With Liverpool as a key leisure destination in the UK – it was voted the UK’s Friendliest City in 2011, as well as the UK’s fourth Favourite UK City in the same year – and the city becoming a popular destination for weekend breaks and stag parties, leisure and recreation facilities in the city are booming.
Yes Liverpool has galleries and music and theatre, but it also has plenty of stuff that appeals to a rather less, shall we say, high-minded set of pursuits. Liverpool is a port city that grew rich on the melting pot of trade, mercantilism and immigration – and people like Paul du Noyer have suggested that the city’s appetite, and reputation, for a good time can be tracked by the desperation to enjoy a good time after weeks or months cooped up at sea.
It’s an industry supposedly worth £2.8bn to Liverpool and supports around 40,000 jobs. So, I thought I’d do my bit to flag up some of these lesser-regarded attractions in Liverpool: casinos.
Generally a place to go after 44 pints t while away the small house losing a bit more cash, casinos are fascinating places to watch the night owls go about their business. But where can they be found in Liverpool? Well, here:
Leisure Time Casino
7 Ranelagh Street
Liverpool
L1 1JW
Genting Casino
45-55 Renshaw Street
Liverpool
L1 2SF
Circus Casino
Queen Square
Liverpool
L1 1RH
Gala Casino
44 Chaloner Street
Liverpool
L3 4BF
Genting Club Queen Square
Queens Square
Liverpool
L1 1RH
Of course you could always play online poker and enjoy a cup of tea while playing virtual Texas Hold Em.