Stadium "Arsenal" - "Emirates"

The advantage of every good football team is its stadium. Such names as "Camp Nou", "Santiago Bernabeu", "Stamford Bridge" say something even to those people who are poorly versed in football. The stadium is the home for the team that performs there, you can call this place sacred for every club.

In this article, we will talk about the stadium "Arsenal" - "Emirates". This is one of the most comfortable stadiums in Europe, perhaps, that is why there are regular gatherings from football fans of the "Gunners".

Arsenal Stadium - name

It is generally accepted as the official name of the football stadium of the London team - "Emirates", but not everything is as simple as it seems at first glance. After UEFA introduced the rule of financial fair play (the rule that teams should spend just as much as they earn), they also banned the use of any commercial names on the infrastructure of the football club. Otherwise, they can be disqualified from the European Cup matches.

Based on this rule, we can say that the Arsenal stadium is constantly changing its name. In the championship of the Angliyskaya Premier League, the stadium is called "Emirates", and at matches of the Champions League or another tournament of European scale - "Ashburton Grove" or "Arsenal Stadium." Thus, "Arsenal" still cunning with the system, receiving money from sponsors and not violating the rules of financial fair play. But, most likely, this vein will be blocked by the governing football authorities, because this issue was seriously taken up.

Characteristics of the stadium

The stadium itself was built in 2006, when Arsenal was at the peak of its capabilities. The amount that was spent in the construction, according to various sources is from 370 to 400 million pounds sterling. And at that time it was one of the most expensive stadiums in the world, although it still applies to them.

The color scheme of the stadium is sustained, naturally, in the colors of the club - red and white. At its stands can accommodate at the same time about 60 thousand fans, while it provides all security measures. Also, the stadium takes into account the needs of people with disabilities - there are places and even special personnel for the disabled. This approach is explained by the fact that the club president himself is a football fan and for him it is very important that everyone who supports his team feel comfortable and does not need anything. Stadium "Arsenal" (photo we suggest in our article) - a work of football art.

"Arsenalization"

Arsenal Stadium was not always the way we are able to see it now. In the first years of its existence it was a good stadium, but its design aroused a lot of protests among club fans from London, who demanded that the stadium demonstrate in the design, who exactly plays it and who is the master here. And in 2009, the so-called "arsenalization" of the stadium began.

To this end, various designers were invited who tried to recreate the atmosphere of Highbury, decorating the club with eight canvases depicting former Arsenal players who managed to make the biggest contribution to the development of the club. In addition, a club museum was created inside the stadium, where all the trophies were in the original, and in general it numbered more than 60,000 exhibits.

We can say that the "arsenalization" was successful, because even the walls smelled of the spirit of the "canonier" movement. What is noteworthy, after that, according to statistics on the "Arsenal" began to walk more people.

Stadium "Arsenal" - the old "Highbury"

Despite the fact that the "Emirates" is very comfortable and capacious, "Highbury" is almost a 100-year history. This stadium "Arsenal" existed from 1913 to 2006. It hosted boxing matches, the summer Olympic Games in 1948, the FA Cup final and many other sports events.

The fans accepted the dismantling of the stadium with understanding, but bitterness was present in the soul. One of the fans did not miss a single match of his team for 30 years and for him it was really a shock, although he admitted that the construction of a new structure was brewing. Of course, all the old should be left in the past without looking back, and with confidence to look to the future, but do not forget the place where the victories of the great football club Arsenal, who won the English Premier League and the Champions League, began.