- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: FINAL PLANS UNVEILED FOR THE NEW WEMBLEY STADIUM
- Date: 29th July 1999
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 29, 1999) (VIDEO NEWS RELEASE) 1. SHOTS OF THE TWIN TOWERS 2. GRAPHIC SHOWING DESIGNS FOR NEW STADIUM (PATV) 3. WIDE SHOT OF PRESS CONFERENCE 4. CULTURE MINISTER CHRIS SMITH SAYS: (English) (Soundbite) " I have to say Wembley has needed this for a long time. At a time when millions of pounds have been spent on improving comfort and safety in almost every stadium in the country it was a testament to the magic of Wembley that people still wanted to come and watch matches here. The development of a new national stadium has been a long time in the making and I welcome the significant step we're making today in launching the new design." 5. MODELS OF PROJECTED NEW STADIUM 6. DESIGNER OF NEW STADIUM LORD FOSTER ADDRESSES PRESS CONFERENCE 7. SIR BOBBY CHARLTON AND SIR GEOFF HURST IN AUDIENCE 8. LORD FOSTER SAYS: (Soundbite) (English): "Well I'd say we were commissioned to produce the best stadium in the world and, working with everybody I believe we've come up with a design which preserves all the things everybody associates with the Wembley experience - that great buzz, the atmosphere, the theatre..." 9. PULL OUT FROM MODEL 10. SIR BOBBY CHARLTON SAYS: (Soundbite) (English) : "Well, without question it will help our bid because I think it's going to be a spectacular stadium. I remember when I was a little boy, thinking about my first trip to Wembley I was really excited about it and I haven't really felt like that for a long time. I got quite excited today, when Lord Foster was explaining how everything had been brought to bear, I thought -this is fantastic." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Country: United Kingdom
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