The NEC site offers the chance to host an outstanding international entertainment and leisure complex, with a casino at its heart, which offers the widest possible regeneration opportunities with the least potential impacts.
The space that we have available on our 600-acre site at the NEC will allow an operator to develop a truly world-class facility that will enhance the experience of our existing visitors as well as helping sustain our business, which is vital to the region?s economy.
Our out of town location offers the ideal combination of ease of access for visitors and employees to the site - with distance from and minimised impact upon residential communities.
Our uniquely central location, which is well-served with links to Birmingham International Airport and railway station as well as the M42 and M6 motorways, means that visitors can access the site easily with minimal impact on peak-hour road congestion.
Comparable sites elsewhere in the world demonstrated that around 70 per cent of visitors will travel after 8pm on weekdays and during weekends, when the surrounding roads have spare capacity.
The cost of building the NEC nearly 30 years ago was huge and has left us with a significant debt that we have to repay. This means that we lose around #8 million to #9 million a year, a bill which ultimately our owners Birmingham City Council have to pick up.
The casino complex is part of a bigger plan to eradicate that debt, securing the future of the NEC and bringing further wealth into the region.
At the National Exhibition Centre we attract over four million visitors a year and have successfully brought key exhibitions and events to the West Midlands for nearly 30 years.
We deliver #1.1 billion a year to the regional economy and support 18,000 direct and indirect jobs and an on-site casino would add massively to that.
Alongside the initial investment to develop the site, the new casino at the NEC would generate #100 million a year for the regional economy and create around 1,900 jobs at the complex.
A casino at the NEC would help secure our future and the impact that it would have on the local and regional economy would be tremendous.
With minimal impact on the surrounding area and outstanding transport links, the NEC is the number one choice for the West Midlands regional casino, creating the ultimate ?work, rest and play? destination for a national audience.