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02 November
2004
Aspinalls Announce Further Packer
Plans
The
collaboration between London-based operator Aspinalls and
Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer, is gaining pace with
plans for a major casino development in Birmingham, now
joining those in Newcastle and Swansea as the third bid in
what could extend to a portfolio of 16 across the
country.
The group wants to take
its new brand Aspers to Brierley Hill in the form of a
£50m leisure complex, creating 3,000 jobs, as well as a
new training centre. It said that with 1,250 slots it would
be a resort style casino.
Damian Aspinall aims to
bring a 1,000 seat theatre, up to eight restaurants,
apartments, a hotel and a casino to the town.
The complex, due to be
completed by 2007 subject to planning and licensing consent,
will be built on land owned by Chelsfield between the
UCI cinema at the Merry Hill Shopping Centre and the
canal, where the Midland Metro tram route will eventually
run.
Aspinall said: "The
complex will create jobs for over 1,000 local people in a
range of employment categories from waiting staff to
accounting and marketing. In addition, we estimate that the
complex will create a further 2,000 indirect jobs in local
businesses. Finally, the increased numbers of visitors to
the complex will be a boost to the local and regional
economy."
Packer, who already owns
the Crown casino in Melbourne, has a close relationship with
Aspinall, going back many years with the late John Aspinall,
who was a major force in founding Britain's gambling
industry in the 1960s at the Mayfair gaming club.
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