Impressive stadium about 4 km from the city city, but easily accessible by public transport. There's also plenty of parking in the vicinity, plus park and ride facilities. The stadium is well organised and clean with a spacious concourse with numerous food and drink outlets. Lots of WC's with hot water, soap and hand driers. Atmosphere inside the stadium is great, views from all seats are good, but in winter make sure you've got a long coat on, seats are cold!
Good view from all seats. You could get wet in the lower tier front seven rows if it’s raining.
You’ve got Greggs a harvester and a Costa outside. But be aware you can’t take a Costa inside the ground. They said you can’t take branded drinks in the ground.
There is also a chippy cross the road.
If you are an away fans coach as you approach ground there is a set of lights. Just after that bear left.
There has been some discussion on my past reviews of footballing stadia among my loved ones. I am awarding the same number of stars to this as Sellhurst Park. This has caused controversy. Sellhurst was less comfortable, and did have areas for improvement. However, I very much enjoyed the aesthetics of the wooden plank floors. I also enjoyed Ted Lasso, even though there was a lot of football in it.
Abertawe (please, please, please use the original name, respect is free and easy, and it is fun to say. I direct this to whoever made the name decision. I can help with pronunciation) has more concrete and more of a brutalised aesthetic than my own taste, but it was nice and easy to walk around, not cramped at all. The backstage areas (oh, apparently 'lounges') are a bit bleak, Cardiff and Llanelli were a bit more welcoming. Then again, I was wandering around and catching up with people not seen in years, so I missed lots of the interval chat in the backstage bit I was meant to go. It was lovely to see them all, even when I slightly forgot names. I think mine was forgotten too, but we were all very happy.
I had a nice chat with a radio person. She liked my subtle outfit. It was BBC Wales, so I could only do a little Welsh practice.
Huw got a pie, I think. Maybe not.
I only came in passing as I was on holiday in area and Swansea is one of the grounds iv never visited so I called in. Absolutely beautiful stadium. Need to go to a match soon to tick it off I'm currently on 36/92
To see Take That on the This Life tour. Sensational production with fantastic stage lighting and sound. The most notable thing apart from the performance itself was the fantastic organisation as far as stewards etc. Lovely friendly people who were helping to show people to seats etc. The downside was the hords of people leaving and getting to the carparks. From leaving the stadium to actually getting to the M4 motorway was over 2 hours. It didn't spoil the night.
With the Vetch Field, St Helen's and The Gnoll no longer being up-to-date venues to play at, and both the Swans and the Ospreys not having the necessary capital to invest into a new stadium, Swansea council and a developer-led consortia submitted a proposal for a sustainable 'bowl' venue for 20,520 seats on a site to the west of the River Tawe on the site of the Morfa Stadium, an athletics stadium owned by the City and County of Swansea council. It was funded by a 355,000 ft retail park on land to the east of the river. The final value of the development was in excess of £50m.[4] On 10 July 2005, Liberty Stadium was opened and became the home to Swansea City (replacing the Vetch Field) and the Ospreys (replacing St Helen's and The Gnoll). On 23 July 2005, Liberty Stadium was officially opened as Swansea City faced Fulham, (then managed by former Swansea player Chris Coleman) in a friendly match.[5] The match ended in a 1–1 draw with the first goal being scored by Fulham's Steed Malbranque. Swansea's Marc Goodfellow scored during the game to level the match.[6] Before a league match between Swansea City and Oldham Athletic in October 2005, a statue of Ivor Allchurch was unveiled to commemorate the Swansea-born star who during two spells for the club scored a record 164 goals in 445 appearances.[7] The first capacity crowd recorded at Liberty Stadium was on the 1 November 2006 when The Ospreys beat Australia A 24–16.[8] The stadium has hosted multiple Wales football internationals, listed below.
Seating at Liberty Stadium is often sold out during Swansea City football matches. Swansea City have expressed a desire to have the capacity of the stadium increased and have held talks with Swansea Council during the 2011–2012 season for the future expansion of the Liberty Stadium which would be completed in a number of phases beginning with expansion or redevelopment of the east stand.[9] Plans for a new McDonald's fast food restaurant to be opened near the stadium threw expansion plans into doubt.[10] However, the planning application was withdrawn.[11] In December 2013, it was reported by BBC News that the European Commission had requested details of the funding of the stadium, as part of a wider inquiry into state aid for sports clubs.[12] At the start of the 2014–15 Premier League season, a number of changes were made to the stadium. These included two new 'Jumbotron' screens inside the north and south stands, measuring approximately 200 inches. Due to sponsorship by LG all televisions in food outlets and concourse were replaced by 50" LG TV screens and the south stand renamed The LG Stand. New advertising boards with a crowd facing side were also added.
Expansions planned would expand the stadium to 33,000, with another expansion upgrading the stadium to above the 40,000 mark. This would make Wales national football matches a possibility.
Naming[edit] During its construction, a variety of names were suggested for it: most commonly used was "White Rock" stadium (after the copper works of the same name which existed on the site historically). However "White Rock" was only used as a temporary name during its construction and when work was finished, the name was dropped and the stadium owners began looking for sponsors for the stadium.[13] While sponsors were being searched for, it was called "New Stadium Swansea". On 18 October 2005, Swansea-based developers Liberty Properties Plc won the naming rights to call it "Liberty Stadium".[14] In UEFA matches, it is called Swansea Stadium due to UEFA regulations on sponsorship.[15]