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Mayor vows to build delayed arena

Bristol City Council has parted ways with its preferred contractor to build a £91m arena.

By Jamie Hailstone | 18 January 2017

Bristol City Council has parted ways with its preferred contractor to build a £91m arena.

Mayor Marvin Rees announced last week that the council and Bouygues UK ‘had simply been unable to agree on the price for the arena' despite ‘recent constructive and detailed talks' with the company.

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