Emirates Stadium
- Arsenal FC (since 2006)
- Rugby Union World Cup 2015
The Emirates Stadium is the football stadium of the English first division club FC Arsenal.
The stadium was built in Ashburton Grove, North London ( Holloway ) and was opened in July 2006. It can accommodate about 60,000 spectators and is thus to Old Trafford for Manchester United is the second largest stadium in the FA Premier League. After the Wembley Stadium, Twickenham Stadium and the Olympic Stadium London, it is the fourth-largest sports stadium of London.
The arena consists of four covered bleachers, where the lower part is large and flat and the second tier consists of only eight rows of seats. This extends into the airspace over the first rank. ( Called Club animal ) A third smaller rank is at the rear of boxes, of which there are a total of 150. The fourth category is called Upper Tier and is designed with curved shape. Through this type of impression that the roof would sag occurs. In addition, two video walls are installed.
The design of the stadium comes from the firm HOK Sport (now Populous ), which was shown previously already responsible for designing the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, the Olympic Stadium in Sydney and the new Wembley Stadium. Constructed it was designed by Sir Robert McAlpine. The site is located on the base of the former Ashburton Grove industrial estate, several hundred meters from the old Arsenal Stadium Highbury away.
History of the stadium
The construction of this building was supported by about 160 million euros of the Arab airline Emirates, which the rivals Chelsea reached earlier financially under the arms. As was announced in October 2004, Emirates long-term investments in the financing of the project and receives 15-year naming rights deal. This sum also includes an eight-year shirt sponsorship for Emirates, starting with the season 2006/07.
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Many call the new stadium also Ashburton Grove, after the place where it stands. This discrepancy between the official and the unofficial name was occasionally mentioned already with the name of the previous stadium of FC Arsenal, which was often referred to as Highbury, although it is actually called Arsenal Stadium.
The Emirates Stadium is about 600 million euros total cost is the most expensive stadium in the English Premier League.
In order to obtain the necessary license for the opening, had to be held at the stadium three events without full utilization. First, a meeting of investors was initiated, later a public training session for 20,000 selected club members on 20 July 2006. Served as the third event in the farewell match of Dennis Bergkamp against his former club Ajax Amsterdam, which on July 22, 2006 before a crowd of 54,000 spectators occurred. The first league game was played 19 August 2006 against Aston Villa.
Gallery
Interior view of the stadium during construction
The stadium under construction
Interior
Arsenal against Real Madrid in August 2008
The Emirates at night