Another UK Casino Venue Closes

Genting Casinos UK have announced the permanent closure of their casino in Nottingham due to commercial reasons. The venue in The Cornerhouse on the cities high street has struggled to return customers to their venue since the pandemic and following a 30-day consultation period with staff the company has now officially announced its closure.

Staff were sent a text message on Monday (13 February) telling them the venue is now permanently closed, it is understood some 100+ staff worked at the venue.

Genting said in the statement: “We have finished a consultation process with all staff at our Nottingham casino. The process lasted for 30 days and we have explored all avenues and come to the decision that we will be closing the Nottingham casino due to current commercial considerations.

“Genting Casinos has a duty of care to all our employees and will be supporting our staff accordingly as we have done through the consultation review. Genting continues to successfully run 34 casinos across the UK, including in the nearby cities of Derby and Leicester.”

The closure of the Nottingham casinos follows news yesterday on another casino closure in Birmingham of the Broadway Casino, one member of staff who worked in Birmingham told the iGaming Post, “This is the start of many more casinos closing, since the pandemic so many of our old customers have stayed away now playing online instead, they went on to say, “land based casinos are going to find it more difficult to be sustainable in a market place that is diminishing each year.”