Wembley Stadium Roof Retractable

T he cost of installing a fully retractable roof has been estimated at around 150 200 million around a quarter of wembley s original cost to rebuild.

Wembley stadium roof retractable.

The picture above shows the roof in its fully closed position. The wembley stadium has a movable roof and this depends on a hydraulic system to move the huge cover. 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. The major housing development by.

The royal box represents the traditional position in the middle of the north stand as in the case of the old wembley stadium. Another stadium with a retractable roof the decision to build the new arena nationala in 2007 was a much needed move what with the previous stadionul national crumbling away. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the england national football team and the fa cup final. During concerts if you have standing tickets on the.

It sits 52 metres above the playing surface and can move forwards and backwards enough to cover the. I thought the point of the wembley roof was to stop anyone who is flying over the stadium from seeing the embarrassing high number of empty seats at the beginning of the second half of every game when all the corporate supporters are enjoying their prawn sandwiches in the bar. The retractable roof allows the sunlight cover to be monitored and that allows the grass to grow. Each of the two enormous screens in the new stadium is the size of 600 domestic television sets.