Belgrade Plaza

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

[edit] Construction

The Belgrade Plaza is being built by construction firm, Oakmoor Deeley. The development has two phases. The first – a 1,100 space car park – opened in 2007. The second phase will bring two hotels, a casino, restaurants, bars and apartments to the area between the Belgrade Theatre and the ring road.

Gala Casino, Premier Travel Inn, Radisson Edwardian, Pizza Express, Bella Italia and Metro Bar& Grill have units at the development planned.

On March 12, 2008, construction workers at the site discovered an unexploded World War II bomb, which had been dropped during the Coventry Blitz. The site was evacuated and a cordon of 500-metres was enforced. Many workers were forced to exit their offices and leave their vehicles in car parks overnight.^[1]

Army experts carried out a controlled explosion on the bomb at 2.41am on March 13, 2008. Work resumed at 10am the following morning.