6. Why is Belfast Stories of benefit?
Belfast Stories will give back to the city’s people. It will nurture communities, bring people together, shape new conversations, and support learning and skills development.
Belfast Stories will foster connections between the city’s diverse communities - of people, place and interests.
- Better together - A place to live our story
Quality public space to enjoy and explore, where people will recognise themselves, their heritage and their sense of community. Belfast Stories will bring people together. - Welcoming all – A place to share our stories
A new visitor attraction that helps people orientate themselves and better understand the city they have come to see and experience. Belfast Stories will enhance the city’s reputation as a visitor destination, help regenerate the city centre and support the growth of tourism across Belfast and beyond. - Inspiring creativity – A place to tell our stories
A creative hub in which to meet, learn and collaborate, enabling people of all ages and backgrounds to become involved and develop new creative skills.
Benefits in numbers
- £100m investment in world-class attraction.
- Total no. of jobs to be created 763.5 full-time equivalents, of which 117.5 are directly employed.
- Total Annual Gross Value Added (GVA) to the economy is £28.4m from to tourism (£13.6 direct and £14.8 indirect and induced).
- 1,510,525 visitors across the site anticipated per year including 725,785 ticketed entries.
- 25,000 children and young people participating in creative learning programmes.
- Ambitions to become a net zero exemplar for the city.
