BONO - BONO'S HUGE HOTEL PLANS

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Rocker BONO wants to spend a staggering $237.2 million (GBP118.6 million) turning the hotel he owns in his native Dublin, Ireland into a spectacular city resort.
The U2 frontman and bandmate The Edge bought the 156 year old Clarence Hotel in 1992.
Now the pair have hired award-winning architect Sir Norman Foster to draw up plans for a spectacular overhaul of the 49-room hotel - with designs which include a glass atrium in the shape of a Viking long boat.
The plans have been passed by the city council, but have been met with opposition from locals, who object to the partial demolition of several historic local buildings.
Bono and The Edge will have to appear before a planning board in the next week (ends 18Apr08).
A source tells the New York Post, "This meeting, like the hotel project, is very important to him and he is in Dublin to make sure everything goes well."

04/14/2008 02:01:28 AM

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THEGREATROBYNIE ( 69)

posted on 14/04/2008 05:35

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I truly hope that Bono , and The Edge win their fight for building the Clarence up. Doesn't Ireland know that it will bring in a lot of jobs, plus a lot a tourism. I think it's a win win situation. Employment, and tourism. Do people really understand wh at kind of people would come to stay in the hotel, and what kind of tourists will want to se something so unique, that they will be coming in by 6 figures, which is also money for Ireland, to create new jobs, or whatever needs to be done? The capital of Ireland should just give them the go ahead. P.S. This is to Smokey, U2 will still have world tours as they know that not everyone could afford to come to Ireland. The top floor is suppose to be a recording studio, not an arena.

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kennykennynyc@aol.com (1)

posted on 31/07/2008 01:31

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i think bono could not care less about destroying the character of a charming part or Dublin , he is only interested in his own over blown ego and his own lact of character has become evident.