The Emirates Stadium

[killer2005]

www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/emirates11/

Looks very nice indeed.

Plus a question, was cheaper and quicker to build than the new wembley?

Edit To answer my own question, I found these stats elsewhere Emirates Stadium - £357 million, Wembley - £757 million

Edited by killer2005 on Tuesday 4th July 01:12

[m3john]

Some absolutely FANTASTIC pictures there mate and being a Arsenal supporter it nice to get a in-side look at their new home.....a bit of a contrast from Highbury!.......and to be honest i was a little `anti-Emirates Stadium` before i saw your pictures.

Well done and thank you for the little insight.


M3John.

Edited by m3john on Tuesday 4th July 03:04

[planetdave]

I know quantum leap forward blahblah creature comforts blahblah but it's identikit arena. If the Reebok is the 'Mondeo' then this is the '3' series.

At least it looks like Terry Henry will grace it.

[ZR1cliff]

Its Great to see,now all it needs is the rest to follow,i look forward to the days when we have 80,000 seater stadiums in the UK to rival the continental grounds but i dont undertsand why we cant have standing areas behind the goals like they have at Barcelona?,i miss standing

[planetdave]

Coz that well known football fan, Baroness Thatcher the milk snatcher, decreed that it is a game for oiks and that we are not to be trusted to stand up since standing people caused Hillborough.
Nothing to do with the overcrowding or Police giving up on crowd control then

[sleep envy]

killer2005 said:

www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/emirates11/

Looks very nice indeed.

Plus a question, was cheaper and quicker to build than the new wembley?

Edit To answer my own question, I found these stats elsewhere Emirates Stadium - £357 million, Wembley - £757 million

That's because Ashburton Grove only includes the stadium and a small amount of housing

Wembley includes the stadium and the surrounding infrastructure upgrades plus it hold 20k more people.

You're comparing a 3 series with a 7 seriers BMW

[Venom]

£400m difference between the two is very hard to find though, especially considering the relative build times. You could build Emirates/Ashburton Grove twice and still have change and the Ashburton development has included infrastructure (pumping stations, sewerage works, buying up some housing stock, site purchase, planning obligations for off site benefit etc).

I know the development hasn't been squeaky clean and they've managed to wriggle out of some of their commitments (in part thanks to Transport for London changing their minds, as I understand it) but the cost difference does seem a bit disproportionate.

[anonymous-user]

Beautiful looking stadium. I wonder how long those urinals will stay that clean for?