White City Stadium
The White City Stadium was a stadium in White City, a suburb of London. It was built to host the Summer Olympics 1908. Until the 1920s it was simply called " The Stadium ".
Construction began on July 31, 1907, and lasted about nine months; the cost was £ 44,000. On May 14, 1908 was officially opened by the Prince of Wales. When rehearsal was the end of June the implementation of the UK Athletics championships. During the Summer Olympics in 1908 were on the up to twelve meters high stands 66 288 seat auditorium, nearly 20,000 seats on the sides were covered. Among the grandstands the athletes and judges were numerous resting, meeting and locker rooms. The outermost part of the interior formed a 660 yards ( 603.5 m) long cycling track made of concrete with banked curves. Within this, a cinder track joined with six lanes, the length was one third of a mile ( 536.45 m). On the infield is jumping and throwing facilities were in the curve interiors, a playing field for ball games and a 330 feet (100 m) long and 50 feet (15.24 m) wide, unheated swimming pool with retractable diving platform.
By 1914, found in the stadium regularly athletics competitions held. The old career in 1927 covered with grass, to perform Greyhound Dog Racing and Speedway Racing can. Within this train originated in 1931 a new athletic track with a length of 440 yards ( 402.336 meters ); on this were from 1932 to 1970 the British Amateur Athletics Championships took place.
From 1931 to 1933 and from 1962 to 1963 the football club Queens Park Rangers had guest right here. In the White City Stadium, the British Empire Games were held in 1934. During the FIFA World Cup 1966 the match between Uruguay and France had to be held here. The owner of Wembley Stadium had refused to cancel the held in Wembley Greyhound racing, which is why the game was moved to White City.
In 1985, the White City Stadium was demolished to make room for a building complex of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The folk band The Pogues sang this event in the song " White City ", which was published in 1989 on the album Peace and Love. The former finish line is characterized by a mark on the present site. On a nearby wall is a plaque with the medal of the Olympic Summer Games 1908 is attached.
The White City Stadium was planned as a home of the Argonauts, but the club denied never a game.
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- Former track and field facility in the United Kingdom
- Olympic competition venue
- Former venue for football ( London)
- Building in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Built in the 1900s
- Abgegangenes building in London
- Former velodrome in the United Kingdom
- Football stadium in Europe
- Destroyed in the 1980s