View Full Version : If you had 200 Million to spend, what would you spend it on?


Bachy Soletanche
March 8th, 2008, 09:03 PM
According to some reports Birmingham City Council have sold the site of the Indoor markets for £200 Million, if you were in charge of the money how would you spend it?

metro extention?
new Library?
Swiss Bank account?

U475 Foxtrot
March 8th, 2008, 09:32 PM
I think I'd be gung ho and put £200,000,000 on red at the casino.

Failing that I'd spend it on the Superprix, alcohol & women and whatever's left over I would just waste.

U475 Foxtrot
March 8th, 2008, 09:37 PM
£65 million on transport and infrastructure, £65million on education & learning, £65 million on cultural & sporting projects, £5 million media & marketing

Gherkin
March 11th, 2008, 02:34 AM
I'd give the city a nice makeover... Like "Changing Rooms" but outside as well as in. Grass, sparkley cladding and external lifts everywhere. Imagine Handy Andy sorting out the cladding on Alpha Tower, for instance :happy:

NeilM
March 11th, 2008, 03:28 AM
Ooo, firstly, buy a Lambourgini, then give to the poor, then make villa park water tight, fill it with water, and make it into two 50m swimming pools. :banana:

Then we could build a "proper" library, in the style of the old one, in Chamberlain square and rebuild mason college building as well.

Then build a 500m tower in the middle of Lancaster Circus. :banana::cheers:

Then we are done :)

flying tackle
March 11th, 2008, 11:06 PM
invest it in the zimbabwe stock exchange

MiseryGuts
March 12th, 2008, 12:06 AM
Girls in fancy dress, a whole parade of them, then party back at my newly bought, 2nd floor, inward facing apartment in Orion, maybe a McDonalds every other Sunday as a treat. I'd also consider replacing some of my wardrobe with some new threads from George.

Mercurius
March 12th, 2008, 12:19 AM
50m swimming pool for sure.
Then maybe a 25m one for the city to have. I can't be sharing my private pool now could i?
Failing that alcohol and women :)

SimonTheSoundMan
March 12th, 2008, 01:59 AM
350m tower.

kaneskelly
March 12th, 2008, 02:05 AM
id build a 55 storey building all underground ;p

Brummyboy92
March 13th, 2008, 09:09 PM
I would re-do China town to make it very authentic with huge temples, or create a new quater called little italy and it would be a small recreation of Venice.

tonkster
March 14th, 2008, 05:41 PM
lol, you're bordering on theme park territory there. Nice ideas though.

I'd pay 200 of the worlds finest Ginger women a million each to sleep with me.

U475 Foxtrot
March 14th, 2008, 06:01 PM
:lol:

Butterfield
March 14th, 2008, 06:09 PM
I'd pay 200 of the worlds finest Ginger women a million each to sleep with me.

*changes sex*

NeilM
March 14th, 2008, 10:04 PM
You'll never be able to pull it off Butterfield. :eek:

Butterfield
March 14th, 2008, 10:39 PM
Oh, I'm sure I could. :|

NeilM
March 14th, 2008, 11:29 PM
Nah, you'd never make a convincing ginger.

Butterfield
March 15th, 2008, 12:36 AM
I think I would, Neil. I think I would. I don't have pink hair all the time. :)

NeilM
March 15th, 2008, 12:56 AM
Ah, so it wouldn't be a £200m job then, maybe £150m?

Butterfield
March 15th, 2008, 01:03 AM
I think I want to make a dash from this conversation. :runaway:

NeilM
March 15th, 2008, 04:35 AM
Phew, thank goodness for that. :nuts: :crazy2: :tongue3: :weird: :shifty:

tonkster
March 19th, 2008, 06:48 PM
Lol,

Nah but seriously, If I had 200 million.... I would buy my own recording studio (designed by a Starchitect, of course), set up my own Label, and leave enough to get by on for the substantial future incase nobody likes my music lol. It would be the best job in the world.