STAR CITY TO BE SOLD; EXCLUSIVE pounds 90 million complex may be industrial site.(News)

From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: May 21, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: BY FIONNUALA BOURKE

CRIME-hit leisure complex Star City, home to Britain's biggest casino and cinema, is being sold off for pounds 90 million.

The entertainment centre opened in a blaze of glory in 2000 and has been graced by appearances by top celebrities including Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney.

But, based in the inner city district of Nechells, the sprawling site soon attracted unwanted publicity - ...

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