Urban regeneration company Re:Blackpool has appointed Gensler as both master planner and architect for the town’s super-casino and leisure proposals.
The masterplan for the £1.4bn development includes 1.7m sq ft of entertainment, hotel, conferencing and casino facilities on a 20-acre site in the Lancashire resort.
Details include a conference centre, which comprises a 3,000 seat auditorium and exhibition space, an adjacent hotel, supported by “Winter Promenade”, a new leisure attraction offering retail units, restaurants, bars and entertainment facilities.
Blackpool remains one of the favourites to secure the first supercasino licence.
Plans will be submitted for outline planning approval in early August, then presented for local consultation before going to the Casino Advisory Panel in September.
The Government is due to announce their decision in early 2007.
References: EGi News 20/07/06
