Vintage vibes were in full swing at the festival kind became the focus of attention . On Sunday , multi-Olympic champion cyclist Sir Chris Hoy led 150 vintage cyclists in a lap of the circuit following a preview event for the Eroica Britannia cycling festival .
The inaugural , full , Eroica Britannia event will take place at next year ’ s Goodwood Revival , with the vintage cycling festival being relocated from the Peak District .
Aside from making environmental sustainability part of the entertainment , less glamorous sustainability steps included the near banning of single-use water bottles . Says Bass , “ We quadrupled the amount of drinking fountains across the event site and staff are no longer issued with bottled water , instead they are given reusable bottles . There has also been a huge push to ensure that the vast majority of waste is recycled . Among the things the team will be looking at next year is implementing a greywater waste recycling initiative .”
Bridging the gap A huge operation , each edition of the Goodwood Revival is the result of 14 months planning that results in an enormous temporary infrastructure including 10 large hospitality
structures , supplied by the likes of Losberger De Boer , grandstands with seating supplied by Arena , a vast array of tents from Chichester Canvas , around 400 shedding units , a full suite of generators and major temporary plumbing works .
“ We start planning more than a year in advance and the reason we do that is if we ’ re looking at moving a structure or making a significant change for part of the event , it means we can go into the event we are about to have and really analyse what ’ s going on in that space . So we have got the best possible information before we make the final decision . We try to keep planning very far ahead .”
With the pandemic leading to the cancelation of last year ’ s event , Bass
“ There has been a focus on really evolving the Revival in a huge way post-Covid on a number of fronts , including site layout .”
says the team took the opportunity to make some of the biggest changes to the Revival since it was launched .
He says , “ There has been a focus on really evolving the Revival in a huge way post-Covid on a number of fronts , including site layout .
“ The pandemic gave us the opportunity do what we have needed to do for some time , spread some of the site out and deal with pinch points in
Suppliers
• Qdos – cabins , toilets and stores
• Losberger – structures
• Collaborate Global – production and scenic structures
• S3K Group – on-site logistics
• Arena Group – grandstands
• Chichester Canvas – traditional tents
• EEP – security
• SEP – traffic management
• Proclean – cleaning services
terms of overcrowding . For instance , we put a new bridge over the track because previously there had only been one main pedestrian tunnel for the public to service everyone going under the track so it was the biggest pinch point at the event .
“ Covid allowed us time to invest in the building of a new clear-span bridge across the track in order to ease the congestion around the tunnel and enable a much better flow around the event .”
The new footbridge by Madgwick Corner is the first to cross the track in the circuit ’ s 73-year history , and it has opened up a new public viewing area in the Madgwick infield .
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