Wembley Stadium London
It took three years to complete the construction of Europe’s second largest sport venue, Wembley Stadium. The location is responsible for scheduling football matches under the supervision of the English football’s governing body, Football Association. Previous stadium situated at the similar location was famous by the name of Empire Stadium, but after its demolition in 2003, Wembley Stadium was built. Currently the venue covers 40,000 m^2, but 13,722 m^2 portion is detachable. The previous building was beautiful enough to grab visitor’s attention, but the present structure has permanently got hold of the lime light. Besides football the venue is used for various purposes, in Olympiad XXX 2 football gold medal events will be scheduled, in which men and women both will participate.
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History
Before Wembley Stadium was made public, Empire Stadium was being used for the major events of football. In 1923 this football venue was inaugurated, since then it has scheduled various prominent events like, 1985 Live Aid concert, the final of Euro 96, in 1966 World Cup Final and the WWF Summer Slam 1992. After its demolition architect Foster, Panther along with Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners were given the duty to beautifully reconstruct the building. With the budget of £783 million building was successfully completed in 2006. Total capacity, which includes visitors sitting and standing is 105000, this makes the stadium second largest venue of Europe.
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What to do at Wembley Stadium:
Not only football, but several other events are also scheduled at this huge venue. Especially music concerts that are scheduled on a huge scale usually takes place at the Wembley stadium.
There is a store located near the ticket office. The Stadium store mainly contains attire and accessories which are usually found in football kit. You can buy an item from the store and take home some special memories. The best part is that you can also get your name printed on the accessories.
Rooms are available you can hire one that is according to your choice. Besides that halls for wedding or formal occasions are also present.
Under the observation of few fanatical chefs breakfast, dinner and lunch is served in a very classy and royal manner.
In order to make your trip full of excitement a 90 minutes tour is also be organized, in which you will be given a chance to view behind the scene action.
People related to television and film can also hire this place and utilize it according to their choice or need.
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Operational Hours:
Opening and closing time of the stadium depends upon the time of the match.
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Location:
Wembley National Stadium, London HA9 0WS, United Kingdom
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How to Contact:
For general inquiries you can use the contact details given as follow:
Contact: +44 844 980 8001
For booking a tour:
Contact: +44 844 847 2478
Venue Hiring
Contact: +44 20 8795 9660
Email: specialevents@wembleystadium.com
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How to Get There:
9 minutes walk is required to cover the distance of 0.4 mile between Wembley Stadium and the nearest tube station, Wembley Park. Take an exit from the station and move in the west direction. Keep on walking until you reach Empire Way/A479. The last turn will take you towards the Royal route on which you will have to wrap up 0.3 mile distance. In order to take a detail look at the route, Click Here!
By Bus:
Olympic Way bus station is few feet away from the Wembley Stadium. You can take route number 92 from Chuck End (Willesden) bus station and 206 from Kilburn Park bus station to reach at your destination.
