Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 27/02/2009

Coventry City Council (CCC) has unveiled the finished masterplan that will lead a comprehensive transformation of the city centre over the next two decades. The vision for the centre of Coventry, which will undergo its most radical overhaul since the postwar years, includes the creation of rooftop green spaces, open spaces and a waterway following the River Sherboune through the centre of a new shopping centre.

An iconic egg-shaped building has also been included in the plans, although the design may alter at a later stage, while the event space at the Coventry Arena has been reduced in size and brought down to precinct level to create a more intimate atmosphere.

Ken Taylor, CCC leader, said: "This is the biggest regeneration project in Coventry for more than 50 years and it will only be successful if we work with local people and our private sector partners to make it happen.