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St David’s Hall is the award-winning National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales and is owned and managed by the City and County of Cardiff.

The building is extremely versatile with technical facilities suitable for major conventions, annual general meetings and corporate presentations or, with a variety of meeting spaces available, smaller meetings, press briefings, training seminars and private lunches.

Auditorium
The visually stunning auditorium has been ranked acoustically as 6th best in the world and is permanently wired for broadcasting. With its unusual design of interlinking, wrap-around tiers it provides comfortable seating for up to 2,000 people. As well as major entertainment events – including Cardiff Singer Of The World and the Welsh Proms - it has successfully hosted political conferences, shareholders’ Annual Meetings and spectacular corporate parties. Since its royal opening in 1983, it has welcomed delegates from such organisations as The National Union of Teachers, The Association of British Chambers of Commerce and The Chartered Insurance Institute.

Display Space
Whether you need a large or small space to get your message across, St David’s Hall can meet your needs with a range of display and exhibition areas available to you.

St Asaph and Green Room
These two pleasant, airy meeting rooms are often used for conference pressrooms, crèche or organiser’s office. They are also ideal for receptions, dinners and corporate hospitality.
See Level 3 of our Virtual tour for panoramic views of the St Asaph Room.

Viscount Tonypandy Room
A distinctive room with its own reception area and en-suite facilities especially suitable for VIP receptions, small lunches and dinners, private interviews and committee meetings.
See Level 3 of our Virtual tour for photographs of the Viscount Tonypandy Room.

Foyers
The spacious foyers and bar areas are flexible enough to be used for additional meetings, receptions, parties and informal entertainment. Trade and craft exhibitions (up to 4,500 sq ft) also work well in these spaces. Balconies give views of the city on several levels.

Disabled Visitors
Great care has been taken to ensure accessibility for disabled visitors. The facilities include ramps, automatic doors, a lift with low-level control panel and Braille plates and voice announcements, an infrared system and minicom telephone line for hard of hearing customers, wheelchair positions in the auditorium and accessible toilets.

Facilities

4 Bars
Restaurant (capacity 150)
4 Large foyer lounges
2 Art galleries
Catering Services
Four NCP car parks close by
Portable dance floor
In-house gift shop
Coach setting down point



Capacities Theatre Classroom Boardroom Reception Banquet Dinner Dance
Auditorium 1500 - - - 400 -
St Asaph Room 75 35 30 100 60 -
Green Room 60 30 30 85 - -
Viscount Tonypandy Room 20 12 14 20 14 -
Celebrity Restaurant 100 50 30 155 130 130
Level 2 - - - 200 - 150
Ivor Novello Room 30 - 12 40 - -
Level 3 250 - - 400 300 250
Level 4 - - - 100 - -
Level 5 120 50 35 300 150 150
14 additional rooms for 5 - 25 people


Auditorium
Full conference facilities
Comprehensive lighting facilities
PA system with 24/8/2 mixer desk. Portable PA system available
Large and adjustable platform area
Fully equipped and cabled for TV and radio recording
Recording and playback facilities
Full size cinema screen
Various portable projection screens and video projectors available
Infrared listening enhancement system


Technical facilities
35mm and 16mm film projectors with Dolby and surround sound systems
35mm slide projectors
Video recorders: VHS, DVD
Video mixer
Video projector
PowerPoint Presentation
Colour camera
Colour televisions
Overhead projectors
Portable screens
Tape, CD and minidisk, playback and recording facilities
Other facilities available with prior notice
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