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| Cardiff Bay ice arena: Next phase of sports village unveiled | Cardiff Bay ice arena: Next phase of sports village unveiled |
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| The next phase of the Cardiff Bay's International Sports Village will be unveiled later. | The next phase of the Cardiff Bay's International Sports Village will be unveiled later. |
| Developers will cut the turf for a £16m twin ice rink centre on the site which will also include a new snowdome, a hotel, public plaza, apartments and restaurants. | Developers will cut the turf for a £16m twin ice rink centre on the site which will also include a new snowdome, a hotel, public plaza, apartments and restaurants. |
| The 3,000 ice arena was given planning permission by Cardiff council earlier this month. | The 3,000 ice arena was given planning permission by Cardiff council earlier this month. |
| Construction of the centre is expected to start in August. | Construction of the centre is expected to start in August. |
| The ice rink is the first phase of a £250m scheme, which includes an indoor ski slope and shopping centre. | |
| A 32-storey tower, luxury hotel and 800 new homes, and offices are also included in future planned phases. | |
| Reputation | |
| Work on the first phase will include two ice pads and the main rink will be used to host Cardiff Devils matches. | |
| Cardiff council leader Heather Joyce said: "This development will not only look fantastic but will also create thousands of jobs, attract tens of thousands more visitors to the city and provide homes - including affordable homes - for people in Cardiff. | |
| "The end results will be state-of-the-art facilities that everyone can use, including, crucially, two ice rinks which will provide a new home for the Cardiff Devils and offer people a range of winter sports to try out. | |
| "This will all go a long way to enhancing Cardiff's reputation as a world-class sporting capital city." | |
| Cardiff council broke off its deal with Planet Ice, which won the initial tender for the development, in a row over funds. | |
| The sports village currently has a 50m pool, white water facility and temporary ice rink. | |
| The old Wales National Ice Rink in Cardiff city centre, which opened in 1986, closed in 2006 to make way for redevelopment. |