Wembley Stadium

Football stadium in Wembley, London

Wembley Stadium ( branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons ) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 2002 to 2003. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the England national football team, and the FA Cup Final. Wembley Stadium is owned by the governing body of English football, the Football Association ( the FA ), whose headquarters are in the stadium, through its subordinate Wembley National Stadium Ltd ( WNSL ). With 90,000 seats, it is the largest stadium in the UK and the second-largest stadium in Europe. [ 10 ] Designed by Populous and Foster and Partners, the stadium is crowned by the 134-metre-high ( 440 foot ) Wembley Arch which serves aesthetically as a landmark across London deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as structurally, with the arch supporting over 75 % of the entire roof load. [ 11 ] The stadium was built by australian firm Multiplex at a monetary value of £798 million ( £1.22 billion today ). [ 12 ] Contrary to popular belief, [ 13 ] Wembley stadium does not have a retractable roof which covers the play surface. Two partially retractable roof structures over the east and west ends of the stadium can be opened to allow sunlight and aid pitch emergence.

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In accession to England home games and the FA Cup final, the stadium besides hosts other major games in English football, including the season-opening FA Community Shield, the League Cup final, the FA Cup semi-finals, the Football League Trophy, the Football League play-offs, the FA Trophy, the FA Vase and the National League play-offs. A UEFA category four stadium, Wembley hosted the 2011 and 2013 UEFA Champions League Finals, and eight games at UEFA Euro 2020 ( including the concluding and both of the semi-finals ). [ 14 ] It will stage the 2024 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 15 ] The stadium hosted the Gold decoration matches at the 2012 Olympic Games football tournament. The stadium besides hosts rugby league ‘s Challenge Cup final examination and music concerts. The stadium besides hosted NFL London Games until 2019 and was besides the impermanent home of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur between August 2017 and March 2019, while White Hart Lane was being demolished and their new stadium was constructed. In 2014, Wembley Stadium entered into a six-year sponsorship agreement with mobile provider EE Limited, under which it provides engineering and infrastructure services for the venue. Under the agreement, the facility is officially referred to as “ Wembley Stadium connected by EE ”. [ 16 ]

stadium [edit ]

Wembley Stadium outside Wembley was designed by architects Foster + Partners and HOK Sport ( now Populous ) and with engineers Mott Stadium Consortium, who were a collection of three geomorphologic engineering consultants in the class of Mott MacDonald, Sinclair Knight Merz and Aurecon. The purpose of the building services was carried out by Mott MacDonald. The construction of the stadium was managed by australian ship’s company Multiplex and funded by Sport England, WNSL ( Wembley National Stadium Limited ), the Football Association, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the London Development Agency. It is one of the most expensive stadium ever built at a price of £798 million in 2007, [ 17 ] and has the largest roof-covered seat capacity in the world. Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners was appointed to assist Wembley National Stadium Limited in preparing the scheme for a new stadium and to obtain plan and listed construction license for the development. [ 18 ]
Wembley illuminated The all-seater stadium is a bowl design with a capacity of 90,000, protected from the elements by a skid ceiling that does not wholly enclose it. [ 19 ] The stadium ‘s touch feature is a round segment lattice arch of 7 megabyte ( 23 foot ) home diameter with a 315 thousand ( 1,033 foot ) span, erected some 22° off true, and rising to 133 megabyte ( 436 foot ). It supports all the weight of the north roof and 60 % of the weight of the retractable ceiling on the southern side. [ 20 ] The arch is the world ‘s longest unsupported roof structure. [ 21 ] A platform system was designed in order to temporarily convert the stadium to athletics manipulation, but its use would decrease the stadium ‘s capacity to approximately 60,000. [ 22 ] No athletics events ( track and battlefield ) have taken place at the stadium ; the conversion for athletics use was a condition of part of the lottery funding the stadium received, but to convert it would take weeks of work and cost millions of pounds. [ 23 ] alternatively, with the award of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to London in 2005, the London Olympic Stadium has been used for major athletics events since 2012 .

