History:But is that enough? (Twickenham Rugby Stadium)

Member Name: nancyboy13

Product:	Twickenham Rugby Stadium
Date:	08/08/01 (1045 review reads)
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Advantages: The seating is excellent, The shop is brilliant, The food there is very good

Disadvantages: Doesn't always get the atmosphere

Twickenham is well known as the home of rugby and has a very long history behind it. I mean, it's where the RFU were formed for a start. But ever since the new stadium was built it has always said to have one thing lacking: A consistent, electric atmosphere, Some may think that my expectations for an atmosphere during rugby games, I probably do. I spent my first decade of my time on this planet walking through ghost towns on Saturday afternoons (I lived in South East Wales) Down there rugby (union) is huge, each age group in the mini rugby teams has about thirty members in it's squad, whereas here it's fortunate of a club to have enough for a team.
But I'm straying away from the point, I'm just trying to say that I'm used to an electric atmosphere at rugby games, especially internationals, and that Twickenham has often dissapionted me. I'm not saying that it's a concrete brick, (as many of the Welsh refer to it as) it gets a fantastic atmosphere for the 'big' games. Such as playing against the big three, but it doesn't always get it for smaller games such as the six nations.
Twickenham as a stadium is fantastic, I'm not denying it that, (although it could have better/larger/closer to the stadium parking physilities) there isn't a bad seat in the house, and compared to the other international stadium in London (Wembley) it is a clear winner. Even though the new Twickenham stadium is more modern than Wembley (at least the RFU could manage to build a new stadium) as you can easily tell by how efficeintly the food is served and how good the shop and tour of the museum are. (I've actually never been on the tour, but I've only heard good thinghs about it) Twickenham is clearly a world class stadium with a lot of history: But is the history enough if you don't always get the atmosphere?

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