(10 Jun 2020, 11:09 am)Rob44 wrote The metrocentre should never have got rid of Metroland. If anything they should have made it bigger. It was a unique feature that brought family's in from all over. I cinema is a cinema and a bowling ally a bowling ally.
At the time of the closure it was the right thing to do, Retail was booming and the old food court wasn't really fit for purpose and Brits were eating out like we'd got no kitchens at home.
Ironically the MetroCentre development plan includes new leisure facilities. Now we'll see out of town shopping centres create more unique selling points to make you visit them over say online or a city centre which has the pubs, restaurants and easier access.
And MetroCentre has lost its allure - it's not the 80s anymore, the internet exists, people want experiences not just soulless identikit shopping experiences that whether you're at intu Milton Keynes or intu MetroCentre all feel the same.