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White City Stadium

White City Stadium
Stadium information
LocationWhite City, London, England
Broke ground1907
Opened1908
Closed1983
Demolished1985
SurfaceGrass
Capacity93000
Tenants1908 Summer Olympics
1934 British Empire Games
Queens Park Rangers F.C. (1931-1933, 1962-1963)
London Highfield (1933)
White City Rebels (British League) (1976-1978)

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White City Stadium (originally The Great Stadium) was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon. It also hosted speedway and a match at the 1966 World Cup, before the stadium was demolished in 1985. It was the first Olympic Stadium in the UK with the original Wembley Stadium used in 1948 both stadiums have now been demolished with a new Wembley Stadium built.


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