Plans have been published to build a new £20million, 7,000-capacity conference centre at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.

The new building would be directly linked to both the Empress Ballroom and the Opera House in Blackpool to form a flexible venue with joint capacities of up to 7,000 delegates.

The new conference centre would be built on a former split level car park site and would include a conference hall for 2,000 delegate plus a 1,200sqm exhibition hall.

Blackpool Winter Gardens opened initially in 1878. It regularly hosted the annual major political conferences until 2007 when the resort lost its pre-eminent position.

Advocates of the new conference centre are hoping the project will help Blackpool regain its position as one of the leading conference destinations in Britain.

Details: http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2016/07/12/blackpool-council-unveils-new-winter-gardens-plan/