{"id":33172,"date":"2019-02-22T13:17:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33172"},"modified":"2019-02-22T13:17:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T13:17:18","slug":"fans-asked-to-arrive-at-stadium-in-plenty-of-time-for-england-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/22\/fans-asked-to-arrive-at-stadium-in-plenty-of-time-for-england-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans asked to arrive at stadium in plenty of time for Wales-England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-33290\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/IMG_2925-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1141\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/IMG_2925-300x225.jpg 300w, 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293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/IMG_2925-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1141px) 100vw, 1141px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nPRINCIPALITY stadium chief Mark Williams has urged supporters to arrive at the ground as early as possible for Wales\u2019 clash with England tomorrow.<br \/>\nThe third-round clash with England has sold-out with gates opening at 1.45pm for the 4.45pm kick off.<br \/>\nThe call comes after the stadium announced newly enhanced security and search procedures at the gates, and Mr Williams is keen for fans to give themselves plenty of time to get in.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a huge fixture in the Principality Stadium\u2019s sporting calendar, it\u2019s the first game at our new capacity, but also the first time we host England with our full search procedures in place,\u201d said Mr Williams.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are extremely proud of the safety and security measures we employ in Cardiff and we have the spent the last two seasons hammering home the message to Wales\u2019 fans that they need to \u2018get in early\u2019 to ensure they are in their seats in time for anthems and kick off.<br \/>\n\u201cThis will be the first time for many England supporters so it is vitally important that they get the message to arrive early and without unnecessary bags so they can be processed through search lines quickly.\u201d<br \/>\nThe stadium will be showing France\u2019s clash with Scotland, which kicks off at 2.15pm to entertain fans who arrive early.<br \/>\n\u201cI know Warren Gatland and the players will want to hear Welsh fans in full voice during their warm-ups, drowning out any opposition favourites.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Principality Stadium timeline for Saturday afternoon\u2019s game:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1.45pm: Gates open<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2.15pm: France v Scotland shown live on Principality Stadium big screens<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3pm (approximately): Wales and England teams arrive and enter pitch for warm-ups<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4.40pm: Anthem time<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4.45pm: Kick off<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRINCIPALITY stadium chief Mark Williams has urged supporters to arrive at the ground as early as possible for Wales\u2019 clash with England tomorrow. The third-round clash with England has sold-out with gates opening at 1.45pm for the 4.45pm kick off. The call comes after the stadium announced newly enhanced security and search procedures at the gates, and Mr Williams is keen for fans to give themselves plenty of time to get in. \u201cThis is a huge fixture in the Principality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":21534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,4,113],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fans asked to arrive at stadium in plenty of time for Wales-England - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/22\/fans-asked-to-arrive-at-stadium-in-plenty-of-time-for-england-wales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fans asked to arrive at stadium in plenty of time for Wales-England - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRINCIPALITY stadium chief Mark Williams has urged supporters to arrive at the ground as early as possible for Wales\u2019 clash with England tomorrow. 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