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Wembley Stadium
London, England, United Kingdom
90,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Wembley Stadium in London is the largest of the 738 listed stadiums in Europe. It was a venue of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
It is one of 48 stadiums on this site with a retractable roof. It opened in 2007. The nearest listed stadium is Loftus Road, 6.1 km away.
- Listed for
- American football, football and rugby league
- Tenants
- England national football team
- Surface
- Hybrid grass
- Roof
- Retractable roof
- Position
- 51.56° N, 0.28° W
Where it stands in the United Kingdom
- Wembley Stadium90,000
- Twickenham Stadium8,000 fewer82,000
- Old Trafford15,842 fewer74,158
- Millennium Stadium16,069 fewer73,931
- 129 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 2002
- Owner
- The Football Association
- Operator
- Wembley National Stadium Limited
- Architects
- HOK Sport, Foster and Partners, Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners
- Main contractor
- Multiplex
- Field size
- 105 m × 68 m
- Recorded construction cost
- £ 789 million
- Record attendance
- 90,000 (2025)
- Opening order in the United Kingdom
- joint 118th of 133, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in the United Kingdom
- 2.7%
- Compared with the median in the United Kingdom
- 4.6 times the median capacity of 19,700 across its 133 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 2000s in the United Kingdom
- 19 of the 133 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 2007 in the United Kingdom
- Stadium MK, Club Doncaster Sports Village
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- New Administrative Capital Stadium, 3,562 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 4
Chronology
- 2007 Opened
- 2012 Summer Olympics venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- Loftus Road · south-east18,439 places, opened 19046.1 km
- Brentford Community Stadium · south17,250 places, opened 20207.2 km
- Lord's · east31,100 places, opened 17877.9 km
- Craven Cottage · south-east28,107 places, opened 18969.8 km
- Stamford Bridge · south-east40,044 places, opened 187710.2 km
Source: Wikipedia, Wembley Stadium.