construction [edit ]

The stadium in its very early stages of construction c. August 2003 The initial plan for the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium was for destruction to begin before Christmas 2000, and for the fresh stadium to be completed some time during 2003, but this study was delayed by a succession of fiscal and legal difficulties. In 2004, London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Brent Council besides announced wider plans for the positive feedback of Wembley, taking in the sphere and the surrounding areas american samoa well as the stadium, to be implemented over two or three decades. Demolition formally began on 30 September 2002, with the Twin Towers being dismantled in December 2002. Delays to the construction visualize started as far back as 2003. In December 2003, the constructors of the arch, subcontractors Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of Darlington, warned Multiplex about rising costs. Cleveland Bridge withdrew from the project and were replaced by dutch firm Hollandia, with all the attendant problems of starting over. 2004 besides saw errors, most notably a fateful accident involving carpenter Patrick O’Sullivan for which structure firm PC Harrington Contractors were fined £150,000 in relation back to breaches of health and base hit laws. [ 24 ] In October 2005, Sports Minister Richard Caborn announced : “ They say the Cup Final will be there, barring six feet of bamboozle or something like that ”. By November 2005, WNSL were still bright of a handover date of 31 March, in time for the cup final examination on 13 May. however, in December 2005, the builders admitted that there was a “ fabric risk ” that the stadium might not be quick in time for the final. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] In February 2006 these worries were confirmed, with the FA moving the game to Cardiff ‘s Millennium Stadium .
structure of the newfangled Wembley, looking east, taken January 2006 On 20 March 2006, a sword rafter in the roof of the new development fell by 1+1⁄2 ft ( 46 centimeter ), forcing 3,000 workers to evacuate the stadium and raising further doubts over the completion date which was already behind schedule. [ 27 ] On 23 March 2006, sewers beneath the stadium buckled due to ground bowel movement. [ 28 ] GMB Union leader Steve Kelly said that the problem had been caused by the pipes not being by rights laid, and that the rectify would take months. A spokesman for developers Multiplex said that they did not believe this would “ have any impact on the completion of the stadium ”, which was then scheduled to be completed on 31 March 2006. On 30 March 2006, the developers announced that Wembley Stadium would not be ready until 2007. [ 29 ] All competitions and concerts planned were to be moved to desirable locations. On 19 June 2006, it was announced that the turf had been laid. On 19 October 2006 it was announced that the venue was now set to open in early 2007 after the challenge between the Football Association and Multiplex had finally been settled. WNSL was expected to pay around £36m to Multiplex, on circus tent of the come of the original fixed-price shrink. The entire cost of the project ( including local tape drive infrastructure renovation and the monetary value of finance ) was estimated to be £1 billion. For the new stadium the charge of the pitch was lowered. During mining of the modern play field, mechanical diggers unearthed a immerse obstacle : the concrete foundations of Watkin ‘s Tower, a fail undertake to construct a rival to the Eiffel Tower in London. entirely the foundation of the tugboat was ever built before being abandoned and demolished in 1907 ; the web site was subsequently used as the location for the first Wembley Stadium. [ 30 ]

Handover and opening [edit ]

The fresh stadium was completed and handed over to the FA on 9 March 2007. The official Wembley Stadium web site had announced that the stadium would be open for public view for local residents of Brent on 3 March 2007, however this was delayed by two weeks and rather happened on 17 March. While the stadium had hosted football matches since the handover in March, the stadium was formally opened on Saturday 19 May, with the staging of the 2007 FA Cup Final. Eight days before that on Friday 11 May, the statue of Bobby Moore had been unveiled by his former England team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton outside the stadium entrance, as the “ eat up touch ” to the completion of the stadium. The doubly life-size bronze statue, sculpted by Philip Jackson, depicts England ‘s 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, looking down Wembley Way. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ]

structure [edit ]

