Economy of Cardiff London 2012 Olympics. It features the only Olympic-standard swimming pool in Wales, the Cardiff International Swimming Pool, which opened on 12 January 2008. The Tiger Bay area also housed one of the UK's earliest non-white immigrant communities. After a long period of neglect, it has now been regenerated as Cardiff Bay - a popular area for culture, entertainment and nightlife. Much of the growth has been thanks to the building of the Cardiff Barrage. Two large international business parks are planned for the north of Cardiff, the largest being at Thornhill which may include the building of a new junction
Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (The Tube) was built to house an exhibition about the new Cardiff Bay development. In 1993 the building needed to be moved from its location east of the Pierhead Building. Rather than permanently dismantle it, the structure was put on the back of a low-loader truck and moved to another part of the Bay. It continued to house interactive exhibitions and a scale model of Cardiff. Because of its distinctive shape, the visitor centre became known locally as 'The Tube'. In 2009 it was listed ninth in the Top Ten free attractions in Wales. Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre was listed by a