Physical education professor and soccer coach Bob Carlson is traveling with a group of Carleton students in the United Kingdom and Spain winter term to investigate how sports and society intersect. They’ll use soccer as a lens to analyze immigration and labor, foreign investment, and intellectual property. Here are the places they’re visiting in London.
Wembley Stadium (opened in 2007)
Watch a Premier League football match between Tottenham and Everton at the England national team’s 90,000-seat home stadium
Marylebone Cricket Club (founded in 1787)
Play cricket at “the Home of Cricket,” based here since 1814
Emirates Stadium (opened in 2006)
Meet with historian Simon Inglis at Arsenal Footbal Club’s current stadium to discuss the sport’s history in the United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (opened in 2012)
Tour the facilities, swim in the Olympic pool, and attend a lecture on London’s three Olymic Games (1908, 1948, and 2012)
NFL International
Learn how the NFL promotes American footbal abroad
Nike UK
Discuss with Nike employees how sporting culture drives the company’s business
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (founded in 1868)
Visit Wimbledon, home of the world’s oldest tennis tournament, which began in 1877
Also on the Itinerary:
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium (Seville, Spain)
Sevilla Fútbol Club’s storied stadium, where the Spanish National Team has never lost an international match
Ronda, Spain
Andalusian mountaintop city featuring the oldest bullfighting ring in Spain and remains of prehistoric settlements
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See and Alcázar Palace (Seville, Spain)
Largest Gothic cathedral in the world, completed in the early 16th century, and an adjoining Moorish palace built in the mid-14th century
Southamptom Football Club Academy (Southampton, UK)
A premier school that has produced some of soccer’s best players