The original Wembley Stadium (/ˈwɛmbli/; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor and by its predecessor, Watkin's Tower.
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Wembley Stadium
1923
Capacity: 90,000
Destruction date: 2003
Opened: April 28, 1923
Closed: October 7, 2000
Construction cost: £750,000 (1923) (equivalent to £41.19 million or US$52.58 million in 2019)
Architects: Owen Williams, Maxwell Ayrton, and John William Simpson
Owner: The Football Association
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