Union Backs Plan To Bring Regional Casino To Cardiff

The GMB has thrown its full weight behind Cardiff Council's official bid to secure a regional casino for the International Sports Village (ISV), which will support the Welsh capital as a UK core city for the 2012 Olympics.

ISV will be one of the most exciting sports venues in Europe, based around the themes of water, snow and ice.

The project will provide major regeneration benefits, creating around 4,500 new jobs, providing huge investment in local skills, the transformation of a brown field site and enhanced community facilities and a world class urban environment, but a regional casino is the catalyst in assuring ISV is completed in time to support the Olympics of 2012.

If the Government agrees to Cardiff as a site for a regional casino, it will bring forward early large scale investment into the £700 million ISV project, ensuring funding for the sporting facilities is immediately available.