Zip line returns to Principality Stadium

The roof of the Principality Stadium in Cardiff looking out over the city. Its white mast-shaped pillars are strung with a wire that hold a person zipping through the air with their arms and lets spread out. There is a blue sky a clouds in the background and a white building with a spike on top. Huw Evans Agency

A previous zip wire attraction left the stadium earlier this year

Zip-lining has returned to the Principality Stadium after it left during the summer.

A previous attraction left when the contract ended with the company that ran it.

At the time the Welsh Rugby Union [WRU] said it was temporary and promised there was "exciting news" to come.

Welsh firm Zip World has now taken over and is running walks over the 60m-high roof, abseils and zip lines across the stadium.

There were, it said, more "adrenaline-filled experiences" to come.

The previous attraction opened in April 2024 with people able to climb up the side of the famous landmark for £44, with the cost to also walk along the roof and abseil back down at £89.

In last year's WRU annual report, the attraction was mentioned as part of the union's capital expenditure, highlighting "£3.9m for the construction and development of the scale roof walk adventure experience".

The top of the principality stadium from a platform used to launch the zip liner. A man on the left of the photo is strapped on with a black strap. His arm is outstretched towards a woman who has just launched. He is hanging on to a handle next to the zip line and roller. She is strapped in with a shoulder harness visible. The roof of the stadium and the city beyond are in the background. Huw Evans Agency

In an interview with BusinessLive in April, WRU chairman Richard Collier-Keywood said the attraction was underperforming and delivering "nowhere near the projections we had hoped for".

The new zip line opened on Friday, 31 October.

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