The Liberty Stadium played host to the Swans for the first time ten years ago today and as we look back on the opening day, here are some facts and figures from you that were given to us on that historic day

* There are 1,450 pre-case concrete piles in the ground
* If you laid out all the piles end to end they would stretch for 13 miles
* There is approximately 150 tonnes of reinforcement in the foundations
* Within the building and foundations there are more than 4,800 cubic metres of concrete
* 24,000 cubic metres of material has been excavated from the site
* There is over 18,000 cubic metres of imported fill on site
* The surface area beneath the stadium is a massive 26,662 metres squared or 6.5 acres
* The upper floors and roof structure are supported by 2,500 tonnes of structural steelwork which is equal to the weight of 300 average sized African Elephants
* There are approximately 2,500 holding down bolts fixing 460 steel columns
* The overall area of blockwork forming the internal and external walls amounts to 27,500 metres squared or 300,000 blocks
* There are over 420 doors throughout the stadium
* There are 26 sets of stairs
* There are 12 lifts
* There are 30 number turnstiles
* There are 250 WCs
* There are 200 wash hand basins
* There are 5,000 light fittings
* There will be over 10,000 trees and shrubs in the landscaped areas
* The pitch contains 10.1 million metres 'Desso' nylon inserts
* There is 1 tannoy system (not working)

OK, we made the last one up but the rest were taken from the programme of the opening day

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