UK casino operator A&S Leisure Group Limited announced it is closing its Napoleons Casino and Restaurant Ecclesall Road in Sheffield England to focus on a property it is planning to build in nearby Manchester.
The venue had been in business for 42 years. The company said it intends to “re-site” the venue’s gaming license to its Napoleons Casino and Restaurant Owlerton operation located about four miles away.
Dave Allen, Chairman for A&S Leisure Group Limited, called the move a “sad day” but said “time moves on and Ecclesall Road is not what it used to be.”
“We’d like to thank everyone for their patronage over the years and do hope people will continue to enjoy the Napoleons experience at Napoleons [Casino and Restaurant] Owlerton in Sheffield,” Allen said in a press statement.
Allen said employees at the closing casino are to be offered similar positions at its other venues.
Sheffield, which is the fifth largest city in England by population, is also home to the Genting Casino Sheffield venue of Genting Group subsidiary Genting Casinos UK Limited as well as Rank Group’s Grosvenor Casino Sheffield. A&S Leisure Group Limited said it hopes to start construction on a new casino in Manchester “towards the end of the year.”
“We must now look forward to the future and the exciting plans we have in place for the Owlerton and Manchester sites,” Allen said.
