Principality Stadium Roof

Sporting the first fully retractable roof in the uk the venue is at the leading edge as a multi purpose multi faceted event venue.

Principality stadium roof.

Plans have been revealed to install a stairway and zip wire on the roof of the principality stadium so tourists can experience the cardiff skyline. 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. An express bus service t9 operates directly from the terminal to the city centre. 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.

A short shuttle bus journey connects the airport to the train station at rhoose which is a 30 minute rail journey to cardiff central. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. 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. 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.

This roof takes a whole 20 minutes to open and close due to. The plans include a suspension wire bridge a. Specially insulated to maximise its acoustic effect the roof traps the roar of the crowd so that it reverberates around the seating bowl. The stadium hosted the fa cup final for six years between 2001 and 2006 while the new wembley stadium was under construction.

Principality stadium is located within 30 minutes drive of cardiff airport and 45 minutes drive of bristol airport. 56 000 tonnes of concrete and steel went into creating the stadium in a construction project that ran between 1997 and 1999 on the site of the old national stadium. Millennium stadium plc has asked for planning.