Editing Cardiff Arms Park (section)

=== National Stadium redevelopment ===
[[File:The National Stadium The Arms Park Cardiff.jpg|thumb|right|The National Stadium]]

{{Main|National Stadium, Cardiff}}

The National Stadium, which was previously known as the Welsh National Rugby Ground, was designed by Osborne V Webb & Partners and built by G A Williamson & Associates of [[Porthcawl]] and Andrew Scott & Company of [[Port Talbot]].<ref name="Library">{{cite web |url=http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item10/10307 |publisher=Culturenet Cymru |title=Cardiff Arms Park, 1997 |access-date=1 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503200119/http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item10/10307 |archive-date=3 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=P.D. |last=Thompson |page=204 |chapter=24: The Millennium Stadium—Cardiff Arms Park |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0BsU6JbpYAC |publisher=E & FN Spon |location=London |title=Stadia, Arenas & Grandstands |access-date=4 September 2008 |isbn=978-0-419-24040-2 |editor1-last=Thompson |editor1-first=P. |editor2-last=Tolloczko |editor2-first=J.J.A. |editor3-last=Clarke |editor3-first=J.N. |year=1998 }}</ref> In 1969 construction began on the stadium which replaced the existing rugby ground built in 1881.<ref name="pictures">{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/fascinating-pictures-show-how-different-16482100|website=walesonline.co.uk|title=The fascinating pictures that show how different Cardiff and our national stadium looked before the Principality Stadium existed|access-date=2022-12-09|date=2019-06-25|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207155319/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/fascinating-pictures-show-how-different-16482100?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target|url-status=live}}</ref> The stadium was home to the [[Wales national rugby union team]] since 1964 and the [[Wales national football team]] since 1989. In 1997 the stadium was demolished to make way for the new [[Millennium Stadium]].<ref name="Demolish">{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/how-construction-millennium-stadium-transformed-14999082|website=walesonline.co.uk|title=How the construction of the Millennium Stadium transformed the face of Cardiff|access-date=22 April 2024|date=25 June 2019|archive-date=22 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422215554/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/gallery/how-construction-millennium-stadium-transformed-14999082|url-status=live}}</ref>