The stadium contains 2,618 toilets, more than any other venue in the world.[34]
The stadium has a circumference of 1 km (0.62 mi).[35]
The bowl volume is listed at 1,139,100 m3 (1,489,900 cu yd), somewhat smaller than the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, but with a greater seating capacity.[36]
At its peak, there were more than 3,500 construction workers on site.[37]
4,000 separate piles form the foundations of the new stadium,[35] the deepest of which is 35 m (115 ft).[35]
There are 56 km (35 mi) of heavy-duty power cables in the stadium.[35]
90,000 m3 (120,000 cu yd) of concrete and 23,000 tonnes (25,000 short tons) of steel were used in the construction of the new stadium.[35]
The total length of the escalators is 400 metres (
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mi).[35]
The arch has a cross-sectional diameter greater than that of a cross-channel Eurostar train.[38][39]

cant [edit ]

Wembley Stadium pitch during England friendly against Germany in August 2007. The deliver size, as lined for association football, is 115 yd ( 105 m ) long by 75 yd ( 69 megabyte ) wide, slightly narrower than the old Wembley, as required by the UEFA stadium categories for a class four stadium, the top class. In a period after the completion of the modern Wembley, the peddle came into disrepute. It was described as being “ no good ” and “ not in the condition that Wembley used to be known for ” by Slaven Bilić before a game between England and the team he managed, Croatia, in November 2007. [ 40 ] The pitch was cut up during the crippled, which was blamed by some [ 41 ] as the argue England did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2008. [ 42 ] The Football Association admitted in April 2009, after the FA Cup semi-finals, that improvements were needed to the Wembley pitch, after criticism of the airfoil by coaches Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and David Moyes. In March 2010, the come on was relaid for the tenth time since unfold. In April 2010, the pitch was again criticised following the FA Cup semi-finals, during which the players found it difficult to keep their foot and the surface cut up despite the dry conditions. The then Tottenham Hotspur bos, Harry Redknapp, labelled it a “ discredit ” after his slope ‘s semi-final frustration to Portsmouth. [ 43 ] After the 2010 FA Cup Final, Chelsea captain John Terry said, “ The pitch ruined the final. It ‘s probably the worst pitch we ‘ve played on all class. It was not effective enough for a Wembley pitch. ” [ 44 ] The stadium was then relaid with a Desso GrassMaster semi-artificial lurch, ahead of the 2010 community shield plot between Chelsea and Manchester United. Michael Owen, who previously criticised the pitch for causing him injury, said that it was a lot improved. [ 45 ] Wembley has been used for american football matches in the National Football League ‘s International Series. Tottenham Hotspur hosted Manchester City in a Premier League match on 29 October 2018, a sidereal day after Wembley hosted the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars. Due to the short turnaround, faded football field markings and the NFL logo were distinctly visible on the pitch along with careworn pot along the center of the pitch and the touch-lines. Tottenham were forced to hold the match at Wembley due to construction delays to their newfangled ground. [ 46 ] Despite the pitch ‘s condition, UEFA allowed a Champions League peg to be played at Wembley on 9 November 2018 with Tottenham hosting Dutch side PSV Eindhoven. [ 47 ]

Covering [edit ]

closeup of the arch The stadium roof has an area of 40,000 m2 ( 430,000 sq foot ), of which 13,722 m2 ( 147,700 sq foot ) is chattel. [ 36 ] The primary reason for the sliding roof was to avoid shading the pitch, as grass demands direct sunlight to grow efficaciously. [ 48 ] The sliding roof design minimises the shadow by having the roof pulled back on the east, west and south. [ 49 ] Angus Campbell, the head architect, besides said that an bearing was for the pitch to be in sunlight during matches played between 3 pm and 5 autopsy from the beginning of May to the end of June, when the FA and World Cups would be played. however, it was mentioned during populate comment of the mid-may 2007 FA Cup Final that the cant was in partial derivative shade at the start at 3 prime minister and besides during the peer. The stadium roof rises to 52 metres ( 171 foot ) above the pitch and is supported by an arch rising 133 megabyte ( 436 foot ) above the degree of the external concourse. With a span of 315 thousand ( 1,033 foot ), the arch is the longest single-span roof social organization in the global. [ 35 ]

litigation [edit ]

