The Welsh people can be proud of this stadium (Millennium Stadium (Cardiff))

Member Name: Beanie8844

Product:	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)
Date:	17/07/09 (124 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: large capacity, excellent views of the playing surface, station nearby

Disadvantages: if i had to say one disadvantage then it would be to increase capacity

I was fortunate enough to get a trip to the Millennium Stadium in 2004 when my team Millwall made it to the Football Association Cup Final and the new Wembley Stadium was still under construction. Although we went on to lose the game 3-0, lets face it we were never going to win, the stadium was worth the trip alone as it was quite spectacular. We were sitting in the south stand for the game and the view was quite superb. The stadium is all-round and built on three levels, a lower tier, middle tier and top tier; the south stand is the only stand which doesn't have a top tier as it has been built this way to accommodate the sliding roof which can be closed in bad weather or for certain events. Although this is quite common place for modern day stadiums now, ten years ago in 1999 when the Millennium Stadium was built it wasn't and this stadium was one of the first to feature a fully closing roof; quite a feat really and something for the welsh people to be proud of. The seats are coloured either red or green, representing the colours of the Welsh and this gives the stadium a quite unique appearance, in contrast to many other stadiums which are usually one colour; a nice addition.

The stadium is not only used for football matches, rugby is played there also and I believe speedway is regularly too and of course the many concerts. I'm sure all who visit it will be extremely impressed by the stadium they'll see before them and at 74,500 seats it is one of the biggest stadia in Europe. At a cost of £121,000,000 the Millennium Stadium is a fine example of a large stadium that doesn't cost the earth. The New Wembley was far more expensive than this, delayed for years and still only has just over 15,000 more seats. When you look at it like that the Millennium Stadium sounds a lot better.

I will definitely try and return to the Millennium Stadium, if not with Millwall then I may catch an England Rugby International there during the six nations tournament or something as I was really impressed by the arena. If you pay the stadium a visit I'm sure you'll be equally as impressed.

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Summary: an excellent stadium, a credit to the people of Wales