthshire events and history and geography.

Secondly, retain the sprung floor for dancing, very popular in times past.

Finally, incorporate a minor hall with space for, say, 100-300 people at smaller concerts, for which the Perth Concert Hall is too big.

Exhibitions of local artists’ work should also be considered, and space for local society meetings could add to the hall’s interest and potential applications.

As in former times, NBTS blood donation sessions should be catered for.

No doubt others will put forward additional ideas, since optimising our city hall’s revival is too good an opportunity to miss, both in terms of new facilities and for the tourism and incomeboosting potential. Isabel and Charles Wardrop. Viewlands Rd West, Perth.

Our correspondents have ideas to help make the most of the new Perth City Hall.