Has The New Wembley Stadium Got A Roof

The picture above shows the roof in its fully closed position.

Has the new wembley stadium got a roof.

The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the england national football team and the fa cup final. The faults in a roof built in 2007 first became obvious in 2013 when the sealant on the metal roof. With 90 000 seats the stadium has the second largest capacity in europe. Wembley stadium replaced the old stadium with the same name that had stood in its place since 1923 and had been host to many cup finals.

The millennium stadium welsh. It has a retractable roof which will take an hour or so to close over. After several delays postponing the opening of the stadium for almost two years the stadium finally got. By area it is the largest roof covered football stadium in the world.

The old wembley stadium got demolished in 2003 after which construction of the new stadium started. Wembley stadium branded as wembley stadium connected by ee for sponsorship reasons is a football stadium in wembley london it opened in 2007 on the site of the original wembley stadium which was demolished from 2002 to 2003. Stadiwm y mileniwm known since 2016 as the principality stadium welsh. According to wembley website no it does not.

Wembley stadium in wembley london. As you can see it does not cover the pitch and if rain is falling at an angle some guests in level 1 seating may get wet. Detail of the arch the new 6 350 tonne roof covers an area of over 45 000 square metres 11 acres four acres of which are movable and rise to 52 m 170 ft above the pitch 1 with a span of 317 m 1040 ft the arch is the longest single span roof structure in the world and is 134 m 440 ft above the level of the external concourse 16. The roof is designed so that if it rains etc then all seating areas are covered and people will not get wet.

During concerts if you have standing tickets on the pitch you will be open to the elements. See link right dow at very bottom of page. Wembley needs significant repairs to its roof that could take at least 10 years to complete.