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Name: Emirates Stadium
Club: Arsenal FC
Cost: £357 million
Capacity: 60,000 seats
Inauguration: 22 July 2006
First match: Arsenal-Ajax
Capacity: 60,400 seats
Inauguration: 1886
Club colours: Red & White
Postal address:
Arsenal Stadium
Avenell Road
Highbury
London N5 1BUThe upper (26,646) and lower (24,425) tiers of the stadium are “standard seating”, while the main middle tier, known as the “club level”, is premium priced seating open to both corporate and private individuals. It also includes the directors box. There are 7,139 seats at this level, which are being sold on multi-year licences. The cost of club tier seats for 2006–07 ranges from £2,500 to £4,750 per season and covers admission to all home league games and any home games Arsenal play in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and Carling Cup. These were all sold out by May 2006.

The pitch is 105 × 68 metres in size, making it the joint-largest pitch in the Premiership,[1] while the total grassed area is 113 × 76 metres.[2] It runs north-south, like Highbury, with the players’ tunnel and the dugouts on the west side of the pitch, underneath the main TV camera position. The away fans are situated in the south-east corner of the lower tier. The away supporter configuration can be expanded from 1,500 seats to 4,500 seats behind the south goal in the lower tier, and a further 4,500 seats can be made available in the upper tier for away fans to bring the total to 9,000 supporters

The stadium is located in the North of London, app. 7.5 km from the city centre.

Metro (Tube):
Arsenal Station (Picadilly Line), Finsbury Park (Victoria & Picadilly lines) or Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line, North London Line and Great Northern Line)

Nearest airports:
Heathrow Airport (30 km)
Stansted Airport (54 km)
Luton Airport (47 km)
Gatwick Airport (50 km)