The Millennium Stadium - What The Hell Were They On About? (Millennium Stadium (Cardiff))

Member Name: Rocky13

Product:	Millennium Stadium (Cardiff)
Date:	14/08/02 (196 review reads)
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Advantages: National Stadium, Millennium Stadium

Disadvantages: Waste Of Time, Lost buildings for nothing

I, like many others, was excited to hear that a new stadium was to be built in my home city of Cardiff.

I have been to the Millennium Stadium many times. Just a few of the games I have been to see there have been Wales vs Australia (2001), Wales vs South Africa (2000), Argentina vs Japan (RWC99), Wales vs Barbarians (2002), Principality Cup Semis (2002) and many, many, many more!
This has given me a great opportunity to study how well the stadium was built.

Let's take a look at one of the things we were told would happen, and whether they have fulfilled their promise!

It Would Be The Biggest Stadium In The World:
Achieved: No
What did happen: Despite the promise of the WRU that the new stadium would be the largest stadium on the planet, they only built it to a capacity of 72,500. This is at least 2 and a half thousand less than Twickenham, and that isn't even the largest!
Sure, it is a big increase on the capacity of the National Stadium, but still!

If you look around the ground, most noticably on Westgate Street, you will see that almost directy opposite Burger King, work is STILL being done to complete the stadium. And there are still parts of the old ground sticking up in the top of the North Stand!

You also have the recently raised issue of land still owned by British Telecom, being built by part of the ground!

It's hardly ever used anyway!

It is fine for you when you are watching a match, it's just the principal behind it being built.

It was basically a waste of time. Now we have lost the Empire Pool and National Stadium to a stadium that has not lived up to its expectations.

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