"Principality" Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
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"Principality" Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 15 Aug 2018
The Millennium Stadium (a.k.a. Stadiwm y Mileniwm) has been run as The Principality Stadium since 2016 as the result of a building society sponsorship deal. Although it is the home of the Wales national rugby union team it has also staged games of the Wales national football team. It was built to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup but has also hosted many other large-scale events including concerts. It has hosted six FA Cup finals and other high-profile football fixtures while Wembley Stadium was being redeveloped. The total construction cost of the stadium was £121 million of which the Millennium Commission funded £46 million. It opened in June 1999 and has a seating capacity of 74,500. It is also the second-largest stadium in the world with a fully retractable roof. The planners chose to build this new stadium on the site of the former National Stadium, but with increased capacity. It is seen across the River Taff from Fitzhamon Embankment. Robert Fitzhamon was the first Lord of Glamorgan, c.1100
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Image Location
Latitude
51.478848
Longitude
-3.18548