State-of-the art ice rink, luxury cinema and transformed town centre - borough set for major shake-up in 2025

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There are major housing and business developments in the pipelines for Trafford in the year ahead. It follows the March approval of Greater Manchester’s landmark Places for Everyone scheme, which has plotted the planning strategy for the city region in the next 15 years.

Here are some of the developments we can expect to be hearing about in 2025. TraffordCity Ice Arena A new ice rink is planned for the emerging TraffordCity, it was announced in January 2024.

It will be called TraffordCity Ice Arena and will be one of the biggest venues in the country. The state-of-the-art ice rink will also convert into a multi-use event space, developers say.

It will be built next to Chill Factore and iFLY. The three-acre development will be located on the former Soccer Dome site which was cleared by Peel Waters last year in preparation for future leisure developments.