Other Usage
Since it was built the ground has been used for numerous other events including:
- It has hosted numerous Wales international matches and alongside Wrexham's The Racecourse Ground which was the venue for the Wales U21 team.
- As part of his Rastaman Vibration Tour Bob Marley staged a concert at the ground on 19 June 1976. This date had originally been scheduled for Stephen Stills but when he was unable to play Bob Marley filled the date. On the day the concert itself was mostly played through heavy rain.
- Pope John Paul II held a rally here during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1982.
- During the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games it hosted the show-jumping championships.
- Cardiff rugby club played at the ground twice between 1960-1961 due to their ground not having floodlights, and the Cardiff City Blue Dragons rugby league team used the ground as their home between 1981 and 1984.
- The Welsh national rugby league team, the Wales Dragons, used Ninian Park as one of its home venues. The ground hosted 6 internationals between 1981 and 1995. The Dragons held a 3-3 record at Ninian Park, winning its last game 28-6 over France in front of the largest International Rugby League crowd at the ground (10,250) on their way to a Semi-final berth in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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