Principality Stadium
Cardiff · 73,931 capacity
Principality Stadium hospitality in Cardiff covers executive private suites and the stadium's named lounges, for Six Nations rugby, stadium concerts and major one-off events at the national stadium of Wales. Wales meet Ireland and England there in the 2027 Six Nations, and Andrea Bocelli plays the stadium on Saturday 8 May 2027.
About Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium hospitality means a private executive suite or one of the stadium’s named lounges inside the national stadium of Wales, five minutes on foot from Cardiff Central. Wales meet Ireland and England there in the 2027 Six Nations, Andrea Bocelli performs on Saturday 8 May 2027, and the building hosts the opening match of UEFA Euro 2028. Four things the stadium publishes shape any hospitality evening here: no re-admission once you are inside, a bag limit of 35cm x 40cm x 19cm with no storage in the ground, hospitality tickets issued through the stadium’s own app, and a queuing system that normally runs at Cardiff Central afterwards.
What events are held at Principality Stadium?
Principality Stadium staged the 2026 FA Community Shield on Sunday 16 August 2026, when Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-0 in front of 58,056. It is a confirmed UEFA Euro 2028 venue and hosts the opening match of that tournament on 9 June 2028. Andrea Bocelli performs here on Saturday 8 May 2027, the headline night of the inaugural Land of Song Festival and his first headline concert in Wales, and the Côr World Choir returns to the stadium the following day, Sunday 9 May 2027. Across a normal year the building hosts Wales home internationals in the Six Nations and in the Nations Championship, alongside football finals, world title boxing and stadium concerts, and it has staged Rugby World Cup matches since it opened in 1999.
The upcoming dates at Principality Stadium that have their own hospitality page on this site:
- Wales v Ireland in the 2027 Six Nations kicks off at 14:10 on Saturday 20 February 2027 in Cardiff.
- Wales v England in the 2027 Six Nations kicks off at 16:40 on Saturday 6 March 2027 in Cardiff.
- Andrea Bocelli at the Land of Song Festival plays the headline night on Saturday 8 May 2027 in Cardiff. No stage time has been published for it.
On the music side the stadium has hosted Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay. The artist background for the 2027 concert sits on Andrea Bocelli’s profile.
What does Principality Stadium hospitality involve?
Hospitality at Principality Stadium is arranged in executive private suites and in the stadium’s larger named lounges. The stadium publishes 113 executive private suites, each taking around 12 guests. It splits its own hospitality into three categories: rugby events, event hospitality and long term hospitality. It describes them in general terms only: luxurious surroundings, superb cuisine and attentive staff. It publishes no menu and no itemised inclusion list.
The named spaces, with the delegate capacities the stadium publishes for them:
- South Stand Lounge, up to 84
- Millennium Lounge, up to 320
- The Clubhouse, up to 150
- President's Lounge, up to 300
- St Davids Lounge Hybrid Suite, up to 160
- Single Executive Suite, up to 14
- Double Executive Suite, up to 30
Those are event-space delegate capacities, which is how the stadium frames them. They are not concert-night hospitality numbers and should not be read that way.
Official hospitality at the stadium is sold by the Welsh Rugby Union's own commercial operation. Prestige Corporate Events is independent of it and arranges packages separately.
A suite covers the room and what is arranged inside it. It does not cover travel to Cardiff, a hotel, parking, or anything the ground rules prohibit. A bag over 35cm x 40cm x 19cm cannot come through the gate and there is nowhere in the ground to leave it.
Where do hospitality guests sit at Principality Stadium?
A single executive suite at Principality Stadium takes around 12 guests, seating 14 theatre style or 10 boardroom style. A double suite holds a maximum of 30, and the stadium notes that a few double suites face the pitch. It does not publish which tier or level the suites occupy, so a suite map that names a level has not come from the venue.
The stadium seats 73,931 for rugby and football. Wheelchair spaces run throughout the ground at all levels: 158 on Level 3, with 28 each on Levels 4 and 6. Ambulant accessible seating sits in blocks L12 and L27, with extended handrails. The stadium publishes its own seating plan on its website. No capacity figure is published for an individual concert configuration, so a concert layout is never a read-across from a rugby international.
How is a concert night different from a Six Nations Saturday?
A concert night at Principality Stadium changes the layout, the timings and the dress. The stadium publishes no layout for an individual concert, so the configuration is set event by event. Doors and stage times follow the promoter's schedule rather than a kick-off, and hospitality guests tend to dress a shade smarter than a rugby crowd. The gates, the searches and the bag limit do not change.
The roof is the other difference people ask about. Principality Stadium opened on 26 June 1999 and was the first stadium in the United Kingdom built with a fully retractable roof. It is the second largest stadium in the world to have one. The stadium publishes no figure for how long the roof takes to open or close. Treat it as something the building can do, not a promise about any particular night.
Dress is the question that comes up most on the classical side, and the dress-code answer below sets out the convention here. The wider category sits under classical and orchestral concert hospitality.
What are the rules when you arrive at Principality Stadium?
At Principality Stadium you go to the gate printed on your ticket. Search stewards ask you to present yourself with your coat open and to be ready for a body search, and tickets are scanned at the turnstiles once screening is done. Bags must be no bigger than 35cm x 40cm x 19cm, or a standard handbag, and there are no bag storage facilities in the ground.
Rule 18 of the ground rules is clear: there is no re-admission to the ground. Plan the evening around that, because a guest who steps outside does not come back in. Finish food and drink before you reach the gate. Smoking, including any form of electronic cigarette, is confined to designated areas, and the prohibited list runs from flares and air horns to musical instruments, laser pointers, bottles, cans, banners, poles, large golf-type umbrellas, selfie sticks and blades.
