Victoria Gate Casino is the ultimate 24 hour entertainment destination located right in the heart of Leeds. Gamers can enjoy 140 slots, a dedicated 100 seat poker area and 80 electronic gaming terminals as well as regular game tournaments and events. The more you play, the more the rewards stack up with their special Loyalty cards. Information and Reviews about Victoria Gate Poker Room in Eastgate, including Poker Tournaments, Games, Special Events and Promotions. The Victoria Gate Casino is one of about 150 casinos in England, according to a May 2017 report from the country’s Gambling Commission. As well as years of data of poker player results. Victoria Gate Casino, Leeds, England. If you’re looking for an action-packed entertainment-filled night in Leeds, look no further than Victoria Gate Casino. The glitzy venue brings together exclusive dining, intense competitions, and a vibrant atmosphere. This casino is about more than having a flutter. In addition to classic table games.
Victoria Gate Casino will be one of the biggest entertainment venues in Leeds when it opens later today and the third-biggest casino in the UK.
The huge entertainment and gaming destination, which is the first and only ‘super casino’ in the north, sits alongside John Lewis at the top of the city’s new Victoria Gate development.
As well as gaming, there's something for everyone, the company expects that 50% of the venue's customers will never game. The casino has wall-to-wall screens for watching sport, private function spaces, as well as two bars and a restaurant:
Patrick Noakes, Venue Director
Live Bar has a partnership with Coors Light and acts as the hub of the casino, with wall-to-wall, state-of-the-art screens displaying the latest sports and live action.
Curve is the venue’s champagne, cocktail and craft beer bar, which is partnered with Moët & Chandon. It has a lounge-style feel and offers table service. It also offers rotating cask ales and will feature beers from local breweries.
V Restaurant has an informal brasserie-style setting, using locally-sourced ingredients to create top quality dishes from traditional home favourites to Pan-Asian cuisine.
Here’s a look at Victoria Gate Casino in numbers:
30,000,000 – the amount of £s invested in the venue
432,000 – the number of beads used to decorate the venue. That’s about 32 kilometres of beads!
50,000 – the square footage of the venue. That’s the size of approximately 18 tennis courts or about 4/5ths the size of the pitch at Elland Road.
5,000+ – the number of people who applied for jobs at the casino
1,400 – the capacity of the venue
205 – the number of full-time jobs created (90% sourced from the Leeds City Region)
140 – the number of slot machines
100 – the number of players that can play a tournament in the poker room
21 – the number of 55-inch screens used to build the venue’s huge TV wall in Live Bar
82 – the number of other TV screens around the venue
75 – the number of electronic gaming terminals
29 – the number of cocktails on sale in Curve Bar
24 – the number of gaming tables
3 – the number of outdoor terraces
1.9 – the number of kilometres of carpet used to dress the venue. In weight, that’s just over 8 tonnes
09:15They may be making waves with their Poker Party in the Caribbean right now, but partypoker LIVE also have some news for their fanbase in the UK - a partnership with the Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds which will see the cardroom enjoy weekly events and allow patrons to use partypoker’s LIVE Dollars for their local buy-ins…
Victoria Gate is the North of England’s premier casino, and next month will see them team up with partypoker LIVE for the first multi-day event where players can use partypoker LIVE Dollars at the casino - the £100,000 Guaranteed Christmas Bonanza, expected to be the biggest festive tournament in the north.
Patrick Noakes, managing director of the Leeds venue, said:
“Victoria Gate Casino has established itself as one of the primary venues for poker in the North and the partnership with partypoker LIVE will give a whole new dimension to the already excellent offer here”.
Likewise, president of partypoker LIVE, John Duthie, told reporters:
“We are excited to be working with Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds to make partypoker LIVE events even more accessible for players in the U.K.'
He added that:
'partypoker LIVE were looking forward to hosting a number of events in the coming months” at the Leeds casino, “to showcase what partypoker LIVE has to offer. Players will also be able to take advantage of our exclusive currency – partypoker LIVE Dollars – to buy in to all events at the casino.”
The first stage in their partnership sees the partypoker LIVE Victoria Gate Casino Monday Club 50, with a buy in of £55, a guaranteed prize pool of £5,000 and added partypoker prizes.
There are also plans afoot for Victoria Gate Casino to ‘host partypoker LIVE tournaments’ and ‘collaborate with other iconic poker brands’ - the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the World Poker Tour (WPT) both part of future plans.
Poker players at the casino will also be able to deposit and withdraw from their partypoker account at Victoria Gate - and utilise the partypoker currency - PP Live Dollars – to buy into tournaments both at home and worldwide, as well use them to book flights and hotels.
Patrick Noakes added that:
“We look forward to working with partypoker LIVE over the coming months and I’m confident our players will find the combined offer an exciting prospect.”