The australian firm Multiplex, which was the main contractor on Wembley Stadium, made significant losses on the project. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] In an try to recoup some of those losses, the firm initiated a total of legal cases against its sub-contractors and consultants. [ 53 ] The largest of these – the largest construction title in UK legal history – was a claim for £253 million against the structural engineer consultants Mott MacDonald. [ 54 ] In preliminary hearings the two architecture practices which worked for Multiplex on the project were ordered to allow Multiplex access to their records for them to build a lawsuit. The practices, Foster + Partners and Populous, estimated the costs of providing access and answering Multiplex ‘s queries at £5 million. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Mott MacDonald issued a counter-claim for unpaid fees of £250,000. [ 54 ] The challenge between Multiplex and Mott MacDonald was settled out of court in June 2010, ahead of a January 2011 trial. The terms of the settlement not disclosed, but it was reported that Multiplex “ would not be out of pocket ”. [ 57 ] Multiplex besides took the original steel contractor, Cleveland Bridge, to court claiming £38 million [ 58 ] compensation for costs resulting from Cleveland Bridge withdrawing from the project. Cleveland Bridge, in turn, claimed up to £15 million from Multiplex. The case was resolved in September 2008 with Cleveland Bridge ordered to pay £6.1 million in damages and 20 % of Multiplex ‘s costs, after the court found against Cleveland Bridge. The pronounce criticised both sides for allowing the sheath to reach court, pointing out that entire costs were £22 million, including £1 million for photocopying. [ 59 ] Multiplex ‘s ultimate bill is estimated to be over £10 million. In 2007, Multiplex besides contested a claim from its concrete contractor, PC Harrington, that Multiplex owes £13.4 million to PC Harrington. [ 60 ]

bid to buy [edit ]

In April 2018, Shahid Khan, the owner of Fulham F.C. and the Jacksonville Jaguars, put forth an offer to purchase Wembley Stadium from the FA. The deal included not only the buy of the stadium, but besides providing the FA full moon rights to keep master of the Club Wembley clientele. [ 61 ] On 18 July 2018, a parliamentary blue-ribbon committee was held to discuss the potential sale, with evidence being given by erstwhile actor, Gary Neville, and Katrina Law of the Football Supporters ‘ Federation. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] The offer was withdrawn on 17 October 2018. [ 64 ]

Sports [edit ]

Logo of the governing body of English football, the FA, as displayed on the outside of Wembley Stadium Given the possession of the stadium by the Football Association ( the governing body of English football ), the English national football team is a major exploiter of Wembley. In 2007, the League Cup final examination moved back to Wembley from Cardiff following the FA Cup final and FA Community Shield. other collector’s item football matches that were previously staged at Wembley, such as the Football League promotion play-offs and the Football League Trophy final examination, have returned to the stadium. In summation, the Conference National ( nowadays National League ) play-off final is held at Wembley since 2007, and the FA Women ‘s Cup concluding since 2015 .
The new Wembley was a significant part of the plan for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London ; the stadium was the locate of several games in both the men ‘s and women ‘s football tournaments, with the finals being held there. [ 65 ] The FA offices at Wembley Stadium, with social areas and boardroom, were designed by architects Gebler Tooth – who were besides responsible for Team GB House at the London 2012 Olympics. additionally, the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final returned to Wembley Stadium in 2007, and the stadium besides hosted both semi-finals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Wembley was one of the 13 venues for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Race of Champions staged their 2007 [ 66 ] and 2008 events at the stadium. [ 67 ] Tottenham Hotspur agreed with the operators ( Wembley National Stadium Ltd ) to use the stadium for all of their european fixtures during the 2016–17 season, before using the stadium for the entire 2017–18 season. They besides played most of their home games of the 2018–19 temper at Wembley and continued until April 2019 when they moved to their new stadium .

