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Wembley Stadium
"The Home of Football"
New Wembley
Wembley Stadium interior.jpg
Full name Wembley Stadium
Location Wembley, London, England
Coordinates 51°33′21″N 0°16′47″W / 51.55583°N 0.27972°W / 51.55583; -0.27972
Owner The Football Association
Operator Wembley National Stadium Limited
Executive suites 166
Capacity 90,000 (Association football, rugby league, rugby union, boxing)
75,000 to 90,000 seated and 15,000 standing (concerts)
60,000 to 72,000 (athletics)
86,000 to 87,000 (UEFA capacity)
86,000 (American football)
Record attendance Football: 89,874 (Cardiff City vs Portsmouth, 17 May 2008)
Concert: 98,000 (Adele, June 2017)]]
Field size 115 by 74 yards (105 by 68 m)
Surface Desso GrassMaster
Construction
Built 2003–2007
Opened 9 March 2007; 18 years ago (2007-03-09)
Tenants
England national football team (2007–present)
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (2017–2019; UEFA Matches 2016-2019)

Wembley Stadium is a famous football stadium in London, England. It was built between 2003 and 2007 on the same spot where the old Wembley Stadium used to stand. This huge stadium can hold 90,000 people!

A cool feature of the new Wembley is its giant arch. This arch was designed so it wouldn't cast a shadow over the field during games. It also helps hold up part of the stadium's roof. Wembley is a very important place for English football. It hosts the final matches of the FA Cup and the League Cup. The England national football team also plays their home games here.

More Than Just Football

Wembley Stadium isn't only for sports. It's also a popular place for big concerts and other events, just like the first Wembley Stadium was. Many famous music artists have performed there, including Metallica, Muse, and George Michael.

Two very special concerts were held at Wembley in 2007:

American Football at Wembley

Wembley Stadium also hosts American football games as part of the NFL International Series. This series brings American NFL teams to play games in London. The very first NFL game at Wembley was between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins in 2007.

The Jacksonville Jaguars team even had a special agreement to play one home game in London each year from 2013 to 2020. If you go to an NFL game at Wembley, remember that there's a rule about bags: anything bigger than an A4-sized bag might cost you £10 to store!

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Images for kids

  • Wembley-STadion 2013

    Wembley Stadium exterior

  • Wembley Stadium, illuminated

    Wembley illuminated at night

  • Wembley Stadium under construction

    The stadium in its very early stages of construction in August 2003

  • NewWembleyBuild

    Construction of the new Wembley, looking east, taken January 2006

  • Bobby Moore Statue outside Wembley Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 602874

    Statue of Bobby Moore, England's 1966 FIFA World Cup winning captain, stands outside the stadium entrance looking down Wembley Way

  • Wembley enggermatch

    Wembley Stadium pitch during England friendly against Germany in August 2007.

  • Wembley Arch CloseUp

    Close-up of the famous arch

  • Wembley The FA Logo

    Logo of the governing body of English football, the FA, as displayed on the exterior of Wembley Stadium

  • Wembley Stadium during London 2012 Olympic Games

    Wembley Stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament

  • Wembley Flag

    Fans of the England football team create the St George's Cross

  • Carlingcup

    Tottenham Hotspur celebrate winning the Football League Cup against Chelsea in 2008

  • Fullscore

    Portsmouth fans celebrate winning the FA Cup against Cardiff City in 2008. The 89,974 attendance is the largest football attendance in the new Wembley's history.

  • BVB-Fans in Wembley

    Wembley hosted the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund

  • Teams lining up before the 2014 Challenge Cup Final (23rd August 2014) 003

    Leeds and Castleford contested the 2014 Challenge Cup final.

  • "Wemberley.......Wemberley" - geograph.org.uk - 1770078

    Wembley in rugby union formation, with posts up before Saracens played Worcester Warriors in 2010.

  • NFL International Series 2010

    Build up to the 2010 game between Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers

  • LiveEarthWembleyStadium1

    The stage at the Live Earth concert held at Wembley on 7 July 2007.

  • EltonJohnDianaConcert

    Elton John on piano at the Concert for Diana at Wembley on 1 July 2007, commemorating Princess Diana

  • Take That Wembley

    Take That concert in 2009

  • Adele Live 2017 - The FINALE - WEMBLEY Stadium - LONDON - Make You Feel My Love (night 2, June 29th)

    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.

  • Wembley Stadium map

    A map of Wembley Stadium in relation to Olympic Way, Wembley Central, Wembley Stadium and Wembley Park stations, and the A406 North Circular Road (bottom right)

  • Cmglee London Wembley aerial

    Aerial view of Wembley Stadium and its surroundings

See also

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