England has always been a popular football nation because of the fans and historic stadiums.
Every stadium has its own aura and adds joy to the theatre of Football.
This is a list of 10 interesting facts about London Stadium.
1.
History London Stadium was formerly known as Olympic
Stadium.
It was built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
It was also known as the Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park but this name wasn’t
much known across the world.
2.
Construction The construction of London Stadium started
on 22 May 2008 and it was completed on 29 March 2011.
The total construction cost was £486 million with further renovation in 2016 which cost
around £323 million.
3.
Home Stadium After the Summer Olympics of 2012, this stadium
was reconstructed to host numerous other events and to use as a multi-purpose stadium.
Nowadays this stadium mostly serves as the home stadium of West Ham United.
4.
Capacity After the Olympics, this stadium went under
renovations and also held matches intermittently.
In 2016, its renovation was completed and now its capacity is 60,000 which makes it
the 6th largest stadium in England.
5.
Importance of Shape This stadium has oval shape and thus can host
events of many kinds of sports like Baseball and Cricket and also because of its relocatable
seats.
6.
Other events This stadium hosted several 2015 Rugby World
Cup games and both 2017 IAAF World Championships of Athletics and ParaAthletics, it was the
first time that both these events were hosted by the same stadium in the same year.
2017 IAAF World Championships of Athlet 7.
Iconic Roof This stadium has iconic roof which covers
the whole stadium, except the center, and thus it is the longest cantilevered roof in
the world.
8.
Not the first Olympic Stadium of London Though it was called Olympic Stadium, it was
not the first but second stadium particularly built for Olympics in London.
The previous stadium was called White City Stadium, which opened in 1908 and was built
in less than a year.
It cost around £60,000.
9.
Material used in roof Many stadiums around the world use steel for
their roof but it’s not the case with London Stadium as the roof is made of Fabric.
10.
Flexible style This stadium is flexible.
The total capacity of this stadium during concerts is 80,000.
The lower stand is permanent with 25,000 seats but the upper stand with 55,000 is temporary
and can also be dismantled if needed.
This idea was implemented with a legacy in mind that capacity will be reduced after the
games.