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Wembley stadium is a multipurpose football ground of London England. For the first time the stadium was opened in 9-March-2007 about 6 years ago. It took 5 years for foundation of this project. Now it is the 7thhighest audience capacity football ground all over the world & 1stin England followed by Old Trafford. One of the reason behind this project is to design a stadium with a capacity of about 1,00,000. Old Trafford was designed with this motive but due to shortage of area it was completed with 80,000. Later London had to organize Olympics of 2012 & The Venue of Legends done its word fabulously.
Nickname | The Venue of Legends |
Location | London, England |
Construction cost | GBP 757 million |
Opening date | 9-03-2007 |
Type of Surface | Desso Grassmaster |
Project manager | Symonds |
Architect | Foster & Partners, HOK Sport |
Operator | Wembley national Stadium Limited |
Engineers | MacDonald, Sinclair Knigh & Merz |
Capacity | 90,000 |
Record attendence | 89,874 (Portsmouth Vs Cardiff City) |
Dimensions | 105m X 68m |
Behind the creation of this multinational ground an interesting history is created. Whole team of this project completed this within one year costing £750,000. Engineers first dug 25,000 tons of clay to make its bowl shape. They terraces & stands were designed with 25,000 tons of concrete which was reinforced with 600 tons of steel rods. It is not just a football ground it is the symbol of English football & Twin towers which stood at entrance. On 28th of Aril 1923, first ever match was played in it between Bolton Wanderers & West ham United. The official attendance was counted as total of 1,26,047 which was highest than any match in England. Later it was calculated that total of 2,00,000 people entered. As we have discussed the nation got responsibility to host Olympics of 2012, almost all preparations were completed & still 2 years were left for Olympics. Once again, United States maintained at top position with 46 Gold, 29 Silver & 29 Bronze. Home team managed total of 65 medals with 29 Gold, 17 Silver & 19 Bronze medals. Finally Venue of Legends got first chance of hosting national football match. 1st match of England Vs Scotland was clashed on it & came to end with draw score of 1-1. It will host upcoming match of FIFA world Cup 2014 qualifier match of England Vs Montenegro to be played on 11-Oct-2013.
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