regular events [edit ]

Wembley Stadium has a series of annual events that under normal circumstances are hosted at Wembley year in year out. These events cover the sports of football and rugby league. [ 68 ]
The beginning match at the stadium was a game played behind shut doors between Multiplex and Wembley Stadium staff. [ 69 ] The first game in front of spectators was between the Geoff Thomas Foundation Charity XI and the Wembley Sponsors Allstars on 17 March 2007. The Geoff Thomas Foundation Charity XI won 2–0 ( scorers Mark Bright and Simon Jordan ). [ 70 ] The first official match involving professional players was England U21s vs Italy U21s on 24 March 2007, which finished 3–3. official attendance was 55,700 ( although all of the 60,000 tickets that were made available were sold in advance ). [ 71 ] The first musician to score in a FIFA -sanctioned catch was italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini after 28 seconds of the same game ; he besides scored the first hat-trick at Wembley. The first English player to score in a all-out meet was David Bentley with a exempt kick back in the same plot. [ 71 ]
The first club game, competitive game, and cup final hold at the new Wembley took stead on 12 May 2007 when Kidderminster Harriers met Stevenage Borough in the FA Trophy final. [ 72 ] Kidderminster striker James Constable was the first base player to score a goal in a final examination at the new Wembley. Kidderminster became the first team to play at both the honest-to-god and new stadium. Stevenage Borough were the first team to win a final examination at the new Wembley tick Kidderminster 3–2, despite trailing 2–0 at half time. The first players to play at both the old and new Wembley Stadiums were Steve Guppy ( for Stevenage Borough ) and Jeff Kenna ( for Kidderminster Harriers ). Ex- England international Guppy is besides the first player to win a final examination at both stadia ( with Wycombe Wanderers and Leicester City in the old Wembley, then Stevenage Borough in the fresh one ). Ronnie Henry is the inaugural ever player to lift a competitive club trophy at the newly Wembley. [ 73 ]
The beginning punishment salvage and first crimson tease came in the Conference National playoff concluding between Exeter City and Morecambe. The punishment was saved by Paul Jones of Exeter City from Morecambe hitter Wayne Curtis. The bolshevik batting order was given to Matthew Gill of Exeter for a headbutt on Craig Stanley of Morecambe. [ 75 ]

Rugby league [edit ]

The Rugby league Challenge Cup Final had been played per annum at the old Wembley Stadium since 1929. In 2007, the cup final examination returned to its traditional home after the rebuilding of Wembley. [ 84 ] When Catalans Dragons played St. Helens in the 2007 Challenge Cup Final, they became the first base non-English rugby league team to play in the final. The resultant role saw St Helens retain the cup by a score of 30–8 before 84,241 fans. [ 85 ] The first rugby league team to win a game at the raw Wembley Stadium, were Normanton Freeston. The West Yorkshire secondary coil school beat Castleford High School in the class 7 boys Carnegie Champion Schools final examination, which was played immediately anterior to the 2007 Challenge Cup Final. [ 86 ] The first official sample at the refurbish Wembley was scored by James Roby of St Helens, although Luke Metcalfe of Castleford High School scored the beginning try in the schools crippled that took plaza before the 2007 Challenge Cup final examination. [ 87 ] In 2011, International rugby league returned to Wembley for the first time since 1997 when Wales lost to New Zealand 0–36 [ 88 ] and Australia beat host state England 36–20 [ 89 ] in the 2011 Rugby League Four Nations. The semi-finals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup were played at Wembley Stadium where defending champions New Zealand beat England 20–18, and eventual tournament champions Australia defeated Fiji 64–0. The double header drew 67,575 fans to Wembley, the second highest crowd for an international rugby league game at either the original or the newly stadium .
Castleford Academy ( once Castleford High School ) presently hold the commemorate for the most Rugby League appearances at the New Wembley Stadium. On 24 August 2013 their year 7 Rugby team played RGS High Wycombe in the annual schools curtain-raiser to the Challenge Cup final examination. [ 90 ] This was Castleford Academy ‘s fourth appearance at the stadium since 2007. This puts them joint with Leeds and one appearance ahead of Warrington .

