Work on casino at NEC due to start
This picture shows how a £150 million casino, hotel and cinema development at Birmingham's NEC will look.
Work was starting today on the Resorts World at The NEC scheme which will create 1,100 jobs. Genting UK is behind a complex which includes a spa, conference and banqueting centre, shops, cafés and restaurants and a 300-space car park.
Genting Malaysia president Dato' Lee joined Trade and Investment Minister Lord Green and Genting Casinos UK President Peter Brooks to break ground on the development site at a ceremony this morning.
Peter Brooks, Genting UK president and chief operating officer, said: "Resorts World Birmingham is by far our most ambitious project to date – with a scale and budget to match."
The opening is due in April 2015 on a site between the LG Arena and the Crowne Plaza Hotel overlooking Pendigo Lake. The four star hotel and spa will feature 10 VIP suites while the designer outlet centre will include 45 units. The cinema will have 11 screens and there will also be a banqueting and conference centre.
Lord Green said: "The Government welcomes the news today that work has begun on Resorts World Birmingham. This project, and the decision by Genting to invest £150m here in
Birmingham and £250m in the UK overall, is a major signal that Britain is open for business.
"This is a fantastic vote in the future of the British economy and British businesses. Foreign direct investment is critical to the UK economy, safeguarding and creating around 100,000 jobs a year."
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