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With the park's name Therme Manchester first announced in 2020, it is expected to open in 2025 now that building has begun. It was expected to open in late 2023, but it was postponed two years because of updated plans submitted in the summer of 2022. It is projected that the event City Centre, which is based outside the Trafford Centre, is expected to attract up to two million visitors per year within the first five years, making it Europe's most popular 'water-based attraction'. The park, which is being marketed as the UK's first 'city-based wellbeing resort,' will cover 28 acres, which is the size of 19 football pitches. Inside, there will be 25 swimming ponds for all ages, as well as a wave pool, 35 waterslides, and an all-season indoor beach.