Home Ground
The Blues home ground is the Cardiff Arms Park from the 2012/13 season on. They may play some games at the Cardiff City Stadium when demand exceeds capacity at the Arms Park. For 3 years from 2009/10 they played almost all of their home games at the Cardiff City Stadium, but declining demand and supported dissatisfaction led to them playing a number of home games at the Arms park in the 2011/12 season, which proved a great success. Cardiff Blues first returned to the Arms Park on 10 February 2012 for the Pro12 match against Connacht. A maximum capacity crowd of 8,000, achieved despite short notice and for one of the least glamorous fixtures. A week later they again sold out for a home game against Ulster
From the beginning of the 09–10 season Cardiff Blues moved to the new Cardiff City Stadium at Leckwith. The Blues were tennants at this stadium to Cardiff City F.C.. The first Cardiff Blues home game at the new stadium was a friendly to Leicester RFC which they lost 5–14, the attendance was 16,000 It was announced the 20 year lease between Cardiff City F.C. and the Blues had been broken by mutual consent on the 8th May 2012.
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