STRADEY Park may be no more but its memory is to be preserved in a fitting monument to the world famous ground.
A new rugby-inspired piece of artwork is to be sited in Sandy Water Park just a handful of Phil Bennett touch kicks away from where the gates of Stradey once stood.
Also set for the site are the old ground's second rugby posts, complete with saucepans on top, which will be erected near the art work.
The other posts were installed on a roundabout on the Loughor Bridge end of town several years ago.
The artwork will take the form of two life-sized rugby players, painted in team colours, at the base of the posts, which will depict the Scarlets running towards the try line, with an All Black player attempting to tackle.
It is a nod to the ground's finest hour when a Phil Bennett-inspired side defeated New Zealand in 1972.
The art work was designed by Llanelli artist Roger Lewis, who played on the wing for Llanelli in the 1960s.
Former Scarlets, Wales and British Lions star Terry Davies, one of the men behind the project, said the goalposts would be placed at the top of the park, next to the Gorsedd stones.
He said: "We have two players, a number 10, obviously Phil Bennett, going underneath the goalposts with an All Black player behind.
"We are then trying to create a memory seat where you can sit looking through at the two players and down onto the old Stradey ground, with bars in place showing all the information and history of the club."
