Make it Happen!
Building the Wales Millennium Stadium
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The inside story of building the Wales Millennium Stadium 1995 – 2000 in time for the Rugby World Cup 1999 by Pat Thompson, highlighting the challenges and the process of building this great, iconic stadium in the heart of the capital city of Wales. Told in his own words, it is intended as a record of a great visionary achievement delivered within a short timescale by a resolute, hardworking, talented, multi-disciplinary team of specialists.
Make it Happen!
By Pat Thompson and Terry Stevens
Paperback | 250 x 200mm
ISBN 9781805952206 | £20
Pat Thompson was the Project Manager for South Glamorgan County Council until his retirement in 2023 at the age of 80. During this time, he worked on many of Cardiff’s most iconic projects, including the Millennium Stadium (later renamed the Principality Stadium in 2016). Such projects included overseeing the development of the Welsh National Tennis Centre, the infrastructure for the International Sports Village and for the 2012 Volvo Round the World Race, the construction of the Eastern Park and Ride at Pentwyn, the pedestrianisation of St Mary Street, bringing back the Pierhead Clock from Alabama in the United States to Cardiff, and the provision of new visitor facilities at Cardiff Castle.
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