Rugby marriage [edit ]

Wembley in rugby union formation, with posts up before Saracens played Worcester Warriors in 2010. The first top floor rugby union match was a non-cap match between the Barbarians and Australia on 3 December 2008. [ 91 ] between 2009 and 2017, the stadium was used regularly by Saracens for some major Aviva Premiership and Heineken Cup matches. Their Aviva Premiership clash with Harlequins in 2012 was played before a crowd of 83,761, a world record for a rugby union club equal. The same two teams set far records of 83,889 spectators in 2014, [ 92 ] and 84,068 in 2015. [ 93 ] The stadium was used during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, during which it hosted two pool matches :

Year

Date

Match

Country

Score

Country

Attendance

2015

20 September

Pool C Match

New Zealand
26–16
Argentina

89,019[94]

27 September

Pool D Match

Ireland

44–10

Romania

89,267[95]
The 89,019 crowd for the New Zealand versus Argentina plot set a raw criminal record attendance for a Rugby World Cup game. [ 94 ] The Ireland versus Romania peer one week subsequently improved this record again to 89,267. [ 95 ] Although the 90,000 seat Wembley was the largest stadium used during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the World Cup Final was held at the 82,000 seat Twickenham Stadium, the traditional family of the tournament ‘s host, England ‘s Rugby Football Union .
Wembley has had a farseeing affiliation with american football. A United States Football League game was staged there in 1984, [ 96 ] and between 1986 and 1993 the old Wembley Stadium hosted eight National Football League exhibition games featuring 13 different NFL teams. [ 97 ] Between the open of the new Wembley stadium in 2007 and 2019 Wembley hosted games during the NFL regular season. As a resultant role of this, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated in October 2009 that “ he expected the NFL will start playing multiple regular-season games in Britain in the following few years, an expansion that could lead to putting a franchise in London. ” [ 98 ] On 28 October 2007, in front of 81,176 fans, the New York Giants defeated the Miami Dolphins by a score of 13–10 in the first regular season NFL game always to be played in Europe, and the first outside of North America. [ 99 ] The inaugural touchdown scored at Wembley was on a run by Giants ‘ quarterback Eli Manning. On 20 January 2012, the league announced that the St. Louis Rams would become a irregular tenant of Wembley Stadium, playing an annual game at the stadium every year from 2012 to 2014 ; part of the rationality the Rams were chosen was the fact that the team is owned by Stan Kroenke, who besides is majority stockholder in a local Premier League team, Arsenal. [ 100 ] however, the Rams late cancelled their 2013–2014 games, [ 101 ] leading to the Jacksonville Jaguars becoming new temp tenants and agreeing to host games in London from 2013 to 2016. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] On 16 October 2012, the NFL announced there were to be two NFL even temper games played at Wembley Stadium during the 2013 season. The Pittsburgh Steelers at Minnesota Vikings on 29 September 2013, and the San Francisco 49ers at Jacksonville Jaguars on 27 October 2013. This is an attempt by the NFL to strengthen the NFL fanbase in London and internationally. future plans to have a permanent NFL team in London have been suggested. [ 104 ] Another first was recorded in 2014 as three regular season NFL games were played at Wembley. The Oakland Raiders hosted the Miami Dolphins on 28 September at 6 prime minister BST, the Atlanta Falcons hosted the Detroit Lions on 26 October at 1:30 autopsy GMT and the Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the Dallas Cowboys on 9 November at 6 prime minister GMT. [ 105 ] At 9:30 am ET, the Detroit-Atlanta game was the earliest gripe off in NFL history and gave fans a alone four game window on this day. [ 106 ] In 2015, another first occurred as the first always divisional match took identify at Wembley between the American Football Conference – Eastern Division ‘s Miami Dolphins and New York Jets. On 30 October 2016, for the foremost time in an NFL crippled played outside the US, the game carried into overtime and subsequently ended in a draw ( another beginning for both Wembley and a London Game ) in a workweek 8 match between the Washington Redskins and the Cincinnati Bengals. The final examination score was 27–27. The Jaguars ‘ deal was extended to 2020 and they were to become the first team to host two games in London in 2020. [ 107 ] The two Jacksonville Jaguars games which were scheduled to be played in fall 2020, were cancelled in May 2020 meaning that the Jaguars played annual games at Wembley merely until 2019. [ 108 ]

