Rivals submit City of Culture bids to Government
Rivals Coventry and Stoke-on-Trent have submitted their final bids to be UK City of Culture in 2021.
In Coventry, organisers claim that a successful bid would bring massive social, cultural and economic benefits to the city.
The move could easily have been overshadowed by reaction to the Government’s ratification of Birmingham’s bid to be host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
However, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street was keen to ensure that equal billing went to Coventry by underlining the benefits that would accrue t... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
