page_title: List of sport venues in Cardiff
section_title: Millennium Stadium
hierarchical_section_title: List of sport venues in Cardiff / Millennium Stadium
caption_attribution_description: English: Millennium Stadium and concourse Entrance to gate 3 and the merchandise shop.
context_page_description: This is a list of sport venues in the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.
context_section_description: The city features an international sporting venue, the 74,500 capacity national Millennium Stadium (Stadiwm y Mileniwm), where Wales' national rugby and football teams play. The Millennium Stadium was built on the site of the former National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park and was opened in 1999, in time to host the 1999 Rugby World Cup, including the final.
  The Millennium Stadium also doubles up as a venue for other concerts and events such as motorsport's World Rally Championship as part of Wales Rally GB, with the first ever indoor special stages of the World Rally Championship being held at the Millennium Stadium in September 2005. It has continued to host this annual event.
  One of the annual Speedway Grands Prix is staged on a purpose built full size track in the Millennium Stadium. The Grand Prix is a round of the World Speedway Championship event. Speedway was first staged at Cardiff White City greyhound stadium during the pre-war era with the first meeting being staged around Christmas 1928. In the early 1950s, a dedicated speedway stadium was constructed in Penarth Road and the Cardiff Dragons raced in the National League Division Three for a short spell.
  The Millennium Stadium has been selected as one of the football venues for the London 2012 Olympics, according to the chairman of the Organising Committee, Lord Coe.
caption: The Millennium Stadium
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