Cardiff has become the first city in the UK to announce there is
a blanket ban on vuvuzelas in the city's three main sporting
stadia, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The 74,000 seat Millennium Stadium, the 27,500 seat Cardiff City
Stadium and the 17,000 seat SWALEC Stadium where last year’s First
Ashes Test between England and Australia was played have all said
no to the vuvu.
“What could be more rousing for a team than hearing the
collective voices of thousands of their compatriots, singing
traditional hymns and arias,” said Richard Thomas, the Managing
Director of Cardiff & Co.
“As a Welshman, I can testify at first hand how that feels - the
hairs standing upright on the back of the neck,” he added.
“The singing generates the passion and the atmosphere or the
‘hwyl’ as we say in Wales. I’m not surprised that the Welsh capital
city has taken this decision – Vuvuzela or Bread of Heaven? - no
contest really.
“Fortunately, the decision taken by the stadia in Cardiff means
that won’t happen – much to the relief of vast majority of fans I’m
sure.”
Gerry Toms, Stadium Manager at the Millennium Stadium shared Mr
Thomas' sentiments.
"Air horns are already banned for all our rugby and football
matches and we’re now extending that to the vuvuzela," he said.
"It’s the signing and the roar of the crowd you’ll hear at the
Millennium Stadium and we’re taking this small step to ensure that
this tradition survives long into the future."