Belgrade Plaza
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The Belgrade Plaza is a £113 million mixed-use development in Coventry city centre in West Midlands, England.
Construction
[edit]The Belgrade Plaza was built by the construction firm, Oakmoor Deeley. The development had two phases. The first – a 1,100-space car park – opened in 2007. The second phase has two hotels, a casino, restaurants, bars, and apartments in the area between the Belgrade Theatre and the ring road.[citation needed]
Gala Casino, Premier Travel Inn, Radisson Edwardian, Pizza Express, Bella Italia, and Metro Bar & Grill have been installed near the Belgrade Plaza multistorey car park.[citation needed]
On 12 March 2008, construction workers at the site discovered an unexploded Second World War bomb, which had been dropped during the Coventry Blitz. The site was evacuated and a cordon of 500-metre (1,600 ft) was enforced. Many workers were forced to exit their offices and leave their vehicles in car parks overnight.[1][2]
Army experts carried out a controlled explosion on the bomb at 2.41 a.m. on 13 March 2008.[3] Work resumed at 10 a.m. the following morning.
References
[edit]- ^ "Thousands are evacuated in unexploded bomb drama". Coventry Telegraph. 13 March 2008. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "'World War II bomb' found in city". BBC News. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ^ "Controlled explosion on WWII bomb". BBC News. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2010.