Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

[osprey]

I realise that it has been up for over a decade but doesn't anyone else think that it is really unfortunate that people sitting on one side of the stadium - I'm not sure which one - have to suffer at least half of a match shielding their eyes from the sun as happened during the semi-final between the Blues and Leicester? It also lead to annoying TV coverage as one half of the pitch was in dark shadow with the other half very bright leading to situations when the camera switched from one half to the other and coverage was lost as the cameras couldn't cope with the sudden switch from dark to light. Surely the roof could have been closed even though it wasn't raining and everyone would have had enjoyed themselves even more.

[SeaJayPea]

The same thing happened on Saturday at the FA Cup Final at Wembley. I suspect that it's a problem caused by the height to which they build stadia these days. I do wonder if they'd have been better to build it N-S, rather than E-W, or whatever.
Perhaps that's why the grass doesn't grow too well there. Just not enough light.

[Gromit]

Surely every other Rugby ground is affected by the sun when it is shining. I am sure the players and the crowd would sooner play and watch in the sun rather than in the gloom.

I didn't watch the match you refer to, but TV cameras can be adjusted to see in both sunshine and shade. Why this was apparently not done, I don't know.