Uk Football Stadiums With Retractable Roofs

Wembley stadium in london which seats 90 000 spectators is not included as the roof can only be partially closed.

Uk football stadiums with retractable roofs.

List of retractable roof stadiums. This is a list of football stadiums in england ranked in descending order of capacity there is an extremely large number of football stadiums and pitches in england so this list is not complete. The following is a list of stadiums in the united kingdom with a capacity of 5 000 or more. They are ordered by capacity which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate.

Only domed and retractable roof stadiums are included i e. The stadiums of all 116 clubs in the top five tiers of the english football league system as of the 2018 19 season premier league efl championship efl league one efl league two and. A retractable roof is a roof system designed to roll back the roof on tracks so. Jump to navigation jump to search.

Defunct retractable roof. With an estimated completion date of 2022 the new plans include a retractable roof. This article is a list of current national football league stadiums sorted by capacity their locations their first year of usage and home teams although the national football league nfl has 32 teams there are only 30 full time nfl stadiums because the new york giants and new york jets share metlife stadium and the los angeles rams and the los angeles chargers share sofi stadium. It is also known as the millennium stadium and it has a capacity of 74 500.

It made history as europe s second stadium to have a retractable roof. Uses of stadiums in the uk the majority of the country s stadiums are used for association football while others host a variety of sports from cricket rugby athletics tennis. Centre court got its fully retractable roof costing 100 million in 2009 along with a facelift that raised the roof to add in another 1500 seats. This is a list of sports venues that allow for both indoor and outdoor sporting events because they have a retractable roof.

Capacities are standard total capacity including seats and any standing areas and excluding any temporary seating. The future of retractable roofs. The stadium was built from 1997 to 1999 to host matches of the 1999 rugby world cup. And whilst it takes only 10 minutes to open or close it takes up to 45 minutes for the air conditioning to acclimatise the stadium.

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