NATIONAL STADIUM OF WALES GROUND REGULATIONS
Below are the Ground Regulations when attending the final match of the UEFA Champions
League™ 2016/2017 at National Stadium of Wales. Please ensure you aware of all rules &
regulations before attending the event.
1. Any person who enters the stadium (including the outer concourses) at Westgate Street, Cardiff, CF10 1NS ("the
Stadium") operated by The Welsh Rugby Union Limited and/or Millennium Stadium plc ("WRU Group") or other
property owned or controlled by the WRU Group in the vicinity of the Stadium (together known as "the Grounds")
is admitted only on the basis of these Rules and by entering the Grounds shall be deemed to have accepted these
Rules.
2. Admission to the Stadium is only by the entrance indicated on the ticket and cannot be guaranteed if the ticket
holder arrives at the Stadium less than 30 minutes before the advertised commencement or kick off time.
3. Any person who enters the Ground is liable to be searched by a police officer, steward or representative of the
WRU Group and the WRU Group reserves the right to refuse admission to, or to eject from the Grounds, any person
who refuses to be searched.
4. The following offences are prohibited and any person committing such an offence will be ejected from the
Grounds:
a. The throwing of any object within, at or towards the Stadium playing area, any area adjacent to the playing area
or any area in which spectators or other persons are or may be present;
b. The use of foul or abusive language, indecent or racial chanting, including threatening, abusive or insulting
language directed to a person by reason of his colour, race, sexuality, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or
national origins;
c. Unauthorised entry upon the field of play and this includes going onto the playing area, or any area adjacent to
the playing area to which spectators are not generally admitted;
d. Unnecessary noise or behaviour likely to cause confusion or nuisance of any kind;
e. Climbing onto or into stands, buildings, fences, structures or fittings within the Stadium or Grounds.
5. Access or attempting to gain access to non public areas of the Grounds or areas of the Stadium not authorised by
the event ticket is strictly prohibited. No person may obstruct, loiter or remain in any gangway, entrance, exit or
staircase at any time. Any person entering the Stadium or Grounds must comply with the lawful directions of any
police officer, steward or representative of the WRU Group and any person who fails to comply will be ejected from
the Stadium or Grounds.
6. Other than in exceptional circumstances permitted by the WRU Group no person may bring into the Stadium any
food or beverages. Admission to the Stadium will be denied if a person attempts to gain entry with alcohol, or any
article capable of causing injury to a person struck by it, for example a bottle, can or other portable container.
7. Any person within the Stadium or attempting to gain access to the Stadium or Grounds who is, or appears to be
under the influence of drink or drugs may be ejected from the Stadium or refused entry into the Stadium or Grounds.
8. Smoking, including any form of electronic cigarette in the Grounds is strictly forbidden and any person found to
be smoking at the Stadium may be ejected from the Grounds.
9. Fireworks, flares, pyrotechnics, all horns including air horns, musical instruments, smoke canisters, laser pointers,
bottles, glasses, cans, cooking devices, banners, poles, 'selfie 'sticks, knives, blades and other articles or containers including any which could or might be used as a weapon - or any other item which in the reasonable opinion of the
WRU Group, its servants or agents, could be used as a weapon or cause nuisance to others, are prohibited within
the Stadium. An exemption may be granted to permit the use of air horns in respect of certain classes of event. In
such a case, details will be printed on the event ticket.
10. All promotional, commercial, political and religious printed matter, including but not limited to leaflets, banners,
flags, signs, symbols are prohibited within the Stadium and Grounds unless authorised by the WRU Group. Any
objects or clothing bearing statements or commercial identification intended for "ambush marketing" are prohibited
within the Stadium and Grounds. Any person who is in possession of such items may be refused entry or ejected,
and may be subject to legal action.
11. All children over the age of 12 months will require an event ticket to gain entry into the Stadium. No pushchairs
or prams are allowed into the Stadium.
12. Animals (except service dogs and guide dogs) or livestock are prohibited from entering the Stadium or Grounds
unless specifically authorised by the WRU Group.
13. No person (other than a person who holds an appropriate accreditation from WRU Group) may bring into the
Grounds or use within the Grounds any equipment which is capable of recording or transmitting (by digital or other
means) any audio, visual or audio-visual material or any information or data in relation to an Event or the Grounds
(save for photographs taken for personal non-commercial purposes). Copyright in any unauthorised recording or
transmission is assigned (by way of present assignment of future copyright pursuant to section 91 of the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988) to WRU Group.
14. No person unless authorised in writing by the WRU Group is permitted to distribute or offer for sale or sell within
the Stadium or Grounds any item or article whatsoever which includes any ticket, programme, newspaper or leaflet.
No person is allowed to conduct a charitable collection unless authorised and if so authorised, the person must carry
evidence of such authorisation.
15. All vehicles shall be parked within car parks in accordance with instructions communicated by the WRU Group,
its servants or agents.
16. The WRU Group, its servants or agents will not be liable for any loss, injury or damage to including of or to any
vehicle or its contents in any car park or to any person or their belongings who enters the Stadium or Grounds caused
by the WRU Group or its servants or agents, in circumstances where there is no breach of a legal duty of care owed
by the WRU Group or its servants or agents; or in circumstances where such loss or damage is not a reasonably
foreseeable result of any such breach (save for death or personal injury as a result of a breach of legal duty of care
owed by the WRU Group, its servants or agents) or to the extent that any increase in loss or damage results from
breach by the person of any of the terms of allocation, distribution or these rules. The WRU will be not be responsible
for any loss, theft or damage of the ticket holder's personal belongings, other than caused as a result of its negligence
or other breach of statutory duty. A person enters the Stadium and Grounds at their own risk.
17. Closed circuit television ("CCTV") recording operates throughout the Stadium and Grounds for the purpose of
crowd safety management, crime prevention and detection, and the maintenance of public order. Any enquires in
respect of CCTV should be addressed to the System Administrator, telephone number 029 2082 2150. Ticket
holders give their express consent to the use of their actual or simulated likeness in connection with production,
exhibition, advertising or exploitation of any film, video and/or audio recording of this event and or element thereof
in/any media throughout the world.
18. There is no re-admission to the Grounds.
19. The WRU Group reserves the right to make alterations to the published event programme where reasonably
necessary.
20. All persons entering the Stadium are admitted only subject to the above rules. Entry to the Stadium shall be
deemed to constitute unqualified acceptance of all the above rules. The WRU Group, its servants, agents and police
officers shall be entitled to refuse admission, re-admission to, or to eject from the Stadium or the Grounds any person
who does not comply with or is in breach of the Ground Rules, or other terms applying to the specific event.
21. The following shall also apply:
a. On no account will admission be granted to a person who is the subject of a current Banning Order.
b. Any individual who has entered any part of the Grounds designated for the use of any group of supporters to
which they do not belong may be ejected from the Grounds either for the purposes of their own safety or for any
other reason;
c. It is prohibited to be in possession of any intoxicating liquor, or bottle, can or other portable container and which
could cause damage or personal injury when entering the Grounds or in a public area of the Grounds from which the
event can be directly viewed;
d. Such acts will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Grounds.