New venue for circus granted

By MOHAMMED AL A'ALI
THE European Italian Circus will soon move from Zinj near Al Ahli Club to a temporary location at Al Fateh Corniche in Juffair.
Permission to move the circus was granted yesterday by the Manama Municipal Council at its first official meeting following its two-month summer break.
The land where the circus will be moved to is owned by the Manama Municipality and would be leased according to municipal rates in the area.
"We have no objection on the circus move, but it shouldn't obstruct development work nearby," said council financial, administrative and legislative committee chairman Majeed Al Jazeeri.
"The council doesn't know the reason behind the move, but it agreed to grant the owner permission to lease land for two months at Al Fateh Corniche."
He said the municipality would be responsible for allocating a land for the circus.
"The owner has asked for an area measuring 50 square metres and the lease rate would be decided accordingly," said Mr Al Jazeeri.
"The circus will be a new addition to the facilities and services offered at the corniche, which already attracts many visitors."
Circus owner Abdulhadi Mansour told the GDN last night said that he wanted to move the circus to attract more business.
"I have no problems with Al Ahli Club, which leased me their land, but business has gone down there and I wanted to move to a more active area," he said.
"The corniche area has more customers, particularly in the two months it will be there during Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha.
"I will start to move in Ramadan, when the contract is signed, to open for customers by Eid Al Fitr.
"I have roughly calculated the move's costs and I believe it will be around BD5,000, but I still don't know whether I will move the current tent there or instal another one, since I may go back to Zinj again."