Cardiff's new stadium opened last night

[Bozza]

I'd probably be quite bitter about this, if it were not for the wonderful progress being made daily at Falmer.

I quite liked Ninian Park - a proper old stadium that could host a fantastic atmosphere.

 

[Franks Wild Years]

I drove past it last week, and through gritted teeth have to admit that it looks pretty good. It being just over the road from Ninian Park kind of adds to it aswell, the past on one side and the future on the other. Good luck to them.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

A 15 000 crowd for their first game, in a 27 000 capacity ground!!??

I'd have thought it should have been a sell-out?

 

[crodonilson]

It looks like a magnificent venue and just whets the appetite for when we will be in the same position.

 

[Frutos]

Is this the one where the outside looks like it's corrugated plastic?

 

[severnside gull]

the problem with any new football ground in Cardiff is that it will attract the same neandethals as the old one

 

[natterjack]

Believe me, Cardiff's new (Legoland) stadium is nowhere near the standard Falmer will be - so don't get too jealous.

Just put up with Withdean for a little longer

 

[SurreySeagulls]

A 15 000 crowd for their first game, in a 27 000 capacity ground!!??

I'd have thought it should have been a sell-out?

My guess it that it was part of the ramp up event needed to get a safety certificate for 27,000

 

[Hiney]

Believe me, Cardiff's new (Legoland) stadium is nowhere near the standard Falmer will be - so don't get too jealous.

Just put up with Withdean for a little longer

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

A 15 000 crowd for their first game, in a 27 000 capacity ground!!??

I'd have thought it should have been a sell-out?

Guess it would have been for a league game. Hope Falmer's first is a league game, rather than some meaningless tripe, otherwise I can't see us selling out either.

Who were the opposition for the Cardiff game?

 

[SurreySeagulls]

Celtic were the opposition

 

[kevinsmith]

Who were the opposition for the Cardiff game?[/QUOTE]

Glasgow Celtic

 

[Willow]

It's got that charmless identikit look to it. Why do so many of these new stadiums look so bland? Where is the imagination? And you just know they will have the PA system cranked up to 1000 decibels, too.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Said with a Swansea accent Natterjack??

You are rapidly becoming a legend.

 

[sten_super]

A 15 000 crowd for their first game, in a 27 000 capacity ground!!??

I'd have thought it should have been a sell-out?

That really is pretty poor, especially when you consider that
a) it was Celtic, so pretty big opposition
b) Celtic bought over 1k, so the Cardiff attendance was in fact less than 14k

In reply to SurreySeagulls, from the picture it doesn't look like a ramp up event. There are empty seats all around rather than in one or two empty blocks.

 

[strings]

Guess it would have been for a league game. Hope Falmer's first is a league game, rather than some meaningless tripe, otherwise I can't see us selling out either.

I believe that an event at a lowered capacity has to be held before a full-capacity event. Hence only 15,000 last night. The same will probably have to happen at Falmer.

Wembley had two ramp up events - an event for local community people with a limited capacity and an under-21 game with capacity limited to 60,000 before the first 'proper' game there.

 

[patchamalbion]

A 15 000 crowd for their first game, in a 27 000 capacity ground!!??

I'd have thought it should have been a sell-out?

my cardiff supporting mate tells me that they had to limit it to 15,000 to get some sort of certificate.they could have sold a lot more as you can imagine

 

[Muzzman]

I believe that an event at a lowered capacity has to be held before a full-capacity event. Hence only 15,000 last night. The same will probably have to happen at Falmer.

Wembley had two ramp up events - an event for local community people with a limited capacity and an under-21 game with capacity limited to 60,000 before the first 'proper' game there.

I thought last night was their first 'full-capacity' test. Their first game at the new stadia was against Chasetown.

 

[supaseagull]

So far as new stadiums go, I think it lacks character & imagination. Apart from the fact that the corners are filled in, it looks no different to the Den

 

[sam86]

Believe me, Cardiff's new (Legoland) stadium is nowhere near the standard Falmer will be - so don't get too jealous.

Just put up with Withdean for a little longer

What a brilliant response