This is Wembley! Not quite prepared for a World Cup Final or for Spurs' next home game (if needed). On May 31st 1961, a huge tower 150' high was built with scaffolding and then tons and tons of ice was crushed in "snow" and yes it became a SKI JUMP! Spectators came in to watch over two days and paid for the pleasure.
http://www.wembleystadium.com/Press/Presspack/Stats-and-Facts
Built in 1923 the stadium hosted its first Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham that year. The crowd was so huge that police had to try to clear supporters back to the touchlines-hence it was known as the White Horse Final, when an iconic copper on his beautiful white horse shoved the crowd back to the edge of the pitch.
Greyhound racing took place from 1927 until 1998 and in 1966 the organisers of the greyhound racing refused to cancel a meeting during the World Cup tournament, so the group match between Uruguay and France ( a group that England was in) was moved to the White City-an athletics' stadium! I wonder if they would have done that if it had been an England match?
Rugby league finals were held there from 1929, curious considering the distance between the heartland of rugby league and the "national stadium".
American Football appears from time to time-the first in 1984 and in 2007 the "Race of Champions" was held around the pitch-a sports' car race and involving various others souped up vehicles.
Boxing and pop concerts are well served by the stadium which was revamped from 2002-3 through to 2007.
The stadium acts as the office for the Football Association; an organisation that controls its future, Spurs, Chelsea, Fulham.........
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