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UK – Stats show six months’ success for Victoria Gate
By Phil - 25 July 2017
Six months since Victoria Gate Casino opened in Leeds, as the UK’s third-largest casino, the statistics released make for impressive reading.
The scale of the casino, which has 131 slots, 25 gaming tables and 75 electronic gaming terminals, has produced some impressive numbers, most notably the creation of more than 220 jobs for the region.
Patrick Noakes, Venue Director at Victoria Gate Casino, said: “We are hugely proud of our achievements thus far in building what is undoubtedly one of the finest venues in the north.
“This is more than just a casino, it’s a best-of-class entertainment venue with dining, live music, big game sports action, as well as a corporate meetings destination.
“We have created over two hundred new jobs for the city, across a variety of roles and skills levels, from apprentices through to senior management.
“Well over 1,000 people have applied for roles since we announced the launch of the casino and, ahead of our opening, we’d enrolled 35 staff on National Gaming Academy courses leading to Level 2 NVQ Diplomas in Gambling Operations.
“A venue this size, which operates 24 hours a day and will be open every day except Christmas Day, is a big operation so there’s been a lot of hard work from a lot of people, but it’s been a great success so far.
“We are looking forward to our next phase of development as we introduce new chefs and menus, complimentary food offers and other experiences to enhance the venue’s offer.
“Events-wise, we are moving into a busy sports calendar with cricket, golf and horse racing live on our big screen, plus the start of the football season next month and, of course, the big Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor showdown.”
Although it hasn’t released any stats regarding GGR, the numbers since opening are:
20,000,000+ – the number of slot machine buttons pressed
1,500,000+ – the number of roulette balls spun
68,900 – the number of pints pulled
7,000+ – corks popped
1,900 – steaks grilled
2,600 – burgers consumed
1,200 – breakfasts cooked
1,000 – the price in £s to reserve the centre table for the Floyd Mayweather Vs Conor McGregor fight
2 – the number of brand new cars given away as prizes
30,000,000 – the amount of £s invested in the venue
432,000 – the number of beads used to decorate the venue. That’s about 32 kilometres of beads.
50,000 – the square footage of the venue. That’s the size of approximately 18 tennis courts or about 4/5ths the size of the pitch at Elland Road
220 – the number of jobs created since launch
131 – the number slot machines
61 – the number of TV screens in the venue
21 – the number of 55-inch screens used to build the venue’s huge TV wall in Live Bar
75 – the number of electronic gaming terminals
25 – the number of gaming tables
3 – the number of outdoor terraces
1.9 – the number of kilometres of carpet used to dress the venue. In weight, that’s just over 8 tonnes
