'INCREDIBLE' St David's Centre draws in a MILLION customers over its first three days.Byline: Abby Alford HALF a million extra shoppers were attracted to Cardiff by the opening of the pounds 675m St David's
Official figures showthat enough people to fill the Millennium Stadium UEFA 5-star rated football stadia • • [ almost seven times over swamped the city centre lastweekend. A total of more than one million people - equivalent to a thirdof the entire Welsh population - flooded the city centre on St David's opening three days. Over the same three-day period last year electronic counters dotted throughout the city centre recorded 552,000 shoppers. The surge resulted in a 250%rise in footfall in The Hayes on Thursday as people walked to and from St David's, but other areas of the city also benefited with 30% more shoppers being recorded on St Mary Street and 18% more in the Queens Arcade shopping centre. Cardiff council The County Council of City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. leader Rodney Berman Rodney Berman, a Liberal Democrat Councillor for the Plasnewydd ward, is leader of Cardiff County Council. A Glaswegian by birth, Rodney studied at the University of Glasgow where he helped run Glasgow University Liberal Democrats before moving to Wales to study towards a told the Echo: "I am delighted to see these incredible figures, which really hammer home just how successful the new and improved St David's has been. "While there was never any doubt that this development would provide a huge economic boost, an extra half a million people is a very heartening heart·en tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. statistic." City centre manager Paul Williams Paul Williams is the name of several musicians:
Clothing store Cult said its first four days in the new St David's smashed all company records, with staff raking up 100% more sales than during the launches of branches at Cabot Circus shopping centre in Bristol and the Liverpool 1 mall. Full story: Pages 6-7 CAPTION(S): Footfall... around half a million more people visited Cardiff city centre Cardiff city centre is a large and sprawling area that spreads out from Butetown in the south to Cathays Park in the north, and from Canton and Grangetown in the west to Adamsdown in the east. last weekend compared to the same period a year ago, thanks largely to the success of St David's |
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