Get ready for a summer adventure like no other as the streets of Leeds come alive with the world’s first city-wide MONOPOLY experience.

From July 27th to September 1st, the iconic family board game will take over the city, providing immersive gameplay for the whole family.

Free and family-friendly, the MONOPOLY Leeds Takeover invites players to explore 22 key locations, solve puzzles, play mini-games and discover giant tokens scattered across eight themed zones.

Leeds was home to Waddingtons, Britain’s leading manufacturer of board games and playing cards. From the 1930s, Waddingtons produced the UK version of MONOPOLY and was responsible for the now famous London properties in the game.

Combining key elements of the traditional game, the MONOPOLY Leeds Takeover will bring people on an adventure across the city centre. Key locations and landmarks across Leeds city centre will be featured as the board, with giant tokens, clues, games and puzzles around every corner for players to discover and solve.

The city centre will be mapped out like the MONOPOLY board and divided up into coloured zones – each with its own life-size MONOPOLY token housed in key retail locations. People can hunt down the battleship, boot, duck, iron, racing car, scottie dog, top hat and wheelbarrow[ST2] .

Like the board game, the MONOPOLY Leeds Takeover includes real streets – a total of 22 across the city centre – in addition to incorporating key transport locations, The game’s utilities are also represented with photo opportunities like a floating tap and light bulb, along with a cell, where people can ‘Go to Jail.’

To participate, players can simply pick up a map of the city, which highlights the main game areas, and then choose how to play their own game, with numerous starting points, games to play and attractions to visit.

The MONOPOLY Leeds Takeover comes to the city starting 27^th July until 1^st September. Find out more at MONOPOLYLeeds.com  platforms