Cardiff City Stadium

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Cardiff City Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium under floodlights in January 2010
Cardiff City Stadium under floodlights in January 2010
Data
place Leckwith Road Cardiff CF11 8AZ, United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51 ° 28 '28.3 "  N , 3 ° 12' 0.1"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 28 '28.3 "  N , 3 ° 12' 0.1"  W.
owner Cardiff City Stadium Limited
opening July 22, 2009
First game 22 July 2009
Cardiff City - Celtic Glasgow 0-0
surface Hybrid lawn (Desso GrassMaster)
costs £ 48 million
architect Arup Sport
capacity 33,280 seats
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Events

The Cardiff City Stadium ( Welsh Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd ) is a rugby - and football stadium in the district Leckwith the Welsh capital Cardiff . It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and replaced Ninian Park , which opened in 1910 . The Cardiff Blues , a rugby union team , also use this stadium as a venue. In April 2009 a hybrid turf was laid, which consists of natural turf with artificial turf fibers woven into it. The stadium, which opened on July 22, 2009, initially held 26,828 spectators. It is the second largest sports stadium in Wales after the Millennium Stadium . In 2014, the opposite stand ( Ninian stand ) was increased by two tiers, so that the capacity is now 33,280 seats.

In 2014, the UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Sevilla FC (2-0) was played in the Cardiffer Stadium .

Picture gallery

  • The stadium in July 2008 during construction

  • Opening game between Cardiff City and Celtic Glasgow (0-0)

  • Facade of the Cardiff City Stadium in August 2009

  • The Stereophonics play the first concert in the stadium on June 5th, 2010

panorama

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Panorama of the interior (January 2009)

Web links

Commons : Cardiff City Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dessosports.com: What is Desso GrassMaster? ( Memento from April 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ hgsportsturf.com.au: data document on stadiums with Desso GrassMaster ( memento from January 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) ( PDF , English; 599 kB)
  3. ↑ stadionwelt.de: UEFA Super Cup in Prague article from August 30, 2013