19 Mar 2025
As an American soccer fan who enjoys watching European football, it was a real pleasure to take this tour and see the 2nd largest capacity stadium in Europe.
Our guide Chris was a fountain of enthusiasm and background knowledge. We saw dressing rooms, sat in the royal box, sat in the team chairs, walked thru the player entrance, saw the level 2 concourses, and learned English championship history (which is sadly slim). Plenty of photos and exhibits you’d probably never see if u just went there for a game.
The Bobby Moore statue is the most real representation of a player I have ever seen.
Afterwards, we went for lunch at the Spoon and Rice, in the nearby food hall called Boxpark Wembley. The residential redevelopment of this Wembley area is a model for the world. Had a really great morning with this excursion.
BTW could not book the tour thru their website as it insisted on my providing a State but gave no field to enter that info. So I booked thru TripAdvisor, and that was easier and felt way more secure.
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