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Arsenal FC Emirates Stadium The Ground After 93 years of playing at one of the most historic grounds in the country, Arsenal have moved a short distance away to their new super modern home. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport (who also designed Stadium Australia in Sydney, which was used for the Olympics) and built by Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, cost £390m to build. Unlike the new Wembley Stadium, the new Arsenal Stadium, was built on time and within budget. It has been named the Emirates Stadium in a ten year corporate sponsorship deal. With a capacity of over
60,000 the stadium is huge in comparison to Highbury and is the largest
football ground in London. It is the only stadium that I know of in this
country that is four tiered. The lower tier, is large and shallow, set
well back from the playing surface as a cinder track surrounds the playing
area. A small second tier, which is called the Club tier, has seating and
a row of executive boxes at the rear, this Club tier slightly overhangs
the bottom tier. 150 executive boxes in total are located within the
stadium The third tier is even smaller, being only eight rows deep and
fits entirely under the large fourth tier. This fourth tier, known as the
upper tier, has been designed in a semi circular fashion and is topped by
an impressive looking roof, that includes a lot of visible white tubular
steelwork and perspex panels to allow more light to get to the pitch. The
roofs though do not follow the semi circular shape of the stands but in
fact run across the top of them and even dip down towards them giving them
a strange look. Two excellent looking large video screens situated in the
North West & South East corners, below the roof line, complete the
stadium. For those that have been to Benfica's Stadium Of Light in
Portugal, then the Emirates is very similar, both having designed by HOK
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