These include Burges, the Belgrade Theatre and the Coventry Building Society Arena. In between Lady Godiva and The Elephant Building - in as Coventry’s Old Kent Road - are the “great and good of Coventry”, said Ella Gibbs from Winning Moves UK The Lady Godiva statue gets to land on the top-ranked square on the board, replacing glitzy Mayfair from the game’s classic London original. The quartet of train stations from the London original game each take on a ‘travel’ theme, as Coventry doesn’t have four main line train stations to select from. In all, more than 30 Coventry landmarks get to feature in the new game. It then became known as The Old Cathedral when in 1962 The New Cathedral was consecrated. Mary’s fell victim to dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII, but still has an important presence in the city.Ĥ00 years later St Michael’s Parish Church was elevated to cathedral status, but was bombed during the Blitz. Mary’s Priory & Cathedral (replacing Regent Street from the game’s classic London original)īetween them the three cathedrals date back nearly 1,000 years. They are together in the highest part of the board with three in a set - the green section - and in ascending Monopoly order, they are: However, this time Coventry’s cathedrals have piled in triple fashion with a set to themselves in the very upper reaches of the board.Ĭoventry Cathedral will be celebrated with three spaces on the Monopoly Board In the end, in that edition the top ranked square went to the cathedral, but this time round Lady Godiva has grabbed Mayfair.
Learn the official instructions to the game here. Our city's version is in celebration for Coventry's year as UK City of Culture.īack in 2002 Coventry did get its very own board and at that time the makers just about had to roll the dice as to who would land on Mayfair – the city's cathedral or Lady Godiva's statue. Monopoly celebrates women inventors as players collect iconic items that wouldn’t exist without women. The game is being launched today (Friday) at the Coventry Building Society Arena - which has its very own square on the board - and was created by Winning Moves UK, who over the last 25 years have produced official customised boards spanning the world from Sydney to South Africa and Dubai to Dublin, and now Coventry. Landmarks, streets and charities from across our fair city have been chosen for a spot on the board of the new Monopoly: Coventry Edition game.Īmong them are the Belgrade Theatre, Lady Godiva and Coventry's three cathedrals - all kept together in a single set - from over the years.Īs previously reported, Myton Hospices will be one of six charities included on the board. Coventry's new Monopoly board will be revealed today (Friday) and we'll find out who has been given the coveted 'Mayfair' square.
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