Wemberelyy! (Wembley Stadium (London))

Member Name: ajbluestar

Product:	Wembley Stadium (London)
Date:	20/03/09 (49 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great visual stadium,

Disadvantages: not the best atmosphere wise, can be expensive

Wembley Stadium is probably one of the most iconic and recognisable football stadiums in the world and is steeped with history. The new Wembley Stadium holds 90,000 people and did take a long time to build!

The nearest and most convenient underground station to get to Wembley stadium is Wembley Park which was improved considerably in time for the opening of the new wembley.

The first game I went to there was the England V Switzerland friendly game which was Fabio Capello's first game in charge of the English national football team.

The first thing that strikes you when you are walking up to the stadium is the huge arch which is the distinct feature of the new Wembley. In evening games this is lit up and provides a great spectacle.

Once you get into the stadium you can see what a great stadium it is and you can spend a while just looking around at it in awe at the design and structure. It also has a retractable roof for adverse weather.

The atmosphere inside can be a bit lacking like alot of the modern stadiums. This is in no small part due to the large number of corporate tickets which account for a large portion of the stadium (1/3rd) I am led to believe. This stops many 'real' fans from getting tickets to some of the biggest games such as the Cup finals which is a bit of a shame. You can see why they need to do it though as it was expensive to build and the FA need to make the money!

It is a great national stadium but was over budget and took longer than it should have done to build but it is great nonetheless. Also everything you buy inside is very expensive like the food and the programmes etc. The stadium itself though is magnificent -well designed and built and just a great place to call England's national football stadium.

Summary: A great National stadium