Cardiff Athletics Stadium
- Cardiff Athletics Stadium
Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Cardiff Athletics Stadium
nickname = "Leckwith Athletics Stadium"
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location = Cardiff, Wales
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built = 1989
opened = 3 August 1989
3 June 1990 "(Official)"
renovated =
expanded =
closed = 2 November 2007
demolished = November 2007
owner = Cardiff Council
operator = Cardiff Council
surface = Synthetic
construction_cost = GB£5.5 million
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main_contractors = Kier Western Ltd
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seating_capacity =
2,613
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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 2,613 (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[cite web |url= http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/rugbynation/cardiff-blues/2007/11/15/end-of-an-era-for-city-landmark-91466-20112288/ |publisher= icwales (Media Wales)|title=End of an era for city landmark |accessdate=2007-11-25] .]The athletes to have competed at the stadium included Linford Christie, Colin Jackson and Jamie Baulch
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
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External links
* [http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=cardiff Cardiff Athletics Stadium]
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