A million people a year are expected to visit Swansea's new arena and proposed zip wire, gondola and luge ride attraction, according to council leader Rob Stewart. He said the indoor arena was expected to attract 310,000 people and the planned Skyline adventure park on Kilvey Hill 750,000 people. These would be visitors, he said, that the city didn't already have.
Cllr Stewart gave the figures while setting out Swansea Labour's new policy commitments at a meeting of full council - the first non-ceremonial one after May's local Government elections. The commitments covered education, care, climate change, housing, regeneration, attractions and communities. "I will continue to give everything and deliver for the people of Swansea," said Cllr Stewart.
He said Swansea Labour had fulfilled nearly all of its manifesto commitments in 2012 and 2017, and he was critical of the legacy left by the Liberal Democrat-led administration prior to 2012. This prompted a rebuke by Lib-Dem leader, Cllr Chris Holley, who described the commitments as a "wish list" and quipped that they promised everything except clean drinking water for the world.
