Wembley, Wembley – er, keep it down please, you’ll upset the neighbours.
According to a piece in the Evening Standard (ES) fans are being too noisy at the nation’s recently opened football stadium centrepiece but they’re of the extractor variety rather than scarf wearing, lager quaffing sort.
Yes, it seems the much delayed stadium is unluckier than a visiting team at Old Trafford and following multiple delays in construction, a soaring bill that pretty much bankrupted construction firm Multiplex and trouble finding an executive chef, residents have now complained that the 500 fans used to expel air from the stadium’s impressive assortment of catering outlets sound like jet engines.
A petition signed by more than 75 deafened residents in the surrounding area has been delivered to Local Authority Brent and Wembley has been issued a warning that it’s in breach of its planning conditions and faces prosecution.
It’s not quite all over yet though as a spokesman for Wembley was quoted by ES promising to sort the problem by the end of the year. A game of two halves?
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