Wembley Stadium, England

Wembley Stadium, England

General Stadium Facts

• The Wembley stadium is one of the most iconic stadiums around with its famous twin towers which have made way for an iconic arch over the stadium. The stadium has been completely rebuilt and modernised making it one of the best arenas in the world
• Wembley was first built in 1923 for a total sum of £750,000 in a time frame of only 300 days. It was first known as the Empire Stadium. It was then rebuilt and doors reopened in 2007.
• The first game at the new stadium was a FA cup final match between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham FC where an estimated 200,000 people crammed in to watch Bolton Wanderers FC beat West Ham United FC 2-0. This was the match that famously became known as the 'White Horse final', as a mounted policeman took to the pitch to keep fans at bay.
  
• The stadium is home to the England national side and is also used for different cups like: FA Cup Final and Semi Finals, The Football League Cup Final, The FA Community Shield, The Football League Play Off Finals and The Rugby Football League Challenge Cup Final. The stadium also regularly hosts different events and also includes different NFL games.
• The original Wembley Stadium was first known as the Empire Stadium, and was built as the centrepiece of a British Empire Exhibition at the end of the First World War
• The old stadium, named after the north London suburb in which it is located, would serve as the focal point of English football from then until it was demolished in 2003 to make way for the current structure
• Wembley hosted the 1948 Olympic Games and also the final of EURO '96 but, from an English perspective, unquestionably its finest hour came on 30 July 1966, when Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick to inspire England to a 4-2 extra-time win against West Germany in the final of the FIFA World Cup

THEN (1923)

 CAPACITY- 82,000

                     



              NOW (2007)
             CAPACITY- 90,000