Everything you need to know about the Emirates Stadium

The Emirates Stadium was formerly known as the Ashburton Grove before it got the sponsorship from Emirates. It is also called the Arsenal Stadium for UEFA competitions. This soccer stadium is situated in Holloway, London, in England. The home of Arsenal Football Club, this stadium has a capacity of more than 60,000 and is England’s third-largest football stadium after Wembley and Old Trafford. History of the Emirates Stadium Arsenal has been extremely victorious in the 1990s and 2000s. However, the capacity of Highbury was restricted to just 38,500 seats. This made every match of Arsenal sold out, due to which the club was not able to maximize the revenue from its match day. Moreover, when they thought about expanding Highbury, it was ruled impossible. This was when Arsenal started thinking about moving to a new stadium in 1997. However, they were denied the planning permission by the Islington Council to develop Highbury, which is the club’s home ground. At this time, Arsenal considered several options. They even thought of buying the Wembley Stadium. In 1998, the club got the approval from the council to build a stadium on the given site. Arsene Wenger, the manager of the Arsenal club, defined this as the “biggest decision in Arsenal's history.” Although, the construction of the stadium began in December 2002, due to financial difficulties, the construction work. was delayed till the year 2004. Finally, the new Emirates Stadium was opened in July 2006. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport, which is called Populous since 2009. These were the same architects that redeveloped Ascot Racecourse and designed Stadium Australia. Soon, the primary sponsor of the stadium was announced to be the Emirates Airlines. This is where the stadium got its name from. In 2006, the whole project of the stadium was completed at the price of £390 million. Since 2009, the stadium went through an “Arsenalisation” process with the purpose of restoring the history and heritage of Arsenal. Since its opening, the Emirates Stadium has hosted a lot of music concerts and international soccer fixtures. Arsenalisation Arsenalisation is a programme that Arsenal began in 2009 at the Emirates Stadium. They started it after they got the feedback from their supporters through a forum. The main purpose of this programme was to change the stadium through different creative and artistic means, so that it exhibits a strong Arsenal power. One of the initial changes in the stadium owing to Arsenalisation was that the white seats that were fixed up in a pattern that displayed the trademark cannon of the club, which is situated opposite the entry tunnel in the lower level stands.   The seating The standard seating of the Emirates Stadium is divided into two levels. The upper part has 26,646 seats and the lower part has 24,425 seats. The stadium also has 2 levels below the ground where there are support facilities like education centers, press centers, changing spaces, and commercial kitchens. The “Club Level,” which is the chief middle tier of the stadium, has premium prices. This portion also incorporates the director’s box. At this level, 7,139 people can be seated. However, these seats are only sold through licenses that last from 1 to 4 years. Above this level, there is a small seating circle that consists of 150 boxes that have different number of seats, including 15, 12, and 10 chairs. In this part, a total of 2,222 spectators can sit. It is here that the hardcore fans of the club are seated. The London fans of Arsenal highly demand the tickets for corporate box and premium seats. In fact, the revenue from corporate boxes and premium seating in the stadium is approximately the same as the profits from the whole Highbury stadium.   A few records at the Emirates Stadium

• The highest number of tickets sold for one of the matches of Arsenal at this stadium was 60,161 in 2007, when Arsenal played against Manchester United. The match came to a draw with the score of 2-2.
• The first season of the stadium was 2006-07.
• In the first-team fixtures at the stadium, 59,837 tickets were sold. In this, 60,045 tickets were sold in the first Premier League at the stadium.
• The lowest number of tickets was sold at the stadium for an Arsenal match is 46,539, when the club played against Shrewsbury Town in the Football League Cup. In this match, Arsenal won by 3-1.
• Olof Mellberg, player of Aston Villa, was the first one to score in a football league at the stadium after 53 minutes.
• Gilberto Silva, the midfielder, was the first player of Arsenal to score at the stadium.

  The 2016-17 season at the Emirates Stadium The Emirates Stadium, which is the home of Arsenal Football Club, has seen 10 games played till now in the current season of the English Premier League (EPL). The average possession of the team is 59% till now with 51.9% duels won. Moreover, the club has won 49.7% aerial duels and has made 30 offsides so far. The clubs has done 23 goals so far with the average of 2.3 goals per game. Tickets You can buy the tickets for Arsenal matches in the Emirates Stadium online or through phone. It is extremely hard to get tickets for Arsenal matches in the Premier League.  The ticket prices at the Emirates Stadium start from £26.00 and range up to £126.00. you can buy arsenal tickets, from the next link: [su_button url="https://www.ticketgum.com/arsenal-tickets" background="#F00107" size="20" wide="yes" radius="0"]Get Arsenal Tickets[/su_button]