Principality Stadium Roof

Principality stadium is located within 30 minutes drive of cardiff airport and 45 minutes drive of bristol airport.

Principality stadium roof.

This roof takes a whole 20 minutes to open and close due to. The all seater stadium has the capacity for 74 500 supporters and features a retractable roof only the second stadium of its type in europe and the largest football stadium in the world with this feature by capacity. To make the best use of the site space available the design for the stadium saw the orientation of the main bowl area move through 90 degrees to run north to south. Apart from centre court and court no 1 at wimbledon the principality stadium is the only stadium in the uk that has a retractable roof.

The stadium hosted the fa cup final for six years between 2001 and 2006 while the new wembley stadium was under construction. Millennium stadium plc has asked for planning. Since opening in june 1999 the millennium stadium has welcomed on average over 1 3 million visitors per year. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us.

It was during those six years that the roof almost failed the team. A short shuttle bus journey connects the airport to the train station at rhoose which is a 30 minute rail journey to cardiff central. The plans include a suspension wire bridge a. A stairway and zip line on the roof of the principality stadium in cardiff have been proposed to allow visitors to experience the city s skyline.

An express bus service t9 operates directly from the terminal to the city centre. Sporting the first fully retractable roof in the uk the venue is at the leading edge as a multi purpose multi faceted event venue. The atmosphere at the principality stadium previously known as the millennium stadium is the result of a combination of unique design features with the biggest factor being the retractable roof.