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Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Stanley Leisure awarded licence for Sheffield Casino

Stanley Leisure plc have announced that Sheffield magistrates have granted a new licence to one of its subsidiaries under the 1968 Act for a 30,000 sq ft casino at St Paul's Place in Sheffield. This will be the Stanley Group's first casino in Sheffield.

Stanley expects to open this casino, which is budgeted to cost £7.75m to fit out, in early 2008. The Sheffield licence is the third new licence Stanley has been granted since the beginning of 2006.

In January Stanley announced a licence in Nottingham for a 30,000 square foot casino in Nottingham's city centre. This will be the Stanley Group's first casino in the Nottingham area which is budgeted to cost £7m to fit out and is expected to open towards the end of this year.

On 7 April, Stanley announced that Liverpool magistrates have granted a new licence to one of its subsidiaries under the 1968 Act for a 30,000 square foot casino in Liverpool's city centre. This will be the Stanley Group's third casino in Liverpool. Stanley expects to open this casino, which is budgeted to cost £8m to fit out, towards the end of 2007.

Stanley Leisure is the largest casino operator in Great Britain with 44 casinos already operating, of which four are in London. The group is progressing with a further five new licence applications for additional casinos in the provinces and three new licence applications in respect of relocations in London, Edinburgh and Southampton.