Emirates Stadium
The Emirates Stadium holds 60,704 spectators, the fourth-largest club ground in England. The pitch runs north to south, with the North Bank and the Clock End behind the goals and the East and West stands running the length of each touchline across three tiers.
Emirates Stadium capacity and how it breaks down
The published 60,704 has barely moved since the ground opened in 2006, and the changes since have been limited to wheelchair positions and the size of the away allocation. Unusually, the four stands sum exactly to that figure, because the bowl was built as a single continuous structure with no corner infill holding seats that belong to no stand. Where 60,260 appears in older sources, that is the figure net of press and hospitality seating rather than a different licensed capacity, and the two are often quoted interchangeably.
Emirates Stadium seating plan
Blocks are numbered by tier rather than by stand, which catches people out. The 1 to 32 range is the lower tier, 95 to 145 is club level and 401 to 432 is the upper tier, so two seats in the same stand can have block numbers hundreds apart. The letter on a ticket marks the entrance turnstile, not the seat position. The diagram below places the four stands by compass position, so read the block number first and treat the drawing as orientation only: the real bowl is a continuous oval rather than four separate boxes.
This diagram is schematic and not to scale. Stand shapes, sizes and the curve of the bowl differ from the real ground; positions and goal ends follow the compass, and the capacities are the sourced figures.
| Stand | Position | Capacity | Blocks | Tier | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bank | north | 12,500 | 1-8, 95-104, 401-408 | 3 tiers | Holds the singing section. |
| East Stand | east | 18,000 | 9-16, 105-118, 409-416 | 3 tiers | — |
| Clock End Away | south | 12,500 | 17-24, 119-131, 417-424 | 3 tiers | Away allocation sits in the upper corner shared with the East Stand. |
| West Stand | west | 17,704 | 25-32, 132-145, 425-432 | 3 tiers | Contains the directors' box and club level. |
| Stands total | 60,704 | ||||
| Published total | 60,704 | ||||
Hatched block marks the away section.
Source
- Arsenal (placeholder — unverified) — accepted
Where should you sit at the Emirates Stadium?
The North Bank behind the goal holds the singing section and is consistently the loudest part of the ground. Club level in the middle of the East and West stands has the best sightlines and the highest prices by a wide margin. The upper tier corners sit a long way back, and the rake is shallow enough that a tall spectator two rows in front genuinely matters. Away supporters are placed in the upper corner where the Clock End meets the East Stand, and the lower Clock End is the quietest area.
Tours of the Emirates Stadium
The self-guided audio tour costs from about £30 for adults and £18 for under-16s and takes roughly ninety minutes. It takes in both dressing rooms, the tunnel, the pitchside seats and the directors' box, with the audio guide available in several languages. A legends tour led by a former player costs roughly double and runs on fixed dates only. Entry is timed and walk-ups are turned away once a slot is full, so book ahead on the club's official page rather than arriving on spec.
- Price from
- £30 adults, £18 under-16s
- Duration
- About 90 minutes
- Includes
- Home and away dressing rooms, Players' tunnel, Pitchside seats, Directors' box, Multi-language audio guide
Book on the official Arsenal site
How do you get to the Emirates Stadium?
Arsenal station on the Piccadilly line is a three-minute walk and the closest, but it runs exit-only for a period after events. Holloway Road and Finsbury Park are about five and twelve minutes away respectively and clear the outbound crowd far better. Drayton Park is nearer than either but has no weekend service at all. There is no public parking at the ground and the surrounding controlled parking zone operates on event days, so arriving by car is impractical rather than merely awkward.
Emirates Stadium history and redevelopment
Arsenal left Highbury in 2006 after concluding that a ground hemmed in by terraced housing and a listed stand could not be expanded. The Emirates was built on the Ashburton Grove waste-transfer site, with the naming rights agreed before it opened and the working name carried through planning. A programme in 2018 added the murals and exterior signage after sustained criticism that the interior felt anonymous next to the old ground. Licensed capacity has not changed since opening and no expansion is currently proposed.
See how it compares with the rest of the division on the Premier League stadiums by capacity list.