Hospitality tickets are issued through the stadium's own app, so a smartphone is needed. That is worth settling with the whole party well before the day rather than in the queue.
How do you get to Principality Stadium, and how do you get away afterwards?
Cardiff Central is the nearest station to Principality Stadium, a five-minute walk away. Coming out of Cardiff Central, bear left on Wood Street for Gates 5 to 7, or right towards Westgate Street for Gates 1 to 4. Cardiff Queen Street is about 15 minutes on foot and serves local Cardiff and South Wales Valleys routes. By road the stadium is 15 minutes from junction 28 of the M4 onto the A48.
The departure is the part hosts underestimate. In the stadium's own words, there is normally a queuing system in operation at Cardiff Central after stadium events. A train booked tight against the finish is a train the group may not make.
There is no dedicated public parking at the stadium. City centre car parks include North Road, St David's, John Lewis, the Capitol and NCP sites, and the taxi rank is on St Mary Street. City centre bus stops move on event days because of road closures. Park and ride for major events is run by Cardiff Council rather than by the stadium, so what runs on a given night is confirmed in advance by the council, not by the venue.
On foot the approaches are level plazas: the Riverwalk from the north to Gate 1, Westgate Plaza from the east to Gate 3, and Millennium Plaza from the south to Gates 6 and 7.
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Accessibility at Principality Stadium
Principality Stadium welcomes all visitors with a range of accessibility facilities. Use the guide below to plan your visit.
Accessibility Notes
Accessible shuttle buses from Park and Ride; proximity to Cardiff Central station with step-free access
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A (_key 6d611d1882): Hospitality dress at Principality Stadium is generally smart casual, and the stadium publishes no dress code of its own, so this is convention rather than a venue rule. Guests for Six Nations rugby often wear jerseys, while most hospitality suites and private boxes encourage smart trousers and shirts, avoiding ripped denim or trainers. For a concert, hospitality guests tend to dress a little smarter than they would for rugby without going formal. If in doubt, dress for the dining room rather than for the stand.
A (_key e73185f3ad): There is no single figure. The cost of a hospitality suite at Principality Stadium turns on the event, the number of guests, which suite is used and what dining is arranged around it, so a Six Nations Saturday and a stadium concert do not price the same way. Costs are quoted per enquiry against a specific date and party size.
A hospitality package covers the suite or lounge and the dining and drinks arranged inside it, plus the match or concert seat it comes with. The stadium publishes no menu and no itemised inclusion list of its own, so what is served is settled per event. A concert evening then runs on the same rules as a rugby international: the gate printed on the ticket, a search on the way in, a bag limit of 35cm x 40cm x 19cm with nowhere to store anything bigger, and no re-admission once you are inside. What changes is the timing, which follows the promoter’s schedule rather than a kick-off, and the dress, which sits a shade smarter than a rugby crowd. Andrea Bocelli plays the stadium on Saturday 8 May 2027, the headline night of the inaugural Land of Song Festival.
A (_key 7477b99ffd): The stadium publishes 113 executive private suites. A single suite accommodates around 12 guests, seating 14 theatre style or 10 boardroom style, and a double suite holds a maximum of 30. The stadium does not publish which level or tier the suites sit on, so a suite map that names a level has not come from the venue.
There is no single on-sale date for the stadium. Each event opens on its own timetable, set around the event’s own announcement rather than around a stadium calendar, and the stadium publishes no hospitality on-sale schedule on its website. That means availability for a named date, such as Wales v Ireland on 20 February 2027 or the Andrea Bocelli concert on 8 May 2027, is confirmed against that date rather than read off a list.
Hospitality at Principality Stadium is arranged per event rather than bought off a shelf. A booking is settled against a named date, a party size and a choice of suite or lounge, because those three things decide what can be arranged and what it costs. The stadium’s own hospitality operation splits into rugby events, event hospitality and long term hospitality, so a suite can be taken for one fixture or held across a longer arrangement, and which applies depends on the event. Official hospitality at the stadium is sold by the Welsh Rugby Union’s own commercial operation; Prestige Corporate Events is independent of it and arranges packages separately.
Wheelchair spaces run throughout the ground at all levels, with 158 on Level 3 and 28 each on Levels 4 and 6. Ambulant accessible seating is in blocks L12 and L27 with extended handrails. Entry is step free across the level plazas, using the Gate 1 approach from the north, Gate 3 from the east and Gates 6 and 7 from the south, and lifts are available with stewards directing. Guide dogs are accommodated in the wheelchair terracing areas for registered users. Parking at the stadium is reserved for blue badge holders, and for third party events, which includes concerts, it is first come first served and subject to availability and to the road closures that come with a major event. Disabled parking is also available at Sophia Gardens and at private city centre car parks, and Cardiff Central, five minutes away on foot, has step-free access. Commentary earpieces and referee link microphones can be requested for Welsh Rugby Union events and should not be assumed for a concert.
Cardiff Central is the nearest station, a five-minute walk away with step-free access. Coming out of Cardiff Central, bear left on Wood Street for Gates 5 to 7, or right towards Westgate Street for Gates 1 to 4, and use the gate printed on your ticket rather than a lounge name, because the stadium does not publish a map tying named lounges to numbered gates. Cardiff Queen Street is about 15 minutes on foot. By road the stadium is 15 minutes from junction 28 of the M4 onto the A48, there is no dedicated public parking at the stadium, and the taxi rank is on St Mary Street. Leaving is the part hosts underestimate: in the stadium’s own words there is normally a queuing system in operation at Cardiff Central after stadium events.