Wembley Stadium (1923) Wembley Stadium (1923) The original Wembley Stadium (; formerly known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley Park, London, which stood on the same site now occupied by its successor, the new Wembley Stadium. The demolition in 2003 of its famous Twin Towers upset many people worldwide. Debris from the stadium was used to make the Northala Fields in Northolt, London. Wembley hosted the FA Cup final annually, League Cup and Challenge Cup finals annually, five European Cup finals, the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1966 World Cup Final, the final of Euro 96, and the 1992 and
Wembley Stadium (1923) 2012 as part of the 25th Anniversary reissue of his 1987 hit album Bad and also as a stand-alone DVD. A further five sold-out concerts followed in 1992 during his Dangerous World Tour and his last three shows in 1997 during HIStory World Tour brought total ticket sales to over 1.1 million. To date, this record has not been broken. Cecil Freeman Gregg's crime novel "Tragedy at Wembley" (Methuen, 1936) sees his detective character Inspector Cuthbert Higgins investigate a murder at the stadium. The stadium features in the opening scene of the film "The King's Speech" (2010). The 1948 Olympic