Arsenal Training Centre

Shenley Training Centre

Shenley
Location	Shenley Hertfordshire
Coordinates	51°42′40″N 0°17′5″W
Owner	Arsenal F.C.
Type	Sports facility
Construction
Built	1998
Opened	1999
Website
Official Website

The Shenley Training Centre is the state-of-art training ground of the Premier League club Arsenal FC. Located in Shenley, Hertfordshire, the multi-million pound project opened in 1999. Further upgrades have since be implemented and include an indoor training facility. The Training Centre covers an area of 143 acres. In all, there are ten full-size pitches at the site, all of which have undersoil drainage and an automated sprinkler system. In addition, two have undersoil heating. Each pitch is built to the exact specifications of the playing surface at Emirates Stadium. Three of the pitches are reserved for the Arsenal youth team, three for the reserves and three for the first team. The tenth pitch is the ‘match pitch’ where first team friendlies and Under-18 league fixtures are played. Inside the complex there are training and rehabilitation areas, physiotherapy and massage rooms and remedial and hydrotherapy pools. There are also squash/basketball courts, sauna, steam and weight rooms, a restaurant for staff and players as well as conference rooms, offices and classrooms, and a TV studio to interview players and staff for Arsenal TV.

The England national football team have an agreement with Arsenal to use the ground when preparing for games at the nearby Wembley Stadium, and American Football side New Orleans Saints held their training camp at Shenley for the NFL International Series in London in October 2008, with Arsenal having 'priced' themselves out of hosting the New York Giants or the Miami Dolphins for the 2007 game.

External links

• Official Website