Uh-oh. Co-op Live’s woes leave industry with familiar sinking feeling

By Dave Rogers2024-05-09T06:00:00

When old men in their 90s have heard of the debacle, then things have gone really wrong. Problem is, people will think it’s the builders’ fault because that’s what people do, writes Dave Rogers

Until a few weeks ago, the Co-op Live was a venue most people had never heard of.

Now everyone has heard of it – from grannies into Take That and the kids into the US rapper those of us over 25 have never heard of – and for the wrong reasons.

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