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Great Yarmouth's �35m seafront casino complex will not be started until autumn 2013, the man behind the scheme has signalled.
The ambitious vision will see an eight-screen multiplex cinema, large casino, hotels and restaurants built beside the Pleasure Beach.
Builders were scheduled to start work on The Edge project last month, but work has been pushed back to allow the Pleasure Beach to remain open for an extra season.
Albert Jones, managing director of Pleasure and Leisure, explained that he could not afford to close earlier - and much of the ground-testing and paperwork can be completed while the Pleasure Beach is still open.
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Getting this completed while the Pleasure Beach is still open will mean building work is as quick as possible.
He told the Mercury: 'The earliest you will see anything on site is this time next year.
'We had to make a decision whether we closed the Pleasure Beach in September this year or kept it open for another year, and we decided the latter.
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'All these different studies can be done whether we've got rides there or not.'
Ground-testing is set to be carried out from next summer, with bore holes to be drilled, and the final line-up of restaurants at the complex is still being decided.
Mr Jones had been in discussion with The Restaurant Group - which operates Nando's and Frankie and Benny's - but explained he had been swamped with interest after plans were unveiled.
'We had so much interest we went out to the market again to make sure we didn't miss anything,' he revealed. 'While the project is delayed by six to eight months, this is about the long-term plan. I'm still very excited.'
He added progress has been slow due to the nature of working with blue chip companies, but the Odeon is still confirmed as the anchor tenant for the development.
While ground-testing will be completed during the summer months, buildings will not begin to go up until October 2013.
Pleasure Beach boss Mr Jones won Yarmouth's large casino licence in April this year, bringing a five-year battle to an end.
The other contender had been Patrick Duffy, who owns the Palace Casino in Church Plain.
Mr Jones' proposed vision, called The Edge, will see a large casino, hotel, restaurants, multi-screen cinema and 600-space car park built on South Beach Parade between the Pleasure Beach and the Outer Harbour.
He estimates around 300 full- and part-time jobs, including a number of apprenticeships, will be created.
Building work will be completed in phases, with the casino, cinema and restaurants to be built first - from October 2013.
The second phase will see a luxury four star 150-room hotel built on the site.
No rides will be removed from the Pleasure Beach under plans, but the monorail will have to be relocated.
Original plans had incorporated a bowling alley.
While these are not currently on the table as bowling has 'taken a downturn in the current economic climate', they have not been ruled out altogether.
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The Palace Casino, located off the almost-but-not-quite-amusingly-named street called “The Conge” is an independently owned operation, which butts up against a bingo club of the same name. It’s pretty much in the centre of Great Yarmouth, and most probably is a pretty lively spot of a weekend – certainly it’s the only casino I’ve ever known in the UK that has tried open access and then moved back to a membership only system. This also has some unfortunate repercussions in terms of wait time – I showed up at about 7.30pm, just as the poker crowd were coming in, and of course they were all desperate to get through reception – this meant filling in my form and getting it on their computer took over ten minutes. Tedious.
Once you eventually get inside, it’s really a very nice casino. The lighting is well done, and with the tables in the centre and the slots (all older single game IGT jobs) along the wall, it feels like a relaxing spot for a punt. The atmosphere isn’t helped (in my opinion – other opinions are available) by the staff in very traditional black trousers, white shirts and black bow ties, but some people prefer that – and the staff are a friendly bunch.
It’s very thinly staffed – it’s been a long old while since I’ve seen a casino where you ring a bell at the cash desk to get a cashier, and lo and behold one of the inspectors walks out of the pit to serve you. That’s generally considered a huge security risk in casinos, partly for the visibility from a robbery perspective, and partly as you don’t want gaming staff who have easy access to the chip floats to be able to get into the cash desk and exchange them unseen, but then I don’t think this site has too much regard for security – the staff even have trouser pockets, which is right at the top of the list of no-nos for most operators.
It seems like the Palace does good business from the internet too, they have tables linked to internet games so people can play “live” on their computers, with one of the Blackjack tables even having boxes just for internet players, which feels a bit odd. It also means there was a huge pile of unsafe looking electronics piled up under one of the roulette tables, all a bit ropey looking. Spill a pint there and you’ll need Accident Direct on speeddial.
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There’s a busy-ish poker room off the main floor, and a restaurant upstairs, although when I went up there at prime dining time – around 8pm – there didn’t appear to be any staff from whom I could grab a menu. Tuna mayo sarnie from the garage on the way home it was, then !