Fifty-six thousand tonnes of concrete and steel have created the Millennium Stadium, which has risen like the phoenix from the debris of the old Cardiff Arms Park. The Stadium is re-orientated through 90 degrees, so that the pitch now runs North to South.

Physical Details:
Footprint - 40,000 metres square
Bowl Volume - 1,500,000 cubic metres
Seating - 74,500 spectators overall

Tiers (3):
Lower - 23,500 Level 3 spectators
Middle - 18,000 Level 4/5 spectators
Upper - 33,000 Level 6 spectators

Debenture seats - 17,400
Club seats - 1500
Hospitality boxes - 128

Masts (4No.) - 90,341 metres high
Foundation Piles - 1,350
Steel Reinforcement - 4,000 tonnes
Concrete - 40,000 tonnes
Structural Steel - 12,000 tonnes
Blockwork -  34,000 m2
Wall Cladding - 24,000 m2

There are seven levels of floor plate providing a myriad of facilities for public and management use:

12 - Escalators
07 - Lifts (1 North, 3 East & West)
06 - Restaurants (Levels 3, 4 & 5 on the East & West)
15 - Public Bars
23 - Food & beverage Outlets
13 - Programme & Merchandise Outlets
13 - Parenting rooms
17 - First Aid rooms

The mechanical and electrical statistics are also impressive:

90 litres per sec - Water supply
1,750 litres - Stored potable water
1,500 m3 - Gas supply
8 MW - Electrical supply
110 (each 1.8 kW) - Pitch Flood Lights
760 - Toilet pans
640 - Wash band basins
2,500 - Sprinkler Heads
10 km - Ductwork
22 km - Steel tube (gas, heat, chill water)
560m - Stainless steel tube
15km - Cast iron pipe (drainage)
5km - Galvanised tube (fire)
18km - Mains cable
30km - Cabletray
15km - Small power and lighting cable
61km - Speaker cables
7000 Luminaries (one every 66m from Cardiff to London and back again
1,512 Public address speakers
10 tonnes -  Total weight of roof speakers - Each the size of a filing cabinet

The amplified power output of the public address system is the equivalent of 1,100 home hi-fi units - The biggest disco in town

1,650 - Smoke/Heat detectors
6 - Flame detectors within the bowl
35km - Fire alarm cable
71 - Security zones within the Stadium
178 - Door contacts
12 - Passive infra-red detectors
10km - Security cable

The most impressive feature of the Millennium Stadium is the fully retractable roof:

20 - Shiploads of steel imported through Cardiff Docks
1,200 - Drawings
1m dia - Largest tube in the roof
2No.-  Sections each weighting 400 tonnes
Opening size - 105m x 80m
Opening / Closing time - 20 minutes
£2.54 - To open or close the roof
3.2km - Roof tensioning cables
63 - Tendons within each upper cable
72 - Tendons within the lower cables
212,520km - Total length of the tendons
60kn - Stress per individual cable tendon

More than 200,000 nuts and bolts used in the roof steel

26,862 m2 - Area of the fixed roof
8,960 m2 - Area of the moving roof

Internally the building has:
1,131 - Doors (individual leafs)
10,000 litres - Vinyl silk paint
170 tonnes - Floor finishes on concourses

Pitch:
120m x 79m - Pitch dimensions
9,480 m2 - Area of play
7,412 - Pallets, each is 1.3 m2
188 - Articulated lorry loads

Operational event day staff:
Safety Officers - 2
Senior Stewards - 6
Steward Teams - 34
Stewards - 750
Catering Staff - 500
First Aid - 120
Police - 50
Fire Stewards - 12
Control Room - 17

Ticket Office:
Venuemaster ticketing system
Automated access control
Thermal ticket paper
12 full time staff
Up to 30 part time staff