WORLD'S GREATEST SPORT ARENA.
PACTS ABOTJT THE mpa,.. stadium. (FHOM OCR OWN CORRSSfoxB^, LONDON. (HjJ By night and "by d«y * are busy an tho conikmctica o( pent! Stsdium of the BrUkli I-Jt ? lubiiion at Wembley p at!ti arran will be ready for ibo C® fcj? naxt spring. ? J " ** The Erapiro Inhibition, fc, 1924, is being built with th» okj*t « j ot aiapmyiug ir.a resou«« w Id life) tmuli ttuu HUOMMt w ma **o „i u uii'j. impuiim J2*uuu»ttvn • i.llß j'.w.uu, li vii# M Wftuuss 1-0 i.)Im W «W, iai S wiu t>o no uaipoj.iy ufiim, ui*ueui owuio „ t mi KrtM cu a tea la m uio imute. ™ it wUI do Mo mgtti ipottj Kn, j,i world. By epoeim ,j u t mushed iu Wis, la ordu'tb&i iintu of tno roow'au AJMoiawa (jJ Loniyuuuon luay do mm Association iuvve leased tho jtouJli term oi years; tho tuadnim „ Wj bo tho permanent homo ot Brituk M As a result ot tho architwU' cUmt ocjr.fort and convenience provided is Beats and, stands show t distinct li upon any hitherto constructed in in ot tlio world. Every om cJ th» liua »ib!© will cujoj an miita viow of tlie Arid oi pay. Thtn t3 Mating accommodation lor 35,000, Ji,®' ing undar oorer, and * hirthii luj I those standing will find ndcquiU tho back of tils enclosures, Tho arena itself provides t £tUi|J adequate for both Association ml b football. It has been' ■ Itvatlil- ii utmost car© and laid with turf (hi golf greens of tha Wemblsy P«k(i#« The foundation for the turf is utojj which has been covered to a ()<ptHl inches with, varying gradrn of <iaja,i which Ave inches of .specially prctwii have bsen spread. Hydiiuts pUjiiji quest intervals will ensure u ih supply of jvater. jj burimmdiug tho playing £»M iutf milo running track, and ia mm straight sprinting . track tiV ju&J has .beta provided Iq ordw la ottm'i lata distance, a tunnel ktrtoil structed under part of the npHtrMl the stadium in tho west winf, iti li»«j straight 230 yards track in jfeßiMltqf dom. , . '•B'.'. N'-i.'-rf! 'lie stadium stands on and provides a landmark to"wj6 of the surrounding - coimtty, lU vm| technically described «« Utt'-ii'im | half of which'-is «uipcnt?«i « j cavatedr—halfi tiwsaiawkitf "fef.'toa i which it: been tttt*»V; I entice : eoustrtotio3 ; is: i/Uiuiaph d;M | engineering..;': • -jif | A banqueting hill latga «nout* | commodate a thoawad ,peopl«, and 8 dining and behind the itea provide ample facilities for tie B« number o! visitors. The ltanqnettnj W al» be availahlo far congmwJ Wo # Complete changing rooms irithHiHl Aasia and recreation- rooiaa will 1» I# for four hundred atmet«. , / There will be a' Prm gllleiT «» »« CJub for tho convenience of botijW resent&tives. I'roa ths Pren E^«l' lelegraphio facilities will to PWIJ<M apart from tlie post offices IS set up in the Exhibition JB Boardrcome <wd quirenrents of the adttiiiistrttil* jWI any Miociation that may Me Immßb Ample provision will, of coan *' moans of special crows-Mst'i rraph operators, and in *la Tower of the Stadium, wir»W< bo instail«d. , ::H|
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17632, 8 December 1922, Page 12
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