PICTURE GALLERY: New casino development at the NEC

THE NEC Group has launched the next stage in its ambitious plans to build a £120m casino, hotel and leisure complex on the site in Solihull.

Already four years in the planning, the project is now open for public consultation with a planning application due to be submitted next month to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

The authority is also considering an application for a casino licence from the NEC and its partner Genting Casinos UK.

If successful, work will start in the summer on the 55,000 sq metre complex which will house a hotel, casino, cinema, conference and banqueting facilities, extra car parking, spa, bars and restaurants.

Click through to read our story and discover more about the project, which will be called ‘Resorts World at The NEC’, while the picture gallery features some graphics which give an idea of how the leisure facility will look.