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Las Torres Gemelas del Wembley original.
Las Torres Gemelas del Wembley original.. Photo: Merv Payne / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Stadium · InglaterraWembley Stadium

Location
Wembley, London
Capacity
82,000 spectators
Opened
1923
The club played here
Until 2000
Former names
Empire Stadium y British Empire Exhibition Stadium (primeros años, desde 1923)

The original Wembley was built as the centrepiece of the British Empire Exhibition and opened on April 28, 1923 with the FA Cup final. Its Twin Towers made it famous around the world. It was the main stadium of the 1948 Olympic Games, and there England won the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany. It closed with a 0-1 England defeat to Germany in October 2000 and was demolished from 2002 onwards.

Inglaterra stadiums

Sources

  1. Website. Wikipedia (English) View source
  2. Website. stadiumguide.com View source
  3. Website. wembleystadium.com View source
  4. Website. wembleystadium.com View source
  5. Website. populous.com View source