Blackpool Challenge Partnership has given a vote of confidence to Leisure Parcs’ bold plans to transform the resort into the casino capital of Britain.

The partnership of public, private and community organisations expressed its support for the Las Vegas-style vision at its latest board meeting.

Partnership manager Mr Alan Cavill said: “The board has agreed to support the concept, subject to legislative endorsement, as it believes that the plan will be beneficial for Blackpool.

“The aim of the Challenge Partnership is to work towards improving life for the whole of the seaside community – for tourists, industry and local residents. This concept meets with our criteria and is something the whole town can feel optimistic about.”

As part of its endorsement of the plan, BCP has agreed to part-fund a fact-finding mission to Las Vegas and Atlantic City in partnership with the private sector, which will include key players from the tourism industry.

Under Leisure Parcs’ imaginative proposals, Blackpool’s famous Golden Mile would make way for a Golden Triangle of hotels, entertainment venues and a state-of-the-art conference centre.

It is anticipated that the plans – which hinge on the outcome of a Gambling Review – will create up to 25,000 new jobs in Blackpool. By the year 2020, the resort could be attracting 30 million visitors a year, spending £2bn.

Exert taken from http://www.bcp-ltd.co.uk/press_casinos/factfinding.zip