Discover the best top things to do in Wales, United Kingdom including Bridge Meadow Stadium, The Giant Hospitality Stadium, Principality Stadium, Parc y Scarlets, Sardis Road, The Racecourse Ground, Colwyn Bay Football Club, St Helen's Rugby & Cricket Ground, Corbett Sports Stadium, Rhyl Events Arena.
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Principality Stadium is the home of the Welsh Rugby Team and one of the most iconic stadiums in the world. 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 Stadium is established as a world class must play, must visit venue and has played home to major sporting bodies and music artists over the years. From Madonna and U2 to David Beckham and Joe Calzaghe, Rugby World Cups & Olympics events, some of the world's greatest stars have set the stage alight here. Tours of the Principality Stadium are available through out the week. Experience the inner workings of the 74,000 seater stadium and see where the Welsh Rugby Team battle against opponents from across the globe and where the football titans of Europe fought for the 2017 Champions League Trophy. Principality Stadium Tours run 7 days a week and are £12.50 for adults & £9.00 for 5-16 year olds.
We attended the Wales versus Barbarians match last Saturday. Using the park & ride from Cardiff Football Club, we were discharged in Canal St, giving us ample time and opportunity to walk through the closed streets to enjoy the atmosphere. Anyone who has attended any live event, will know how special the atmosphere is, if you were there. After the usual pre-match preliminaries, we met up with other rugby loving friends, not least because they had our tickets, and were sheperded into the stadium, bags searched, and in our seats by 2.15, about half-an-hour before kick off. With the roof closed and the stadium well-lighted, we enjoyed the theatre before our eyes, with the Welsh Regimental band parading with mascot goat, and the massed male voice choirs singing Calon Lan, Cwm Rhondda, and of course, "Why, why, why Delilah". Finally, the players lined up, the anthems were sung and we were off. The final result with Wales winning 43 points to 33, was just about deserved, but the occassion was particularly special for another reason. It was the final game played by the great Ulsterman, Rory Best, and the final game the former Welsh coach, Warren Gatland would be coaching, this time the Baa-Baas, albeit his successor, Wayne Pivac winning their encounter. Once the game was over, and the final validictory was said, the stadium proper emptied very quickly, allowing us to pick up our return bus to the park and ride facilities out of town. The Millenium stadium has won a good reputation for handling these big games and its well-deserved, and apart from the outrageous prices paid for snacks and drinks, it was jolly good day out.
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The Home of the Scarlets hosted this family wedding celebration. Great environment with friendly helpful staff and good quality buffet food. Recommended
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Looking to return to Wrexham FC is always a pleasure, great people & staff. We we able to uswe the Hospitality Bamfords to watch the Football game vs Yeovil Town FC. Great service, food & company - we will be back.
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I first attended a game at the Bernabay Stadium in 1992 and I’ve seen some much welcomed developments take place in the ensuing quarter of a century. Back in 1992 the ground had a covered side and a covered end both of which had seating but the other side and other end were both left open to the elements. The problem was that the seating in the covered side was quite low down which meant it wasn’t ideal for watching a football match as you’d almost be looking up at the players. The covered end, which hasn’t changed a bit since my first game, has bench like seating but being behind one of the goals again it isn’t the best place to watch from although it’s always been popular with the younger and, shall we say, more boisterous supporters so it’s the place to be if you want to sing and chant. The seating along the covered side has since been removed so it’s now standing only which is better as you get to see more if you choose to watch from that part of the ground. I should perhaps point out that being a non-league ground once you’ve paid to get in you can sit or stand pretty much wherever you like, there’s none of that allocated seat nonsense at the Bay. You can even switch ends at half time. Back in 1992 the other side was basically a grass bank with no cover at all. Being a grass bank it got slippery and therefore difficult to climb if it was raining, and as football is played in the winter it very often rains during matches, but being a raised bank it offered the best view of the pitch so it was usually the most popular vantage point. Since then however a new covered stand has been built on the bank with proper seats and a roof! It even has a couple of hospitality boxes and a press box, although admittedly the hospitality boxes are quite up to Premier League standards. This for me is the most welcomed improvement since my first match as it’s now possible to sit, keep dry and have a decent view of the entire pitch all at the same time. I believe the stand can hold 500 people so given that average attendances are around 200-300 you can usually take your pick as to where to sit. In terms of facilities there’s a small car park just outside the ground but there’s also plenty of free and unrestricted on-street parking and it’s usually easier to make a quicker getaway if you’re parked on the road. Being some distance from the centre of Colwyn Bay it’s not the easiest place to reach by public transport but there is a bus stop right outside, you’d just need to plan ahead though as I doubt there’s a regular service to such a “remote” outpost. Inside the stadium there’s a clubhouse complete with a bar and television, a snack bar selling drinks, chips, pies, etc and a club shop from which you can buy a claret and blue scarf to wave as you cheer the boys on. My one quibble would that the toilets, which like the covered end don’t appear to have changed in 25 years, are too small even for crowds of 200. They are crammed into a corner of the stadium so there probably isn’t much room for expansion but it’s time for a revamp as the facilities are a bit basic although to be fair they are usually kept reasonably clean. All in all the Bernabay is nowhere close to matching stadiums like Anfield, the Etihad or the Emirates but you can’t get into any of those stadiums for a tenner, you can’t pick your own seat and their half time pies are twice the price of those at the Bay. Oh, yeh there’s one thing I’ve forgotten to mention. The team are generally worth watching although as with any sporting team they have good times and bad times. A few years back they reached the Conference North, which is effectively Division 6 North of the English pyramid, but they’ve slipped back a bit since then. However they still play at a decent enough level. Hopefully they can make up some of the lost ground with a promotion or two in the coming years.
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