Belgrade Plaza

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The site in 2007

The Belgrade Plaza is a £113 million mixed-use development in Coventry city centre in West Midlands, England.

Construction

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.Template:Fact

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.Template:Fact

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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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.

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