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30 January 2007
Delight In Manchester At Super
Casino Victory
Manchester's leaders have
reacted with delight to the announcement the city is to host
the UK's first super casino.
The site at east
Manchester was dubbed a "rank outsider" in the race for the
licence, with regional support focused on the bid from
Blackpool.
But business groups and
political leaders hailed the news as fantastic - and a
result of the city's strong bid.
Sir Richard Leese, leader
of Manchester City council, said it would be good for east
Manchester's regeneration.
"I think the bookies did
have us as a rank outsider this morning but fortunately it
was an independent panel making the decision, not the
bookies," said Sir Richard. "It is going to be a real boost
to the regeneration of what is one of the most deprived
areas of the country. And we're now really looking forward
to taking this forward."
The North West Development
Agency had thrown its weight behind the Blackpool bid, which
meant there was less regional support for
Manchester.
It left the city as a 16-1
outsider at the bookmakers to be selected as a test-bed for
the UK's first regional "resort" casino.
But Angie Robinson, chief
executive of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, said
she was confident in the city's proposal.
"The interesting thing is
everybody is sort of saying to us 'Oh, I bet you must be a
bit shocked because this is sort of rank outsider stuff.'
Well, no. We're not shocked at all - it was a brilliant bid.
There's a compelling case for the opportunities to develop
this particular part of the leisure industry here and the
regeneration benefits that will be offered to the east part
of Manchester are absolutely great."
Plans for the casino at
the Sportcity complex in east Manchester will include an
arena, swimming pool, nightclub and hotel.
In making its decision,
the panel said the area had the "greatest need in terms of
multiple deprivation" of all the proposals.
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