Olympic Swimming Centre in China Converted to Water Park

State media outlets are reporting that Beijing's Olympic aquatic centre where superstar Michael Phelps swam to eight gold medals will re-open on Sunday as Asia's largest indoor water park.

The re-launch of the Water Cube, famed for its distinctive bubble-wrap skin, on August 8 will coincide with the two-year anniversary of the start of the Beijing Olympics, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

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Previous state media reports have said the water park in China's capital will include seven-storey slides, a wave machine, shopping arcades, cafes and performance stages.

Adults will have to pay 200 yuan (30 dollars) to enter the park and a ticket for children will cost 160 yuan, the report said -- a high price in a city where the minimum wage comes to 960 yuan a month.

But visitors will still be able to visit the Water Cube -- officially known as the National Aquatics Centre -- without entering the park for far less, it added.

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State media reported earlier this year that the revamp of the venue would cost 200 million yuan.

The Water Cube initially attracted thousands of visitors a day after the Beijing Olympics but as enthusiasm for the Games wore off and without other world-class aquatic competitions, the number of visitors fell off sharply.

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Operators are hoping that the water park will pull in new crowds and prevent the venue from becoming a white elephant.

Source-AFP

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