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Wembley roof fully closed.
The stadium hosted the 2011 champions league final between barcelona and manchester united 3 1 and two years later the 2013 champions league final between bayern munich and borussia dortmund 2 1.
The sliding roof sits 52 metres above the pitch.
According to the official website of wembley stadium for the majority of event days at wembley stadium the roof is in its fully closed position lined up with the touchlines leaving the seats.
Which makes wembley the largest fully covered stadium in the world.
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.
Wembley stadium s roof does not close fully the boxers will be protected by a canopy but fans could get soaked credit.
Pa press association 4 the roof behind each goal at wembley can move but doesn t cover the pitch and not while people are.
During concerts if you have standing tickets on the pitch you will be open to the elements.
The principality stadium can fully close its retractable roof credit.
Even though the roof does not completely close it does cover every seat in the 90 000 capacity stadium.
Abide with me to be sung by emeli sande from wembley stadium roof pre recorded performance will be played to those behind closed doors at the national stadium for fa cup final.
Even though the roof does not completely close it does cover every seat in the stadium which makes wembley the largest fully covered stadium in the world.
The new 6 350 tonne roof covers an area of over 45 000 square metres 11 acres 4 acres 16 000 m2 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 and is designed not to cast a shadow on the pitch.
The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the england national football team and the fa cup final.
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.