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Twickenham stadium

Twickenham Stadium
Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch
The Cabbage Patch
Twickers
Headquarters
HQ
Twickenham Stadium logo.svg
Stade de Twickenham à Londres.jpg
Aerial view of Twickenham Stadium
Location Twickenham
London
England
Coordinates 51°27′22″N 0°20′30″W / 51.45611°N 0.34167°W / 51.45611; -0.34167Coordinates: 51°27′22″N 0°20′30″W / 51.45611°N 0.34167°W / 51.45611; -0.34167
Public transit National Rail Twickenham
Owner Rugby Football Union
Executive suites 150
Capacity 82,000 (rugby)
Field size 125 m x 70 m
Surface Desso GrassMaster
Construction
Built 1907
Opened 2 October 1909
Architect John Bradley
Tenants
England national rugby union team

Twickenham Stadium (/ˈtwɪkənəm/; usually known as Twickenham or Twickers) 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. Other rugby union games played at the stadium include the Middlesex Sevens, selected Aviva Premiership fixtures, selected Anglo-Welsh Cup matches, the Varsity Match between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and selected European Rugby Champions Cup matches. The RFU headquarters are based in the stadium.

Twickenham has also hosted concerts by Rihanna, Iron Maiden, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Genesis, U2, Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones, The Police, Eagles, R.E.M. and Lady Gaga, rugby league's Challenge Cup final and conventions of Jehovah's Witnesses, and hosts American football as part of the NFL International Series from 2016.


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