Cardiff Athletics Stadium (1989)
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| Cardiff Athletics Stadium | |
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| Leckwith Athletics Stadium | |
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| Location | Cardiff, Wales |
| Built | 1989 |
| Opened | 3 August 1989 3 June 1990 (Official) |
| Closed | 2 November 2007 |
| Demolished | November 2007 |
| Owner | Cardiff Council |
| Operator | Cardiff Council |
| Surface | Synthetic |
| Construction cost | GB£5.5 million |
| Main contractors | Kier Western Ltd |
| Tenants |
Cardiff Grange Quins Cardiff City L.F.C. San Domenico R.R.C. |
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The Cardiff Athletics Stadium was also well known as the Leckwith Athletics Stadium and it had athletic facilities and also football facilities. The Cardiff Grange Quins of the Welsh Football League and the Cardiff City F.C. reserve and ladies teams used the available facilities. The athletics track was a synthetic and measures 400 metres with 8 circular lanes and 10 straight lanes. It had been open to the public, seating 2613 (covered) with changing rooms and an all weather floodlights.
The stadium was opened in 1989. When it was built, the £5.5m stadium was considered to be suitable for the 1994 Commonwealth Games if Cardiff had hosted it[1].
The athletes to have competed at the stadium included Linford Christie, Colin Jackson and Jamie Baulch[1].
The stadium has now been demolished to make way for the new Cardiff City stadium and also retail units as part of the development. A new athletics facility is being built just across the Leckwith Road about 100 metres away as part of the same development[1]. It is currently unknown whether or not the new Cardiff Athletics Stadium will carry the same name as its predecessor.
