Newport Centre Newport Centre The Newport Centre is a leisure centre in Newport, South Wales. The Newport Centre is located in Newport city centre on the west bank of the River Usk adjacent to the Kingsway Shopping Centre. It holds events such as concerts, conferences and exhibitions. The centre hosts the Welsh Open snooker tournament as well as international business conferences and exhibitions. The Centre also has suites overlooking the leisure pool and elsewhere; The Riverside Suite, Castle Room, Kingsway Suite, Usk Room, Treetops Suite, and the Emlyn Rooms. On Thursday 6 April, it played host to week 7 of the 2006
Newport City F.C. their name to Llanwern AFC to reflect the change of name of the steelworks on whose ground they played. This change coincided with a change in the clubs fortunes and they gained promotion to the top division in 1992-3. They spent a number of years between the top two divisions and in 2002 they won the Welsh Football League Cup. In 2003, they re-located to the Newport Stadium, where they have played ever since. League re-organisation led to Newport City dropping to Division Three in 2010-11 spending two seasons there before promotion back to Division Two for the 2014-5 season.