FA set to gain control of Wembley
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The rebuilding of Wembley Stadium has cost £757m
Construction firm Multiplex is expected to hand over the keys to the new Wembley Stadium on Friday.
The final few tests are set to be carried out and the practical completion of the £757m complex is said to be imminent.
The symbolic handover to the Football Association moved another step nearer on Thursday when a safety certificate for the fire alarm system was issued.
It means the FA Cup final is almost certain to be at Wembley on 19 May.
The handover of the keys is more than a year late, having originally been scheduled for January 2006, and the cost of the project has increased dramatically because of the delay.
The first of two test events needed to get a safety certificate will then be a community day for 60,000 people to test the facilities on 17 March.
There will be a mini-football tournament on the day involving celebrity teams, and visitors will also help the organisers test facilities such as the turnstiles, escalators and toilets.
The second test event will be an England Under-21 match a week against their Italian counterparts on 24 March, and unless there are unforeseen problems, a safety certificate will be awarded in time for the FA Cup final to take place.
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willl this spur the england players to play better?
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Ironically it spurs the opposition to play better! Look at what happened when Arsenal used Wembley for the UCL competitions. Their opposition become more inspired.....Originally posted by stellazio:willl this spur the england players to play better?