Project 2022: Pantheon
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You're assuming the contractors and other third party companies working on Pantheon before the shutdown are just able to immediately return to the site to finish their work right when BGW gives them the greenlight. I don't know if I think that's a safe assumption...
And given what I have heard about the way in which work ceased, I don't know that all of the businesses BGW is reliant on here are really in the mood to bend over backwards for the park right now...
^^-- I was planning to start a membership after Pantheon is open, or later, and due to the continuous membership plan, I'm sure others were also waiting even before the virus. They may not need the crowds, but there is a big difference between starting a plan in July or even Sept. and waiting until next March.
I dont see how they dont open it if the park opens. They have marketed it and by this point people have made purchases based on park offerings, that included.To me that would be like buying tickets to a double header baseball game then they just decide to only play one game because if they wait another day they can sell those tickets to that second game again.
I merged the new thread into the main Pantheon thread. BGW’s COVID-19 thread is also relevant to your question, @sethlo.
Long story short, no one knows yet, but there is a real chance it could be delayed till 2021. As far as we know, Pantheon has yet to run a full cycle—we don’t even know if an entire train has been put onto the track yet. Frankly, there where even signs right before construction halted that electrical was still a work in progress too. The last time we saw the site, a ton of plaza/station work still needed to be completed as well.
SEAS has said some 2020 projects will likely be delayed. In my opinion, the two Williamsburg-area projects seem like some of the most likely delay candidates.
Long story short, no one knows yet, but there is a real chance it could be delayed till 2021. As far as we know, Pantheon has yet to run a full cycle—we don’t even know if an entire train has been put onto the track yet. Frankly, there where even signs right before construction halted that electrical was still a work in progress too. The last time we saw the site, a ton of plaza/station work still needed to be completed as well.
SEAS has said some 2020 projects will likely be delayed. In my opinion, the two Williamsburg-area projects seem like some of the most likely delay candidates.
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As was discussed a few pages back... depending on when they open...I don't think they "need" it. With the so-called "pent up demand" and limited attendance why waste a $25 million advertising campaign? Additionally, we don't know where they were in finalizing construction before things came to a grinding halt.
In regards to marketing, looking back and there wasn't a lot other than "coming 2020".
I see them waiting until 2021 and use that as the primary "we're open and ready to kick ass" campaign.
In regards to marketing, looking back and there wasn't a lot other than "coming 2020".
I see them waiting until 2021 and use that as the primary "we're open and ready to kick ass" campaign.
I still have my Pantheon member perk quick queues and the sunglasses marketing handed out.
I doubt any vendor is going to pick back up working until their paid for current monies owed. If SEAS is waiting on re-opening or having revenue coming in before settling bills owed, you can tack a couple more weeks onto getting anyone out for construction.
That may be so, but that's not what I was asking - I was thinking more about what may happen if and when work resumes by any contractor.
If anyone remembers the initial construction of ODU's monorail/maglev boondoggle, they didn't complete the stations before the project was halted. A Virginian-Pilot story mentioned a couple of years later that a new contractor was brought in to finish and found that a lot of the original structure had to be replaced because of the way work stopped lead to deficiencies that required replacement. If I remember correctly, it was related to concrete rotting, which I didn't think was even possible.
Though that was a different project with it's own design and issues, I'm curious if any of those kinds of problems could exist with Pantheon's station or other unfinished structures to where the project will take much longer to finish at a greater expense.
This is very possible if work wasn't stopped in a measured manner planning for a downtime - e.g. proper weather protection for in process work. If SEAS stopped paying vendors, most vendors likely stopped work immediately and may not have appropriately left things. Those vendors probably got their tools and supplies and left. It's hard to say how much work/re-work will be needed to get everything back up and running, but that could easily add anything from a few days to get the worksite back up to several weeks to fix any severe damage that occurred while work was stopped.
The site is still getting weekly inspections. This information is available on the JCC website. The inspections are because you cant leave a waterway impingement sitting status quo.
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