I previously gave this abortion 2 years before it closed down, now after this disclosure, I give it less than 12 months.

What a waste of 80 million pound, but don’t worry people, keep paying the 130 pence a litre, for fuel to pay for this white elephant, who knows, Our councillors might even forego their inflated expenses to help pay something back, for their wasting OUR money.

Jim of Bearwood

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What a load of rubbish! Who in their right mind is going to pay £7 to visit an art gallery that doesn’t even have any work by famous artists! I have visited art galleries all over the world; the majority of them, including those in London, are free. The Public is doomed to fail, at huge expense to the taxpayer.

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Don’t go if you feel it is too much ? Wait for others to go to see if they thought it was value for money.
I thought all museums and galleries were free ?
Get on the bus to Dudley and see the fossils,relics, paintings and my Gt Uncle Josey Darby’s world champion jumping belt (his sister Hannah Darby was my Gt Gran, honest!) at Dudley museum, opposite Dudley library. IT IS FREE !!!!

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LOL,

I would rather go to the black country museum or telford, at least they offer some value for money. Whats west brom got to offer???

Well theres ……. erm ……? and dont mention football, its about time that ground was turned into a carpark.

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What is in this building that will make us spend that sort of money–To see what ?

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what better things to do with 7 pounds,train return ticket to stafford,taxi to the merryhill from tipton,family meal at andy’s chippy,train to birmingham great day out,why pay 7 quid to look throught wonky windows i’ll give it 2 years then board it up.

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West Bromwich has no university..the same for a lot of towns in Sandwell. No, instead, you have a £52million white (or pink), elephant that demands being fed £7 every single time you have the absurdity of wishing to experience some arts and culture. I know where my money SHOULD have gone..

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Considering that many wards in Sandwell are experiencing high levels of unemployment and lack of skills which could lead to employment, amongst their occupants. I would have preferred the money wasted on West Bromwich’s answer to the ‘Millennium Dome’, to have been spent more wisely.
It is all very well for some to argue that the money for this dreadful ‘white elephant’, has been raised externally.
However I feel any such funding should have been allocated to far more worthy projects including the provision of better training facilities for the long term unemployed, business renewal, better health care for those who need it in Sandwell, and greater susbidy for those who need more care than others in the community in which they live.
Whether we look at the short, middle or long term prospect of any such enterprise as ‘the Public’ within an area such as Sandwell, despite ‘bullish comments’ from unelected councillors, surely the outlook is bleak?

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We visited today, the opening weekend, in search of family fun. Some good points: My daughter enjoyed an interactive storytelling experience and being serenaded by a lovesick submariner inside a tow-along metal whale. However, the “couture” cafe seemed ill-prepared for customers: no trays, no price list for non-alcoholic drinks or other sundries, once the black and white striped cups (matching the theme of the cafe interior) had run out, drinks were served in less appealing paper cups. Only able to access stairs under staff supervision (for some reason 2 out of 4 lifts were out of service). A large area of the cafe was fenced off with bottles of cava, jugs of orange juice and profiteroles: not clear for whom, but obviously not for the “public”. It will be interesting to see how many adults will choose to pay 6.95GBP to enter the galleries. This is not worthy of comparison to the Pompidou Centre – for which I would consider that fee good value!

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