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The former Wembley Stadium (/ ˈ w ɛ m b l i /; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor and by its predecessor, Watkin's Tower .
Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium , which had stood from 1923 until 2003.
Empire Stadium was the name of three stadiums: . Empire Stadium (Vancouver), Vancouver, Canada, now closed Empire Stadium (Gżira), Malta, now closed Wembley Stadium (1923), Wembley, England, originally called Empire Exhibition Stadium later renamed Wembley Stadium, replaced in 2007 by a new Wembley Stadium
The old Wembley Stadium – the Empire Stadium. England played its first game at Wembley's Empire Stadium the following year in 1924, although Wembley was then only used for games against Scotland until May 1951, when England played Argentina.
The towers were designed by Sir Robert McAlpine for the construction of Empire Stadium (later known as Wembley Stadium) in time for the British Empire Exhibition on the site of the demolished Watkin's Tower. They were 126 feet (38 m) high and built of ferro-concrete with concrete flagpoles topped with concrete crowns constructed above them. [1]
1924 Postcard showing the Empire stadium, later Wembley Stadium, which would become England's national football stadium. The stadium's distinctive Twin Towers became its trademark. A purpose-built "great national sports ground", called the Empire Stadium, was built for the Exhibition. [13] This became Wembley Stadium.
Among the pavilions and halls designed for the exhibition by John William Simpson, Maxwell Ayrton and Owen Williams was a grand sports arena, the 125,000-capacity British Empire Exhibition Stadium, later to be known as Wembley Stadium. It was built on the site of Watkin's Tower, covering its foundations, and opened in 1923.
Wembley Arena (/ ˈ w ɛ m b l i /) (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) [2] is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England. The 12,500-seat facility is London's second-largest indoor arena after the O 2 Arena , and the ninth-largest in the United Kingdom.