Old Wembley Stadium(1923-2002)

Wembley Stadium (English: Wembley Stadium) was a multipurpose stadium, but mainly used for football practice, was located in the district of the same name in London, capital of England. He was the most famous stadium in Britain and one of the best known worldwide. In 2002 it was demolished and in its place was built the New Wembley.

It was opened in 1923 on the occasion of the exhibition to be held on British imperial following year, in fact his English name was Empire Stadium.

The first match played at Wembley was the final of the FA Cup in 1923, played between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, known as the "White Horse Final".

It was "the cathedral of football 'as Pele, and paraded her big names in world football. Also plays that happened on the pitch at Wembley were played a total of five finals of the European Cup, resulting in the sports arena champions AC Milan, Manchester United, Ajax Amsterdam, FC Liverpool and Barcelona.

However, the stadium was demolished in 2002 in order to create a new Wembley, an ultramodern multipurpose arena capacity 90,000 people who can receive the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The last match played at the old Wembley was the one who summoned the teams of Argentina and England, in 2000, that ended with zero result.

In 1985 there was the first part of the Live Aid concert in the stadium filled. In 1986 the British band Queen visited the legendary stage, appearing in consecutive nights on 11 and 12 July. Then, on 29 August 1992, the event was held company SummerSlam World Wrestling Entertainment WWE record in doing Freddie Mercury Tribute completely filled again, sold all the tickets in just three days. Also, in 1995, Bon Jovi filled the stadium for three nights.

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