page_title: Cardiff International Pool
hierarchical_section_title: Cardiff International Pool
caption_attribution_description: Cardiff International Pool, Cardiff Bay, Wales
context_page_description: Cardiff International Pool is an Olympic-sized swimming pool built as a public-private funded project; with a partnership between Cardiff Council, OLLC which is a partnership between Orion Land & Leisure and Explore Investments and Parkwood Leisure. Parkwood won the contract to manage the facility for 10 years, with a projected turnover of £2.5m each year.
  Construction of the GB£32 million facility commenced in April 2006 and includes two pools; an Olympic size 50 m 10-lane competition swimming pool with seating for 1,000 spectators and a 25 m 4-lane indoor waterpark with flume rides, a beach area with water slides, a lazy river and jacuzzi. The centre also has a fitness suite and studios, conference rooms and a café.
  The opening of the pool ended 10 years without an Olympic size pool in Wales since the closure and demolition in 1998 of the Empire Pool to make way for the Millennium Stadium.
  The pool was also built to support the London 2012 Olympics as a training facility. Several other sporting venues in the city of Cardiff were used for Olympics, such as the Millennium Stadium for football events.
  The construction of the pool was the subject of a legal dispute.
context_section_description: Cardiff International Pool is an Olympic-sized swimming pool built as a public-private funded project; with a partnership between Cardiff Council (land owner), OLLC which is a partnership between Orion Land & Leisure and Explore Investments (developers) and Parkwood Leisure (operator). Parkwood won the contract to manage the facility for 10 years, with a projected turnover of £2.5m each year.
  Construction of the GB£32 million facility commenced in April 2006 and includes two pools; an Olympic size 50 m (160 ft) 10-lane competition swimming pool with seating for 1,000 spectators and a 25 m (82 ft) 4-lane indoor waterpark with flume rides, a beach area with water slides, a lazy river and jacuzzi. The centre also has a fitness suite and studios, conference rooms and a café.
  The opening of the pool ended 10 years without an Olympic size pool in Wales since the closure and demolition in 1998 of the Empire Pool (which had been built for the Cardiff-hosted 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games) to make way for the Millennium Stadium.
  The pool was also built to support the London 2012 Olympics as a training facility. Several other sporting venues in the city of Cardiff were used for Olympics, such as the Millennium Stadium for football events.
  The construction of the pool was the subject of a legal dispute.
caption: Entrance to the Cardiff International Pool
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