Multiplex, the Australian construction firm who were contracted to build the stadium famously lost almost £150m on the project and revelations that their onsite labourers had queued up at the local branch of a well-known bookmaker to bet against the job being finished in time for the 2006 FA Cup final spoke volumes about the fiasco. The UEFA Euro 2020 final was an association football match between England and Italy that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 11 July 2021 to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2020.
Opened: 2007 Capacity: 87,000 Expected attendance: 22,500 (for group games and R16, semi-finals and final to be confirmed)įinally opened to the public on 9 March 2007 after almost a decade of delays, spiralling costs and legal disputes, Wembley Stadium was rebuilt for an incredible final price tag of over £800m and signalled the end of the England team’s popular experiment of playing their home internationals in various grounds around the country during their period of enforced homelessness. Englands footballers will travel to Rome for the Euro 2020 quarter-final against Ukraine on Saturday in a bid to reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time in 25 years.
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