White City Stadium
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Within Vinony's link graph, White City Stadium is referenced by 1,219 other articles, and connects out to 1908 Summer Olympics, Berlin Olympic Stadium and Queens Park Rangers F.C..
The entry is geolocated on the map in HMF.
It sits within the topics 1908 establishments in England, 1985 disestablishments in England and Buildings and structures demolished in 1985.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Location
- White City, London , England
- Capacity
- 93,000
- Surface
- Grass
- Groundbreaking
- 1907 ; 119 years ago ( 1907 )
- Opened
- 27 April 1908 ; 118 years ago ( 1908-04-27 )
- Closed
- 1984 ; 42 years ago ( 1984 )
- Demolished
- 1985 ; 41 years ago ( 1985 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Hammersmith
- Location
- White City
- Sport
- motorcycle speedway
- Image
- White City Stadium 1908.jpg
- Significant event
- 1966 FIFA World Cup
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- native label
- White City Stadium
- maximum capacity
- 93000
- Commons category
- White City Stadium
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1985-00-00
- date of official opening
- 1908-04-27
- historic county
- Middlesex
- surface played on
- lawn
- associated electoral district
- Ealing Central and Acton
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Encyclopedic overview
White City Stadium in London, England, was built for the 1908 Summer Olympics and demolished in 1985. It hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 World Cup.
From 1927, it was a venue for greyhound racing, hosting the English Greyhound Derby until its closure in 1984. The site is now occupied by White City Place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White City Stadium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.