SWALEC Stadium

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Sophia Gardens (Welsh: Gerddi Soffia), currently known as SWALEC Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm SWALEC) under a naming rights deal, is a cricket stadium on the West Bank of the River Taff in Cardiff, 1.6 kilometres (one mile) north of Cardiff Arms Park. It was named after Lady Sophia Rawdon-Hastings.
Daughter of the 1st Marquess of Hastings and wife to the 2nd Marquess of Bute, Lady Sophia was concerned to provide open space for recreation in the rapidly expanding city in the late 19th century, in which her husband was heavily involved. The area is currently owned by Cardiff City Council.
The SWALEC Stadium is home to the Glamorgan County Cricket Club. The cricket club has played first-class cricket matches at the venue since 24 May 1967,after moving away from Cardiff Arms Park. A 125-year lease of the ground was acquired in 1995, with the previous leaseholders, Cardiff Athletic Club, moving the cricket section (Cardiff Cricket Club) to the Diamond Ground in Whitchurch.
Five One Day Internationals have been hosted at the SWALEC Stadium since 1999. On 11 April 2008, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced that the SWALEC Stadium would host a series of major Test matches over the next four years. They had already announced that the Stadium would host a One Day International between England and South Africa on 3 September 2008.This made the SWALEC Stadium the 100th Test match venue.
On 4 March 2008, Glamorgan Cricket Club announced a 10 year sponsorship deal with SWALEC, thought to be the biggest single sponsorship by a county cricket club, giving SWALEC the naming rights to the new stadium, which is worth in excess of £1.5 million over 10 years.Construction of the redevelopment of Sophia Gardens began in April 2007,and the redeveloped stadium was first opened for competitive matches on 9 May 2008.

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