Arsenal Stadium
former football stadium in Highbury, North London, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium. It was commonly known as Highbury Stadium, or simply Highbury. It was the home stadium of Arsenal Football Club from 1913 until 2006.
Highbury – the "Home of Football"[1] | |
 Stadium in 2005 | |
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| Full name | Arsenal Stadium, Highbury Stadium |
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| Location | Highbury, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°33′28″N 0°6′10″W |
| Owner | Arsenal Holdings plc |
| Operator | Arsenal |
| Capacity | 38,419 (at closure), 73,000 (peak) |
| Field size | 109×73 yds / 100×67 m[2] |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 6 September 1913 |
| Renovated | 1932–1936, 1992–1993 |
| Closed | 7 May 2006 |
| Demolished | 2006; was redeveloped as housing |
| Construction cost | £125,000 (1913 original) adjusted by inflation: £12.4m £175,000 (1930s redevelopment) adjusted by inflation: £11.1m £22.5m (1990s redevelopment) adjusted by inflation: £46.9m |
| Architect | Archibald Leitch (1913 original) C. W. Ferrier and W. Binnie (1930s redevelopment) LOBB partnership (North Bank) |
| Tenants | |
| Arsenal F.C. (1913–2006) | |
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