The Anonymous Widower

Millennium and Wembley Stadiums Compared

I’m not comparing anything, but their use for football, as I’ve experienced both in the last few days.

I’d say Wembley is very Jaguar, whereas the much less expediently-built stadium in Cardiff is more Audi, with more concrete and wood and less marble.

On the other hand, the sight lines in Cardiff, may even be better to those at Wembley. You also seem to closer to the action.  I wonder, if this is because it is a much squarer stadium than Wembley. Only an architect with experience of sports grounds would know.

Food in both stadia is the usual gluten-rich junk, but then as the Millennium Stadium is in the centre of Cardiff, anybody who like me is choosy with his food will eat off-stadium. That is not really an option at Wembley, so I always eat before I leave home or in the centre of London.

The Millennium Stadium does lose on access to the trains, whereas Wembley has improved greatly in the last ten years.  I believe Cardiff Central station is being rebuilt, so hopefully, better access will come. But a nearly three hour wait for a train to London is unacceptable, even if First Great Western were their usual helpful self, even handing out bottled water.

August 5, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Food, Sport, Transport/Travel | Cardiff, Coeliac/Gluten-Free, First Great Western Trains, Football, Trains, Wembley