Emirates Stadium (Arsenal)

Yesterday I went to my first ever footie match at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium to watch 2 matches, first Valencia vs Inter Milan, the second was Arsenal vs Paris St Germain. An excellent day, first match started 2.00 second 4.00, was home by 7.30. Ticket cost: £25 for both matches worth it? definitely, this was an experience I will never forget. The weather was excellent and we arrived there by tube (came out at Arsenal station turned right and walked down the road (5 mins) with hundreds of fans towards the stadium. A sea of red covered the street with the occasional white shirt (Arsenals new colours) with very few blue shirts or any other ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~ Three years ago, Arsenal FC left their hallowed Highbury home of 93 years and moved across the road into a brand new, state of the art stadium at Ashburton Grove. In keeping with the modern trend for selling naming rights, Arsenal did a £100m deal with Emirates Airlines in October 2004, meaning the new ground will be called "The Emirates" for at least the next fifteen years. ~~~~~~~~~ BACKGROUND ~~~~~~~~~ The traditional Highbury, with its listed Art Deco East and West Stands, and the proximity of the crowd to the pitch, was always going to be hard to emulate. With a ...  Read the complete review

Last night my boyfriend had managed to score two tickets to watch Arsenal play adutch team called Twente in the Champions League so I got to visit the new Arsenal football ground for the first time as his mate he usually goes with could not go. Not a big football fan myself but I do enjoy a live game very occasionally and at least at this time of year it does not get too cold. The ground is located right in Ashburton Grove next to the old stadium pretty much, about a two or three minute walk apart, we actully drove in and paid to park near Finsbury Station, this cost us £15 for the match which is a bit steep. Finsbury Park is one of the tube stations lots of ...  Read the complete review

Saturday 22nd July saw over 50,000 Arsenal fans and a few fans of Ajax attending the opening of a new place in which to worship the best football the Premiership has to offer. The Emirates Stadium is a new 60,000 seater stadium that was built on time and within budget in the heart of London, Wembley take note, and whilst the name may be a corporate sell out if someone wants to stump up even a hundredth of the £100 million Emirates stumped up I will rename my house, kids and pets for them. Home to the countries finest football team, Arsenal, on Saturday those attending were not just entering a new place of worship we were also there to pay homage to Dennis ...  Read the complete review

The Emirates Stadium is Arsenal FC's new(ish) home replacing the previous Highbury one. The stadium came into use in the 2006-7 season and is situated just a short walk from where the Highbury stadium was. The stadium is an impressive site and most of the outside is made of glass allowing you to see into the various hospitality lounges with in the stadium. The stadium has an massive capacity of just over 60,000 and really is one of the most impressive stadiums in the country, if not the most. I have sat in a few positions within the stadium, and as far as I'm aware there are no pillars restricting views anywhere, so wherever you sit you should have ...  Read the complete review