The old Wembley stadium witnessed its home team winning the FIFA World Cup in 1966.
Architects Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayerton designed the stadium, which had a capacity of 127,000.įA Cup finals between 19 and League Cup finals between 19 along with seven European finals were held at the ground. The venue was originally developed as the main attraction of the 1924 British Empire Exhibition.Ĭonstruction work of old Wembley Stadium began in January 1922 and the stadium was inaugurated on 23 April 1923. The old Wembley Stadium, with its much loved twin towers stood tall as a standing memory of British sporting history until it was closed in 2000, before being demolished in September 2002. “The new Wembley Stadium opened to the public on 9 March 2007.” The old Wembley Stadium Apart from sporting events, the stadium also played host to music concerts of George Michael, Madonna, Coldplay, Mettalica,U2, Oasis and charity music shows including Concert for Diana and Live Earth. The stadium also hosted the 20 Race of Champions. The stadium hosted the FA Cup, Rugby League Challenge Cup, National Football League and FA Community Shield. The stadium is the homeground for international matches of the England national football team and the English domestic cup finals. With 90,000 seats it is the largest stadium to have every seat under cover. The stadium, with a retractable roof and a 135m high arch, visible throughout London, stands as an association football venue in Wembley Park in London. The aim of the project was to design and build a state-of-the-art national stadium, unlike any other in the world, which would be the home of English football and to host large events such as Cup Finals, music events and athletics.
Construction of the new Wembley Stadium, which began in October 2002, was at times controversial. The all-seat stadium is owned by the Football Association (FA) and operated by its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL). This outgoing identity was designed by Identica in 2002.įA Group head of marketing Simon Freedman adds that the rebrand will engage the stadium with ‘Club Wembley members, commercial partners and a huge spectator base.The new Wembley Stadium opened to the public on 9 March 2007. The new identity is ‘more inclusive’, Mayers says, and marks a shift from the previous identity, which was ‘very corporate’. Mayers says the new identity ‘evokes the structure of the stadium from its best angles and the light emanating from within captures its vibrancy’.
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The new identity, designed in close consultation with the Football Association’s in-house design studio, will represent stadium events including the FA Cup final and the Uefa Champions League final, but also non-football events including the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the NFL International Series, plus live music events.īryan Mayers, Bulletproof account director, says the consultancy was appointed on the strength of previous work with the FA, ‘although we did hold a chemistry session with them and one other consultancy,’ he adds.