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General Information

Ground Information

Only the Cardiff Rugby Ground now use the name Cardiff Arms Park. Cardiff Rugby Ground has two main stands, the North Stand, which was renamed the bmibaby.com Stand in August 2002,[25] and the South Stand. Both the bmibaby.com Stand and the South Stand have terracing below seating. The other ends of the ground are the Westgate Street end (east), which has rows of seating below executive boxes, plus the club shop, and the River Taff end (west), which has 26 executive boxes.[26] Cardiff Rugby Ground has two main entrances, the south entrance, and the Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates (north entrance), which was unveiled on 26 December 1949 in honour of the Welsh international rugby player Gwyn Nicholls.[27] The Cardiff Athletic Clubhouse is situated in the corner of the ground between the South Stand and the Westgate Street end.

The South Stand of the Cardiff Rugby Ground formed a complete unit with the North Stand of the National Stadium. Now the same structure of the South Stand of the Cardiff Rugby Ground is also physically attached to the North Stand of the Millennium Stadium. This section is known colloquially as Glanmor’s Gap, after Glanmor Griffiths, former chair and President of the WRU.[28] This came about because the WRU were unable to secure enough funding to include the North Stand in the Millennium Stadium, and the National Lottery Commission would not provide any additional funds to be used for the construction of a new ground for Cardiff RFC. The Millennium Stadium was therefore built with the old reinforced concrete structure of the National Stadium (North Stand) and the new steel Millennium Stadium structure built around it.

Glanmor’s Gap
North Stand, Millennium StadiumThere is doubt about the future of Cardiff Arms Park after 2010. It was announced on 19 September 2007, that the Cardiff Blues team were to move from Cardiff Arms Park for the season 2009–2010 to the new Cardiff City stadium at Leckwith and become tenants of Cardiff City FC. Cardiff RFC Ltd, the company which runs Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC, still has a 15 year lease on the Arms Park, but it is not known if the small crowds, in the region of 1,000 spectators,[29] who regularly support Cardiff RFC, would not be enough to justify remaining at the Ground. The Ground is still owned by Cardiff Athletic Club, and it is believed that Cardiff Blues pay owners Cardiff Athletic Club rent in the region of £100,000 per annum.[30] However, it still has the original requirement on the lease, that the land will only be used for “recreational purposes”, as stipulated by the Bute family. But the Cardiff Arms Park site is a prime piece of real estate in the centre of Cardiff, which means that it may be difficult to sell the land to property developers. The estimated value of the whole Arms Park site could be at least GB£15 million, although with the “recreational use” requirement, its actual value could be a lot less than that figure.[7] A decision by Cardiff Athletic Club on the future of Cardiff Arms Park could be made during 2008.[29]

The move to the new stadium is expected to improve the facilities for both players and supporters. In addition, Cardiff Blues chairman, Peter Thomas, said “A Blues move away from their traditional Cardiff Arms Park home could enable the WRU to complete the Millennium Stadium with an extra 8,000-plus fans able to see games in the (redeveloped) North Stand (Glanmor’s Gap)” and “From a rugby point of view, we might attract more fans from the Valleys if we moved away from the Arms Park”, Cardiff Blues currently attract an average home gate attendance of 8,866 supporters (2007/08 season)

What's Near the Ground?

If you have any information regarding what is near the ground for supporters in terms of pubs, restaurants, or general places of interest, please e-mail them to [email protected]

Directions to the Ground

By Road

From junction 29, 32 & 33 off the M4, follow signs to the city centre. The Arms Park is situated next door to the Millennium Stadium with access through the main gate opposite the Angel Hotel on Westgate Street. We are within walking distance of all major car parks. We are approximately 5-10 minutes walk from Cardiff central bus terminal.

Visit https://www.multimap.com/ for detailed online mapping and cardiffbus.com or nationalexpress.com for more details of local and national bus services.

By Rail

Cardiff Arms Park is approximately 5-10 minutes walk from Cardiff Central station and 10-15 minutes walk from Cardiff Queen Street railway station.

Cardiff Central is served by a number of train operators, including Great Western, Valley Lines and Wales & Borders, linking the capital to the main train routes and primary terminals across the UK.  https://www.networkrail.co.uk/

By Air

Cardiff Wales International Airport is 12 miles west of Cardiff city centre. From the Airport join the M4 Eastbound, exit M4 and follow City Centre signs. Cardiff Arms Park is within walking distance of all city centre car parks.

Admission Prices

Match day ticket prices for 2008/9 at the Arms Park

Adults Under 16’s
Grandstand £20 £5
Terrace £16 £5
Family £16 £5

Season Ticket Prices for 2008/9 at the Arms Park

Adults Students/Senior Under 16’s
Premier £195 n/a n/a
Grandstand £175 £140 £33
Terrace £125 £105 £25
Family £125 £105 £25

Disabled Facilities

Disabled facility information coming soon....

Hotel Accomodation

https://www.visitcardiff.com/ is a great website which can provide different options for accomodation when visiting Cardiff.