Principality Stadium Roof

Since opening in june 1999 the millennium stadium has welcomed on average over 1 3 million visitors per year.

Principality stadium roof. A short shuttle bus journey connects the airport to the train station at rhoose which is a 30 minute rail journey to cardiff central. Apart from centre court and court no 1 at wimbledon the principality stadium is the only stadium in the uk that has a retractable roof. This roof takes a whole 20 minutes to open and close due to. The all seater stadium has the capacity for 74 500 supporters and features a retractable roof only the second stadium of its type in europe and the largest football stadium in the world with this feature by capacity.

To make the best use of the site space available the design for the stadium saw the orientation of the main bowl area move through 90 degrees to run north to south. Plans have been revealed to install a stairway and zip wire on the roof of the principality stadium so tourists can experience the cardiff skyline. Principality stadium is located within 30 minutes drive of cardiff airport and 45 minutes drive of bristol airport. Sporting the first fully retractable roof in the uk the venue is at the leading edge as a multi purpose multi faceted event venue.

56 000 tonnes of concrete and steel went into creating the stadium in a construction project that ran between 1997 and 1999 on the site of the old national stadium. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. The atmosphere at the principality stadium previously known as the millennium stadium is the result of a combination of unique design features with the biggest factor being the retractable roof. The plans include a suspension wire bridge a.

An express bus service t9 operates directly from the terminal to the city centre. Specially insulated to maximise its acoustic effect the roof traps the roar of the crowd so that it reverberates around the seating bowl. The stadium hosted the fa cup final for six years between 2001 and 2006 while the new wembley stadium was under construction.