Boxing [edit ]

On 31 May 2014, Wembley Stadium hosted its first base packing consequence, featuring the replay between Carl Froch and George Groves for the IBF and WBA super-middleweight titles. [ 109 ] The contest was held in front of a crowd of 80,000 spectators, a british post-war attendance record for a boxing consequence, surpassing the herd at the City of Manchester Stadium when it hosted Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano in May 2008. [ 110 ] The World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation heavyweight championship competitiveness between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko broke the attendance record on 29 April 2017, with an attendance of approximately 90,000. [ 111 ] Joshua in 2018 additionally took on Alexander Povetkin at the stadium. [ 112 ]

music [edit ]

The stage at the Live Earth concert held at Wembley on 7 July 2007 Besides football, Wembley can be configured to hold other events, particularly major concerts. This was designed at the beginning in order to provide support for the construction of the raw stadium. The first concert at the raw stadium was given by George Michael on 9 June 2007. [ 113 ] Bon Jovi, the end act to perform at the old Wembley, were scheduled to be the first artists to perform at the raw Wembley but the belated completion of the stadium saw the concerts relocated to the National Bowl and the KC Stadium. Muse became the first dance band to sell out the modern stadium on 16 and 17 June 2007, and released a be DVD of the operation. [ 114 ] other acts to have performed at the stadium are Adele, Ed Sheeran, Metallica, One guidance, U2, The Killers, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Eminem, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Oasis, Take That, BTS and AC/DC. [ 115 ] Wembley hosted Take That Presents : The Circus Live for four nights in summer 2009. In the first week of July 2007, two big charity concerts were held at the new Wembley stadium, the Concert for Diana, a memorial concert to commemorate ten years since the death of Princess Diana and celebrating what would have been her 46th birthday, and Live Earth, a concert hosted at Wembley as part of the Live Earth Foundation, committed to combatting climate switch. 95.8 Capital FM ‘s Summertime Ball, which was previously hosted with 55,000 spectators at the Arsenal Emirates Stadium and slenderly fewer in Hyde Park ( as Party in the Park ), was hosted at Wembley Stadium on 6 June 2010, and was headlined by Rihanna and Usher. The move to Wembley allowed many more fans to watch the annual music consequence which has previously lasted over 5 hours with more than 15 performers. It has since returned to the stadium every year since, normally in early June. Rock band Green Day continued their global go, playing at Wembley on 19 June 2010. The gig was Green Day ‘s biggest consultation so far with over 90,000. [ 116 ] The Killers performed a song specially written for the Wembley stadium : The Wembley Song. Brandon Flowers, lead singer for The Killers said “ We ‘ve written a song for this joyous occasion. ” And proceeded to sing about some of Wembley ‘s great moments, its history from the Twin Towers to present day arch. [ 117 ]
The outside of Wembley following a Beyoncé concert in 2016 Muse returned to Wembley Stadium on 10 and 11 September 2010 as part of their Resistance Tour to a sell-out herd, having previously played there in June 2007. Madonna played Wembley in 2008 during her Sticky and Sweet Tour, to a sold-out hearing of 74,000. The event has surpassed all gross tax income for a individual concert at Wembley, grossing closely US $ 12 million. [ 118 ] Take That played a record-breaking 8 nights at Wembley Stadium in summer 2011 on their Progress Live tour, which has become the fastest and biggest selling go in UK history. [ 119 ] The Olympics meant that no concerts took place at Wembley in summer 2012, with other big shows taking place elsewhere. In summer 2013, there were seven big shows. The first work to perform at the venue was Bruce Springsteen, who played his first show at the new stadium on 15 June. One week late, rock band The Killers performed their biggest headline indicate at the venue on 22 June. Robbie Williams then performed four solo concerts at the stadium on 29 and 30 June, and on 2 and 5 July after previously performing with Take That at the stadium in 2011. The summer ‘s final show saw former Pink Floyd sea bass guitarist Roger Waters play at the venue on 14 September as part of The Wall Live enlistment. On 10–12 July 2015, Ed Sheeran performed three sold-out shows at Wembley as part of his universe go. The concert was documented and aired on 16 August 2015 on NBC ; the one-hour special Ed Sheeran – Live at Wembley Stadium besides included sub-rosa footage. [ 120 ] Beyoncé performed 2 sold-out shows on her Formation Tour .
[6]Adele at Wembley Stadium in June 2017. Adele’s concert on 28 June was attended by 98,000 fans, a stadium record for a UK music event. Adele completed her worldly concern tour with two concerts, dubbed “ The Finale ”, at Wembley on 28 and 29 June 2017. The concert was attended by 98,000 fans, a stadium record for a UK music event. It was originally scheduled to conclude on 2 July 2017, however on 30 June Adele announced via social media that she had regretfully cancelled her concluding two performances upon aesculapian advice due to vocal music injuries. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] american singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performed two sold out shows at the stadium on 22 and 23 June 2018. The shows were attended by over 143,000 people and were the last shows for the European branch of her Reputation Stadium Tour. On 1 and 2 June 2019, BTS became the foremost asian artists and K-pop group to headline and sell out at Wembley, by selling out two dates for their Love Yourself : Speak Yourself tour. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] [ 125 ] In June 2019 the Spice Girls performed the last 3 sold out dates of their Spice World – 2019 Tour. [ 126 ] The three-night sellout point of view was the highest-grossing engagement of the year, winning the Spice Girls the 2019 Billboard Live Music Award for Top Boxscore. [ 127 ] June besides saw two sold-out shows by Fleetwood Mac ‘s new line-up. [ 128 ] Later, on 6 July 2019, The Who performed in the stadium during their Moving On ! Tour, 40 years since play in the erstwhile stadium. [ 129 ]

