When was wembley stadium completed

The match ended in Bolton defeating West Ham In Wembley was the centerpiece stadium of the London Olympics, hosting, among others, the athletics tournament. In a glass roof was added to the stadium, and in the same year a first European Cup final was played at the stadium when Milan beat Benfica Three years later, at the World Cup, the stadium hosted a total of nine matches, among which the semi-final between England and Portugal , and the final between England and West-Germany In the following decades Wembley would host four more European Cup finals , the first in between Manchester United and Benfica , the second in between Ajax and Panathinaikos , the third in between Liverpool and Club Brugge , and the fourth in between Barcelona and Sampdoria Most notable were the semi-final between Germany and England and the final between Germany and the Czech Republic The last match played at the stadium was an international between England and Germany , with the last goal scored by Dieter Hamann.

In bad weather, the roof can be closed within 1 hour to provide protection for all 90, seats. The roof is structurally supported by a spectacular meter high arch towering over the stadium, which is an iconic replacement for the old Twin Towers.

Wembley Stadium London. 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 , before being demolished in September The venue was originally developed as the main attraction of the British Empire Exhibition.

Construction work of old Wembley Stadium began in January and the stadium was inaugurated on 23 April Architects Sir John Simpson and Maxwell Ayerton designed the stadium, which had a capacity of , FA Cup finals between and and League Cup finals between and along with seven European finals were held at the ground.

The design year design life of the new stadium is both functional and architecturally significant. Sir Norman Foster designed the arch and the roof structure, with the remainder of the stadium being designed by architects Foster and Partners and Populous formerly known as HOK Sport.

The stadium is designed like a bowl and its unique features include retractable roof panels and the arch. These were developed in response to the particular requirements of the stadium, one of which was the need for a high-quality grass pitch in order to achieve UEFA five-star stadium status. By using retractable roof panels, which retract to the south, it allows as much daylight and ventilation to reach pitch level as possible. The arch itself is not just a cosmetic feature; it supports the north roof and a sizeable area of the south roof.

The arch was designed to give the appearance of solidity without incurring the penalty of high wind loads. The arch has a lattice form consisting of 41 steel rings diaphragms connected by spiralling tubular chords and is formed of 13 modules with two tapering end sections. The arch 7. Inclined from the vertical, the arch is held in position by a series of forestay and backstay cables tied to the main stadium structure.

The leading edge of the north roof is in turn suspended from the arch by the forestay cables. Cables from the arch are arranged in a diagonal pattern to help spread loads to control in-plane bending while also providing out-of-plane restraint to resist buckling. The arch structure is m in height, with a span of m and is the longest single-span roof structure in the world.

Weighing some 7,t, the roof has a number of retractable edge sections that can be manoeuvred to allow direct sunlight to reach all parts of the grass pitch to allow the pitch to achieve top quality.

If necessary e. With its load-bearing capabilities, the arch allowed designers to eliminate the need for columns within the interior, which means that every stadium seat has an unobstructed view of the pitch. The arch fulfils another function aside from supporting the majority of the roof. To achieve this effect, metal halide floodlights were mounted within the arch to illuminate the internal faces of the lattice and the structural rings that form its structure.

Because the arch is lit from within, the outer faces remain dark and increase the dramatic effect by adding depth and contrast and giving the appearance that the light is trapped within the lattice structure.

The arch also has an aircraft safety light at the top. Construction of the arch began in ; it was fabricated on-site using steel modules fabricated by steel subcontractor Cleveland Bridge. Cleveland Bridge left the project shortly after over some serious contractual difficulties with the main contractor Multiplex.

The arch was lifted in four key stages in June and temporarily supported on five restraining cables. Structural engineers from the Mott Stadium Consortium worked closely with Multiplex and the newly appointed steelwork subcontractor Hollandia to transfer the load, in excess of 1,t, to the permanent cable net and eyebrow catenary cable.

On 19 June the laying of the new Wembley turf was completed. The turf arrived at the stadium in giant rolls measuring between 12m to 16m long and 1.