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By Kirsten Elder
The Belfast Telegraph takes to the streets to find out your opinion about the Big Screen at City Hall.
The iconic Big Screen at Belfast City Hall looks set to be taken down and sold because it would cost the council too much to update - and they cannot find another venue for it.
Launched in a blaze of publicity in 2011 amid claims that it would help bring people from a divided city together to watch sporting events, the Big Screen has failed to attract the crowds expected.
Andy Hirust from Newtownards said: "I think it's (Big Screen) a good idea to have, for the reason of people stopping to have a bite to eat etc.
I think it could be put to more use it to make it more useful."
Belfast City Council's Strategic Policy and Resources committee will today discuss its future.
City Hall officers are recommending that the screen be removed and sold.
Ulster Unionist, Alliance and SDLP councillors believe that would be the right decision.
SDLP councillor Declan Boyle said: "We just don't have the climate for outdoor TV.
"At best, people can sit in the grounds of City Hall watching it three or four months a year.
"People prefer to go to a bar to watch sporting events where they can have heat and soft seats. The Big Screen just isn't attracting the numbers.
"Continuing to fund and update it isn't the best use of ratepayers' money."
