page_title: Cardiff International Sports Village
section_title: Super casino
hierarchical_section_title: Cardiff International Sports Village / Previous and aborted developments / Super casino
caption_attribution_description: Cardiff Super Casino, Cardiff, Wales
context_page_description: Cardiff International Sports Village is located in Cardiff Bay in the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is one of the largest regeneration projects currently in the UK. It is a public-private funded project.
  The site currently has a 50-metre Olympic standard swimming pool, an ice rink and a white water canoeing and kayaking centre.
  Upon completion, an indoor snow centre with real snow for skiing and snowboarding, and a hotel were also planned. Other proposals included a 220-metre observation tower and a super-casino, although both these schemes are unlikely to ever be realised. The sporting facilities were used as a training venue for the London 2012 Olympics along with the Millennium Stadium, which hosted some of the football.
  In 2019, Cardiff Council approved a new ten year masterplan for the International Sports Village site with plans for around 1,000 new apartments, bars, restaurants and leisure facilities.
context_section_description: Cardiff Council had bid for the single super-casino licence or one of 8 large casino licences being issued by the UK government, but was unsuccessful in both bids. Following its rejection the council had intended to continue to press for a licence to be granted, though this became irrelevant after the government eventually scrapped the legislation creating the casinos altogether.
caption: The aborted plans for a super-casino
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