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Cardiff International Arena (formerly known as Cardiff International Arena & Convention Centre and Motorpoint Arena Cardiff and currently, for sponsorship reasons, as Utilita Arena Cardiff) is an indoor exhibition centre and events arena located in Cardiff, Wales, and was opened on 9 September 1993 by singer Shirley Bassey. [1]
The concert raised £1.25m and 61,000 people attended the event at the stadium. The concert was, at the time, the biggest charity concert held in the United Kingdom since Live Aid in 1985. The main tickets sold out in just 3 days with a further 3,000 tickets issued selling out in 20 minutes. [19] 29 June U2: Vertigo Tour: The Killers and ...
The site of the former depot was left as scrub land until the late 1980s, when redevelopment started with the creation of the new Colum Drive, which runs parallel and adjacent to the railway line. Most of the land was redeveloped with buildings and activities associated with the University of Cardiff .
The Grangetown tram depot was one of six in Cardiff (though three of these closed in 1902/3). [4] Its red brick buildings date from 1902, were extended in 1925 and served as the terminus for Cardiff's trams to the west of the city, from 1902 until 1946. [5] They were used for the trolleybus service until 1953. [4]
The best seats in the middle tier were priced at £240 each, while the best standing tickets cost £195. [5] Student tickets were available from £25. [6] Chris Hunt of Global Live Events confirmed before the event that the stadium's capacity had been reduced down from 75,000 to 50,000, with only 40,000 tickets having been sold. [7]
Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff- (160) opened 2013 [3] The Globe (350) - opened on Albany Road, Roath, in November 2008. [4] Inkspot Venue Cardiff - conference rooms, live music events [5] The Moon Club, Womanby Street [6] The Point (500) - closed in January 2009, following a single complaint from a neighbour about noise. [4]
Cardiff Canton was opened in June 1882 as a six road, 240-foot (73 m)-long shed, built to replace Long Dyke, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Cardiff General station. The GWR enlarged the depot in 1897 with a 55 ft (17 m)-diameter turntable installed in a square locomotive shed with 28 roads radiating of off the turntable.
5 August Simple Minds [5] [6] Street Fighting Years Tour: The Silencers, The Darling Buds, Texas: 1990 16 July The Rolling Stones [7] Urban Jungle Tour: Dan Reed Network: 1992 23 May World Choir [8] 10,000 Voices at Cardiff Arms Park: Tom Jones, Dennis O'Neill, Gwyneth Jones and Owain Arwel Hughes (conducting) 11 June Dire Straits [9] On Every ...