# Wembley Stadium

Wembley, UK · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-a760c1fd76` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/uk/wembley-wembley-stadium/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-a760c1fd76.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-a760c1fd76.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-a760c1fd76

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | entertainment | none |
| What is there now | a modernised stadium with a grand, skyline arch | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1923 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2000 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2007 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Timeline

- 1923: Original Wembley Stadium opened
- 1923: Opened
- 2000: Original Wembley Stadium closed for reconstruction
- 2000: Closed
- 2007: New Wembley Stadium opened
- 2007: Retrofit: redevelop

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Wembley () is a district in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It includes the wards of Alperton, Barn Hill, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton and Wembley Central, Wembley Hill and Wembley Park. The population was 133,616 in 2021, an increase of 20,000 since 2011.
Wembley was for over 800 years part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex. Its heart, Wembley Green, was surrounded by agricultural manors and their hamlets. The small, narrow, Wembley High Street is a conservation area.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley

## Sources

- Wembley — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Wembley Stadium, Wembley, UK." Record n-a760c1fd76, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/uk/wembley-wembley-stadium/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_wembleywembleystadium,
  title = {Wembley Stadium, Wembley, UK},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/uk/wembley-wembley-stadium/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-a760c1fd76, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.