{"id":628793,"date":"2026-06-09T07:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/628793\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:21:13","slug":"wayne-barnes-doesnt-hesitate-naming-the-rugby-stadium-with-the-best-atmosphere-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/628793\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Barnes doesn&#8217;t hesitate naming the rugby stadium with the best atmosphere &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. TWICKENHAM<\/p>\n<p>Topping Barnes\u2019 list is the iconic home of English rugby: Twickenham Stadium. Since opening in 1909, the ground has grown to a colossal 82,000 seats, making it the largest dedicated rugby union stadium in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Twickenham has hosted some of rugby\u2019s greatest moments, including Rugby World Cup finals, Six Nations showdowns and autumn international classics. <\/p>\n<p>While best known for its rugby heritage, the stadium also draws huge crowds for concerts and large-scale events throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes said:\u00a0\u201cA short stroll from home. In the 2015 RWC semi-final, I walked to the stadium from my house with the other match officials. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I crossed the 316 bridge from the Stoop with my bag over my shoulder, I looked across to the West Car Park and thought this is pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. TWICKENHAM Topping Barnes\u2019 list is the iconic home of English rugby: Twickenham Stadium. Since opening in 1909,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-628793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}