Twickenham Stadium is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England. Owned by the governing body of rugby union in England, the Rugby Football Union (the RFU), the stadium hosts home Test matches for the England national rugby union team.
Twickenham Stadium, often known as just Twickenham, is a multi-purpose stadium located in London, England. It is used mostly for rugby union matches, hosting the home games of the England national rugby union team, its owner.
Opened on 2 October 1909 with a match between Harlequins and Richmond, it replaced the original Twickenham Stadium, which had 20,000 seats. The seating capacity of the new stadium is currently set at 82,000. The stadium was designed by John Bradley and had a construction cost of £2.5 million.
A RFU category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest in the United Kingdom), Twickenham Stadium hosted several matches of the Rugby World Cup including the 1991, 1999, and 2015 finals, as well as the 2021 finals of the European Rugby Champions Cup. It was elected the most beautiful stadium of Europe in a 2015 online poll by L'Équipe. By its hundred and tenth birthday, Twickenham Stadium had welcomed more than 40 million spectators. The stadium is one of the potential venues for the 2031 Rugby World Cup, which England hopes to host.
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