Belgrade Plaza Belgrade Plaza The Belgrade Plaza is a £113 million mixed-use development in Coventry city centre in West Midlands, England. The Belgrade Plaza was built by 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 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 been installed near the Belgrade Plaza multistorey car park. On 12 March 2008, construction workers
Theatre in Birmingham close the Hippodrome in 1961 and 1970, but in 1979 sold it to the City Council who in turn leased it to a charitable trust. The Hippodrome's fortunes gradually revived, and by the early 21st century it was selling more tickets than any other single theatre in the country. By the 1980s Birmingham had only three large-scale professional theares, though this was still – jointly with Manchester – the highest number of any English city outside London. During the 70s, mac, then known as the Midlands Arts Centre for Young People had its own professional puppet theatre and resident theatre