{"id":85941,"date":"2020-11-30T09:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T09:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=85941"},"modified":"2020-11-30T09:01:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T09:01:03","slug":"indoor-arena-in-cardiff-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/indoor-arena-in-cardiff-bay\/85941\/","title":{"rendered":"Consortium to deliver 15,000-capacity arena in Cardiff Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A consortium, containing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livenation.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Nation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertson.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robertson<\/a>, has secured a contract to deliver a new 15,000-capacity indoor arena in Cardiff Bay<\/h2>\n<p>The new indoor arena in Cardiff Bay will cost around \u00a3150m to build and will attract more than one million visitors and an estimated \u00a3100m into the local economy every year.<\/p>\n<p>It will also deliver over 2,000 new jobs for local people during its three-year build programme and, once up and running, another 1,000 direct jobs and a further 600 jobs supported in the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>Since December last year, the council has progressed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/two-stage-procurement-construction\/77229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">procurement process<\/a> to secure a private-sector partner and received two offers to deliver a top tier indoor arena in Cardiff Bay that will enable events of all sizes to be hosted in the city.<\/p>\n<h3>A major catalyst for the regeneration of Cardiff Bay<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.gov.uk\/ENG\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiff Council<\/a> Leader, councillor Huw Thomas, said: &#8220;We remain committed to delivering a new indoor arena and today we have taken a big step forwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the new arena will have a similar impact on Cardiff Bay, as St David&#8217;s 2 had on the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will act as a major catalyst for the next-phase regeneration of Cardiff Bay delivering new jobs and opportunities where they are most needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will also help with the case to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/cardiff-central-station\/60407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improve public transport<\/a> links to Cardiff Bay and will provide the impetus for a complete re-imagining of the Red Dragon Centre area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s an incredibly exciting opportunity for Cardiff, especially as we look to emerge from the economic damage of the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas added: &#8220;I know there will be voices asking &#8220;how can the council afford to be involved in a project like this at this time&#8221;, that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important they 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