HOK Sport
New Wembley Stadium
London
New Wembley Stadium, London
World Stadium Team, Foster and Partners, and HOK Sport
Expected to be completed 2006
With 90,000 seats, the new Wembley Stadium will be the largest soccer arena in the world. The signature 98.3-foot high twin towers of the original Wembley, built for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924, are being replaced with a dramatic 436-foot arch that will support 5,000 tons of the 7,000-ton movable roof. This structural solution eliminates the need for pillars that could obscure visitor's views. (With a span of 315 meters, the arch will be the longest single span roof structure in the world and will be visible from all parts of London.)
Built to incorporate the latest digital technology, the stadium includes two giant video screens, each roughly the size of 600 TV sets.