Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium is a stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 74,500.
Key facts
Principality Stadium is a stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom that opened in 1999. Its recorded capacity is 74,500. It is owned by Welsh Rugby Union. It is operated by Welsh Rugby Union. The current name Principality Stadium comes from a naming-rights deal with Principality Building Society that began in 2016. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Millennium Stadium.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 74,500
- Opened
- 1999
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Welsh Rugby Union
- Naming rights
- Principality Building Society
- Name changes
- 1
Principality Stadium is at latitude 51.4782, longitude -3.1826, in Cardiff, United Kingdom. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 51.4782 |
| Longitude | -3.1826 |
| City | Cardiff |
| Region | Not recorded |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| OpenStreetMap object | way/500000115 |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Principality Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Millennium Stadium (no sponsor) ran 1999 to 2016. Principality Stadium (sponsor: Principality Building Society) ran 2016 to present. The average tenure of a name here is 17 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Stadium | None | 1999 to 2016 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Principality Stadium | Principality Building Society | 2016 to present | 20.0 million GBP (about 30.6 million USD) | 10 years | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Welsh Rugby Union | 1999 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Welsh Rugby Union | 1999 to present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
No tenants are recorded for this venue.
Recorded changes
No changes to this venue have been recorded yet. Changes are written by each monthly pipeline run and listed on the change log.
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The dataset as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Manual correction: N/A. Corrected by site editors from a cited primary source.
Row-level sources used for this venue: