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Belle Vue, Rhyl

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Belle Vue (Rhyl) geograph 357788
Belle Vue (Rhyl) geograph 357788

Belle Vue is a multi-purpose stadium in Rhyl, Wales. It is used mostly for football matches, and is the home ground of C.P.D. Y Rhyl 1879 . The stadium holds 3,000 people, with a seating capacity of 1,720. The stadium has occasionally hosted youth-level international football matches, including an under-16s match between Wales and Scotland. Recently, as a UEFA Category 2 stadium, it has hosted home European matches of other Welsh clubs whose home grounds did not meet the Category 2 requirements, including those of Bala Town and Connah's Quay Nomads. Domestically it has hosted the Welsh Cup final once in 1962 and the Welsh League Cup once in 2003. The stadium has 400 seats from the 'Gene Kelly stand' temporary structure at Manchester City's former ground Maine Road.

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Belle Vue Corbett Sports Stadium

Grange Road
LL18 4BY , Rhyl
Wales, United Kingdom
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