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02 March 2006
Olympians At Super Casino
Launch
Cardiff
Council is to launch its bid for a regional super
casino, sited at
its planned £700m international sports village
development.
The city has said it needs
the casino in order to finish the sports village in time to
attract teams preparing for the 2012 London
Olympics.
It is hoped the village
will have more than three million visitors a
year.
Six former Olympians will
be at the St David's Day launch to support Cardiff's bid to
become a 2012 Olympic host city.
The recently-passed
Gambling Act allows for only one regional super-casino, but
Cardiff and other councils are calling for the number to be
increased to the eight originally suggested.
Council leader Rodney
Berman said the casino bid launch was a "crucial stage in
the development of the international sports
village".
The council said the
sports village can only be completed in time for the London
Olympics if Cardiff is chosen as the venue to build a
regional casino.
It said the 80-acre sports
development would be "one of the most exciting sports and
tourist venues in Europe, based around the themes of water,
snow and ice".
The plans include a 50m
swimming pool, an indoor snow facility, a 4,000-seat
multi-purpose arena and hotels bars and
restaurants.
The council said the venue
would attract 3.5m visitors a year, bringing £270m into
the local economy and creating around 5,000 jobs.
The UK/Australian firm
Aspers has been named by Cardiff Council as the preferred
operator the plans for the venue go ahead.
Mr Berman said: "A casino
will help maximise the potential of the ISV as a world class
sporting and leisure facility and give Cardiff a fantastic
opportunity to play a big part in the 2012
Olympics."
Welsh Paralympian Dame
Tanni Grey Thompson said: "I really hope that Cardiff can
play its part in the 2012 Olympics.
"The international sports
village is an exciting project and it would be fantastic for
the city and Wales if it is built in time so that athletes
from around the world can converge here. Anything that puts
Wales on the map makes me extremely proud."
Olympians Sir Steve
Redgrave, Colin Jackson, Lynn Davies and Jamie Baulch will
also be at the launch to support Cardiff's involvement in
the 2012 Olympics.
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