The Drawing Board: Imagining the Millennium Stadium
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Among the initial design ideas for upping the capacity was an all-seater expansion of the old National Stadium with a third tier added
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As the idea moved towards a new Stadium over redevelopment a first sketching saw the inclusion of a hotel and Cardiff Tower stretching along and beyond the existing site
Millennium Stadium
The first in situ concept of the new Stadium sat slightly further North than at present maintaining the old Empire Pool (foreground) and employing a sliding roof operating from one direction only
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A CAD of the first Millennium Stadium concept showing the sliding roof working from two Northern pylons rather than the four equidistant ones now in situ
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A CAD of the first Millennium Stadium concept this time showing a cutaway of the interior view
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A 3D CAD of the final Millennium Stadium design
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A 3D CAD demonstrating the Millennium Stadium's closed roof
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A blueprint of the Westgate Street site showing the Millennium Stadium's turn through 90 degrees of the old ground
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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Design cutaways show the various layers of construction of the Millennium Stadium
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As early as the first concepts, the Millennium Stadium was envisaged as multi-usage, the left hand sketch depicting rugby in the open air, the right hand sketch depicting the bowl's surface being used for concerts under a closed roof
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