Newham approves licence for new casino at Westfield Stratford City
Published: 14 March, 2011
The London Borough of Newham has announced that it has chosen Aspers as the winner of the competition to operate a new casino at Stratford City
The 65,000-sq ft casino will be located in the Central Arcade at the new Westfield Stratford City at the heart of Newham and will be the first of its kind to open in the UK, creating up to 440 new jobs. It will have internal and external access as part of the round-the-clock leisure and entertainment offer at Westfield Stratford City.
“The Aspers Casino will be the icing on the cake for our leisure and entertainment offer at Westfield Stratford City” said Michael Gutman, managing director for Westfield in the UK/Europe and New Markets. "We believe the entertainment and retail offer we have created for Westfield Stratford City will prove to be a real game-changer for consumers on the Eastern side of the capital.”
The new casino is a major part of the overall leisure and entertainment offer at Westfield Stratford City which includes a state of the art all-digital Vue cinema with 2,832 seats across 14 screens, a 14-lane bowling alley and a total of 617 hotel rooms across three high quality hotels.
Westfield Stratford City opens in September this year.
