Cardiff International Sports Campus ( cy, Campws Chwaraeon Rhyngwladol Caerdydd), is an

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

stadium and playing fields in the

Leckwith Leckwith ( cy, Lecwydd) is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan, just west of Cardiff. Historically, the parish of Leckwith also included land on the east side of the river Ely that is now part of Cardiff itself. This area is also commonly kn ...

area of

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. The campus opened in 2009 as part of the major Leckwith Development, which included a new football and rugby stadium,

Cardiff City Stadium The Cardiff City Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team. Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2 ...

, and a retail park. In July 2015,

Cardiff Council Cardiff Council, formally the County Council of the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Cyngor Sir Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The principal area and its council were established ...

let the stadium and its grounds to Cardiff and Vale College, who further sublet the sports facilities to Cardiff City House of Sport.Report to the Council, 15 March 2015
Cardiff Council. Retrieved 22 November 2015. This lease runs for 30 years as a result of which the stadium is no longer open to the public during the day, although evening opening is unaffected.

Development

The original completion date of the main stadium building and floodlighting of the running track was moved back from May 2008 to early September 2008.Cardiff Athletics Stadium
, Cardiff Council. The stadium has replaced the older

Cardiff Athletics Stadium The Cardiff Athletics Stadium (also known as Leckwith Athletics Stadium) was an athletics and football stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It opened in 1989 and was demolished in 2007, replaced by the Cardiff International Sports Stadium. The Card ...

, which has been demolished as part of the overall Leckwith development, which includes the

. The £5.7million project took 46 weeks to build.

Official opening

The official opening of Cardiff International Sports Campus was on 19 January 2009, attended by former Welsh athletics star

Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became wo ...

."Jacko back to his roots to open city's new sports arena."
''South Wales Echo'', 20 January 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2013.

Facilities

Stadium capacity is 4,953; 2,553 seated and 2,400 standing. The stadium includes a gym, AstroTurf pitches, meeting rooms, and offices. It includes the headquarters of

Welsh Athletics Welsh Athletics (WA; cy, Athletau Cymru) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Wales. It was set up as a limited company in 2007, replacing the former Athletic Association of Wales. Welsh Athletics is part of UK Athletics, the natio ...

—the sport's governing body for Wales—and

Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club (Cardiff AAC) ( cy, Clwb Athletau Amatur Caerdydd), formed in 1882 as Roath (Cardiff) Harriers, is an athletics club based at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff. The club began as a cross country clu ...

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External links

Cardiff International Sports Stadium website
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Development

Official opening

Facilities

See also

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