What new Derby entertainment venue could look like six years after devastating fire

Six years after a huge fire gutted the Assembly Rooms in Derby, pictures showing its replacement have been released. 

A new 3,500 seat entertainment arena is to be built in the Becketwell area of the city centre. 

The plans are the latest in a series of suggestions for replacing the Rooms, which are to be demolished following the fire in 2014.



Officials say it'll offer a significantly larger and more flexible space than the City has previously had.

Aerial view of the site Credit: Derby City Council

The venue at Becketwell is in addition to plans for a new public square, hotel, offices, and apartments.

Those developments were signed off by planners earlier this year.

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