transportation connections [edit ]

The stadium is described as a “ public enchant destination ” [ 130 ] for which park is available on a very express basis. To alleviate the impact of vehicular traffic on the local residents and businesses, Brent Council have introduced a number of measures in relation to on street parking and to access restrictions of roads that surround the stadium. The “ Wembley Stadium Protective Parking Scheme ” sets a limit in which parking on street is restricted to only those that hold an event sidereal day parking license. Road closures are in effect from 10:00 am on the event day until midnight and apply to Fulton Road, Engineers Way and South Way. [ 131 ]

Rail and Underground [edit ]

The stadium is connected to two London Underground stations : Wembley Park Station ( on the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines ) via Olympic Way, and Wembley Central ( Bakerloo line ) via the White Horse Bridge. Rail links are provided at Wembley Central ( London Overground, Southern and London Northwestern Railway services ) and Wembley Stadium railroad track post ( Chiltern Railways services ). Stations near by :
aerial view of Wembley Stadium and its surroundings

Onsite parking [edit ]

The onsite parking facility is shared with Wembley Arena, basically being the open publicize airfoil parking surrounding the eastern flank of Wembley Stadium and the multi-storey car ballpark. These are called green Car Park and Red Car Park, respectively. There is disabled parking available onsite, at the green Car Park, at a reduce pace but on a first come first served basis. On some football event dates, opposing team supporters have been separated into the two different car parks .

bus [edit ]

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