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Race on to finish Dixon Jones’ Wembley revamp ahead of FA Cup semi-final

By 2021-04-16T06:00:00

Wembley Olympic Way project_View looking at the steps from OW-UPDATEpsd © Elia Loupasaki, Dixon Jones

Source: Elia Loupasaki, Dixon Jones

Stadium to let 4,000 fans attend match in covid-secure trial event this weekend

Contractor VolkerFitzpatrick is racing to finish paving at a £39m main entrance upgrade at Wembley Stadium ahead of this Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final.

Around 4,000 fans will use the Olympic steps for the first time this weekend.

The largely public realm project was designed by Dixon Jones and completed by vPPR which took over the contract and key staff when Dixon Jones went into liquidation last autumn at a critical moment in the project.

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