GROUND SMOKE SIGNAL DELAYED

30 March 2005

A Decision on whether to ban smoking at Swansea's new sports stadium has been put on hold. Officials in charge of the new Landore facility were due to have ruled on the issue this month.

But the board of Stadco, the company running the stadium, will not now decide for another six to eight weeks.

That will still leave plenty of time for the public to be informed of the smoking policy at the ground before it starts staging Swans football and Ospreys rugby matches next season.

Another decision yet to be taken - and one much- anticipated - is the naming of the stadium, formerly known as White Rock.

It is thought likely this will be revealed at the end of June, just weeks before it opens.