Does anyone know Why the roof was left open knowing that the weather was going to be awful?

It seems such a shame not to have given us dry settled conditioned and a great surface for the game.

Wembley doesn't have a roof that closes.

I am amazed at the number of folk who think Wembley has a roof !

Wembley cost to Build = £750 million

Millennium stadium cost to build - £121 million

Both were built on the site of old stadiums
Both are fantastic stadiums

Now tell me how the hell did Wembley cost so much with the lack of a roof when the Millennium Stadium has one. How the hell did it cost so much to build a stadium in London compared to Cardiff.

The English could have had 6 Millennium Stadiums but no they build one with no roof for around 500 million more. Are they making up for it with the cost of the food in the stadium?

Yes and pay £61 to get wet through they do supply a plastic mac but they charge you for it,

As stadiums, the two don't compare at all. Say what you like about Wembley but it is an absolutely magnificent stadium. I'm sure if the consortium that built The Shard had chosen Tiger Bay instead of the Thames then they could also have saved a few quid. It is hard to compare something built in Cardiff in 1998 to something built in London in 2006/7.

Well it is obvious that the New Wembley Stadium does have a roof as does the Millenium Stadium.

One works and the other does not.

Had it have worked yesterday we might have seen a much better match.

What are you on about?

its obvious it doesnt, it has a partial roof over the seats....

Still with inflation you got to say that a stadium costing ovet 750 million not to have a roof is a joke.

cost 498 Million Euros to build - both have no retractable roof.

Well primarily I am on about the roof that does not work. Apologies thought I made that clear.

Sorry my mistake.
I saw the sliding parts and assumed it covered the lot.
Thanks for the info

How doesn't it work? I was sat on row 3 and apart from the odd drip is was perfectly dry all game.

wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_new_Wembley_Stadium_roof_actually_close


And just to get you to smile seems I am wrong

What an odd young man.

It does, but is only there to cover the spectators and not the pitch.

Therefor it isn't 'closed' due the whacking great hole over the pitch.

Was responding to the post in response to my original post on this thread.

PS thankyou for the compliment it is much appreciated as I will be 65 soon.

I can tell you that the Lad part may be a touch misleading ,but Frank (Salford Lad )is a great supporter of RL.

Wembley Roof open


Wembley Roof Closed

Was in row 2 and the same for me. Any advance on two 2 for staying dry!

So the roof was closed, and it did work. I am confused why this is still in discussion!

We were on 3, seats were wet when we got there and got the occasional bit of rain blown at us by the wind. Had worse though.

Bigger issue imo was the poor drainage on Wembley Way, walking through massive puddles quite a bit.

What did you lean your ladder on which enabled you to get above the stadium to take that photo.