Cardiff International Arena Reviews

There are good and bad sides to this concert venue. I'll start with the bad first! It reminds me of a school hall, you could literally walk into an assembly at times, it has the 1980s gym feel about it. So like a school hall the sound's alright but I don't think it's great. That's about it for the bad for me. You can forgive ...  Read the complete review

I really dislike this venue, and try and stay away from it as much as possible. I literally groan with displeasure when I find out that my favourite acts are playing there, knowing that I'll probably stump up the cash to see them in this atmosphere vacuum. The venue holds around 7500 people, so for Cardiff is the only place for bands ...  Read the complete review

I attended the Cardiff International Arena for the first time on Saturday 28th February 2009 to see The Killers. While their performance was as good as I had expected, I was disappointed with the accoustic quality of this so called arena. I had been expecting an arena sized venue and was shoked and dismayed to find that it was only about the size ...  Read the complete review

My main problem with the CIA is the politeness of the staff. Although I can appreciate they are probably used to dealing with thugs and drunks, that is no excuse for talking in a generally patronising manner to everyone they speak to. Prior to going into the anena, we were made to get completely off the steps, pushing the thousands of ...  Read the complete review

Cardiff International arena is one of the smaller arenas in the UK with a capacity of 7,500. The arena holds both seated and standing concerts. I have sat from front row to the very back row of the balcony and also attended standing concerts. I think the view in all flat seated stands is very clear. The view from the balcony is somewhat limited ...  Read the complete review

The Cardiff International Arena has been the main concert for venue in Wales for the past five years. It is only recently with the arrival of the Millenium stadium that Cardiff has started to attract bigger bands. The CIA as it is called is situated in the centre of the city so it has really good access. There is not much parking around ...  Read the complete review