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Scarlets Park | |
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  Parc y Scarlets Location within Carmarthenshire | |
| Former names | Pemberton Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Pemberton, Llanelli, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°40′45″N 4°07′45″W / 51.67917°N 4.12917°W |
| Public transit | Pemberton Lights bus stop Llanelli |
| Owner | Carmarthenshire County Council |
| Operator | Llanelli RFC / Carmarthenshire County Council |
| Capacity | 14,870[1] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 15 November 2008[3] |
| Construction cost | £23 million[2] |
| Architect | Miller Partnership |
| Tenants | |
| Scarlets Llanelli RFC | |
| Website | |
| parcyscarlets | |
Parc y Scarlets (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈpark ə ˈskarlɛts], meaning: Scarlets Park) is a rugby union stadium in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, that opened in November 2008 as the new home of the Scarlets and Llanelli RFC.
The ground replaced Stradey Park, the home of Llanelli's rugby teams for almost 130 years. The stadium complex includes facilities for matchday supporters and for non-matchday revenue generation, as well as a training barn and a training pitch with athletics track.[1] The stadium also occasionally hosts some matches of the Wales national under-21 and senior football teams, as well as Llanelli Town A.F.C.'s matches in European competitions. Swansea City A.F.C. Reserve Team played all of their home fixtures at the stadium in the 2011/2012 season. In 2020 the venue was used for Wales home games during the Autumn Nations Cup due to the Millennium Stadium being used as a backup Covid venue to Dragon's Heart hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
- ^ a b "Parc y Scarlets set to open". Scarlets. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ "Scarlets stadium work goes online". BBC News. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ "Parc y Scarlets –". Stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Wales stay at Parc y Scarlets for rest of 2020". Scarlets Rugby. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.