Leeds should soon be able to start the ball rolling on the search for a firm to run its biggest ever casino. The city was among 16 places given permission last year to license a so-called 'new generation' gaming complex. Now the Government has revealed it is close to finalising the regulations that will allow each one to begin choosing who should be awarded the licence for its proposed Las Vegas-style attraction.
As house prices tumble and the credit crunch bites even harder, life can feel like one big game of roulette. But at one famous Leeds casino, the wheel has spun for the last time, more than 40 years after the first poker game was won. The slot machines have been packed away at the historic Grosvenor Casino, Moortown, which opened to gamblers in 1968. The Harrogate Road venue, home to six gaming machines, six roulette tables, two blackjack tables...
A GBP 260m waterside development including a casino, entertainment, office and living space is to be launched in Leeds. Clarence Dock will be officially launched to the public in September this year. It will include more than 1.2 million sq ft of entertainment and living space. The project involves the regeneration of another part of Leeds' waterfront. ALEA, a new GBP 15m, 65,000 sq ft casino and entertainment venue at the entrance to Clarence Dock will also open its doors in September to coincide with other leisure openings on site.
The opening of a GBP 13m showpiece casino built in Leeds has been delayed for at least nine months. London Clubs International took four years to develop a four-storey building at Clarence Dock into a "new generation" Alea casino featuring two restaurants, three bars, a conference centre and 50-seat cinema. Due to open in December last year, its doors have remained closed and now the company says it hopes to open the venue in September.
Ambitious plans have been unveiled to transform one of the most famous buildings in Leeds into an GBP 11.5m casino creating around 200 jobs. The regeneration proposals involve turning the former Majestyk nightclub, on City Square, into the Majestic Casino – a multi-entertainment venue to include gaming tables, slot machines, a cabaret, as well as bars and restaurants.
