New Leisure Complex Opens in Llanelli Creating New 30 Jobs

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Development Bank of Wales , 1st June 2023

A new family entertainment centre has opened in Llanelli, creating 30 jobs with 17,000 square feet of soft play facilities, a bowling alley, sports court and indoor go-karting.

Run by Georgia and David Edwards who previously owned The Play King in Dafen, Pinopolis has opened in the former CEM Days car showroom on Sandy Road. The fit-out was part-funded by a six figure loan from the Development Bank of Wales following an introduction by Visit Wales.

With Wales’ first and only immersive Brunswick Spark Bowling lanes, Pinopolis is open from 10am to 10pm seven days a week and has a license to sell alcohol.

Tom O’Brien, Cadre Advisory; David Edwards, Pinopolis; Navid Falatoori, Banc Datblygu Cymru

Director David Edwards said:

“Covid meant that we took the decision to close The Play King and transfer the assets to create this new family entertainment centre but it wouldn’t have happened without the support of the Development Bank. We are so grateful that they stepped in with the funding needed to complete the fit-out and bring this amazing new facility to life for the benefit of our customers, both young and old alike.”

Senior Investment Executive Navid Falatoori said:

“Pinopolis is the first of its kind for Carmarthenshire and a real asset for local people and tourists alike; providing much needed all-weather leisure facilities and creating jobs. It’s a flagship destination attraction for the area that will be continuously developed by David and Georgia over the coming months and years to ensure that it is firmly on the Wales tourism map.”

Corporate finance advice to Pinopolis was provided by John Saunders of Cardiff-based Cadre Advisory.

He added:

“We have worked closely with the proprietors and the Development Bank on this over a 2-year period to bring this exciting new Covid delayed project to the marketplace.”

The funding for Pinopolis came from the £50 million Wales Tourism Investment Fund. Financed entirely by Welsh Government, loans between £100,000 and £5 million are available for distinctive, stand out tourism projects that align with the priorities of Welsh Government. Projects may include high quality, innovative products, all weather attractions, distinctively Welsh visitor focused experiences, innovative cultural or heritage projects, unusual places to stay and flagship attractions.

Mae canolfan adloniant newydd i deuluoedd wedi agor yn Llanelli, gan greu 30 o swyddi gyda 17,000 troedfedd sgwâr o gyfleusterau chwarae meddal, ali fowlio, cwrt chwaraeon a gwibgartio dan do.

Yn cael ei rhedeg gan Georgia a David Edwards a oedd gynt yn berchen The Play King yn Nafen, mae Pinopolis wedi agor yn hen ystafell arddangos ceir CEM Days ar Sandy Road. Ariannwyd y gwaith ail wampio yn rhannol gan fenthyciad chwe ffigwr gan Fanc Datblygu Cymru yn dilyn cyflwyniad gan Croeso Cymru.

Gyda lonydd Bowlio Spark Brunswick y cyntaf a’r unig un rai yng Nghymru, mae Pinopolis ar agor rhwng 10yb a 10yh saith diwrnod yr wythnos ac mae ganddo drwydded i werthu alcohol.

Dywedodd y Cyfarwyddwr David Edwards:

“Roedd Covid yn golygu ein bod wedi penderfynu cau The Play King a throsglwyddo’r asedau i greu’r ganolfan adloniant teuluol newydd hon ond ni fyddai wedi digwydd heb gefnogaeth y Banc Datblygu. Rydym mor ddiolchgar eu bod wedi camu i’r adwy gyda’r cyllid sydd ei angen i gwblhau’r gwaith ail wampio a dod â’r cyfleuster newydd anhygoel hwn yn fyw er budd ein cwsmeriaid, yn hen ac ifanc fel ei gilydd.”

Dywedodd yr Uwch Swyddog Buddsoddi, Navid Falatoori:

“Pinopolis yw’r cyntaf o’i fath yn Sir Gaerfyrddin ac mae’n ased gwirioneddol i bobl leol a thwristiaid fel ei gilydd; mae’n darparu cyfleusterau hamdden pob tywydd y mae mawr eu hangen ac mae’n creu swyddi. Mae’n atyniad cyrchfan blaenllaw i’r ardal a fydd yn cael ei ddatblygu’n barhaus gan David a Georgia dros y misoedd a’r blynyddoedd nesaf i sicrhau ei fod yn gadarn ar fap twristiaeth Cymru.”

Darparwyd cyngor cyllid corfforaethol i Pinopolis gan John Saunders o Cadre Advisory o Gaerdydd.

Ychwanegodd:

“Rydyn ni wedi gweithio’n agos gyda’r perchnogion a’r Banc Datblygu ar hyn dros gyfnod o 2 flynedd i ddod â’r prosiect cyffrous newydd hwn, a gafodd ei oedi yn sgil Covid, i’r farchnadle.”

Daeth y cyllid ar gyfer Pinopolis o Gronfa Buddsoddi Twristiaeth Cymru gwerth £50 miliwn. Wedi’i ariannu’n gyfan gwbl gan Lywodraeth Cymru, mae benthyciadau rhwng £100,000 a £5 miliwn ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau twristiaeth nodedig, sy’n amlwg yn sefyll allan ac sy’n cyd-fynd â blaenoriaethau Llywodraeth Cymru. Gall prosiectau gynnwys cynnyrch arloesol o ansawdd uchel, atyniadau pob tywydd, profiadau sy’n canolbwyntio ar ymwelwyr sy’n nodweddiadol Gymreig, prosiectau diwylliannol neu dreftadaeth arloesol, lleoedd anarferol i aros ac atyniadau blaenllaw.