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The Emirates Stadium is a football (soccer) stadium, being built for Arsenal F.C. in Ashburton Grove, Islington, north London, England. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2006, and will have a seated capacity of 60,000 spectators. The overall project cost for the construction of the stadium is £357 million [1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/3715678.stm).
Arsenal announced on October 5 2004 that the Emirates Stadium will be known as such for at least the first 15 years due to a £100m sponsorship deal with the Emirates airline company. The deal also includes Emirates to be the club's shirt sponsor for eight years, starting in the 2006-2007 season.
External links
- arsenal.com/thestadium (http://www.arsenal.com/thestadium) - official website for the new stadium
- Ashburton Grove (http://www.sportsvenue-technology.com/projects/arsenal/) described by sportsvenue-technology.com
- Map (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=531250&y=185750&z=1&sv=531250,185750&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf) on streetmap.co.uk
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