StadiumDBNews: June 2015
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UEFA: 2017 finals awarded, Cardiff gets CL
UEFA needs to work on their secrecy as for the third consecutive time Champions League final host venue was leaked well before announcement. Europa League goes to Solna and Super Cup to Skopje.
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Cape Town: World Cup stadium turned into… sewage treatment plant?
It may sound like a joke, but this proposal was raised by two large organizations who demand better sewage service in Cape Town. Second most radical proposal after simply demolishing Cape Town Stadium.
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New Zealand: Controversial stadium to return profit
Instead of technological breakthrough, it brought criticism over construction and maintenance cost. Now Forsyth Barr Stadium is about to start generating profit, although not without a price…
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Tokyo: Skyrocketing price for Olympic Stadium confirmed
It raised some eyebrows when revealed unofficially. Now it’s confirmed: Olympic Stadium in Tokyo will cost ¥252 billion and become the world’s most expensive stadium. By far!
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Czech Republic: Legendary stadium brought back to life by fans!
After 14 years of tragic neglect, on Saturday the legendary stadium Za Luzankami was packed beyond capacity and beyond safety. It took supporters 4 months to renovate it enough to hold a game!
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London: Worker dies at Olympic Stadium
44-year-old subcontractor was found dead this morning after reportedly falling from height. Works were stopped on Olympic Stadium revamp, pending further developments.
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USA: New MLS stadium for Charlotte?
Charlotte Independence aim high as the club suggested rebuilding local Memorial Stadium to include possible MLS expansion in the future.
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New design: Can this be the future Parc des Princes?
PSG are clear about their desire to increase capacity of their home stadium. This vision by an international team of architects addresses their ambitions. But can it come to fruition?
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New stadiums: Sights from Lisbon and Madeira
We’ve added three interesting stadiums from the Lisbon municipal region in Portugal and one more from the famous Madeira island. Some fantastic views from these stadiums!
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USA: LP Field changes to Nissan Stadium
New 20-year deal with Nissan North America means the Tennessee Titans will from now on play at the world’s second Nissan Stadium.
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England: Sunderland enhancing Stadium of Light’s surroundings
While works on the new Hilton hotel are underway, a new idea arises for Stadium of Light. Fan zone, inspired by those set up for World Cups, could hold up to 6,000 people for every game.
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Netherlands: Zwolle to again expand their stadium?
IJsseldelta Stadion has already grown by 2,500 seats, now further 2,500 may be added. But PEC Zwolle may have to choose between transfers and expansion…
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Vienna: Rapid presents final seating layout for Allianz Stadion
Instead of green-white waves, seats will be installed in a much simpler pattern. Allianz Stadion’s sponsor will not have its name written, while entire east stand will be covered by five large letters: RAPID.
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Sarajevo: Another bomb found at Grbavica
That’s no war residue. Stadion Grbavica had a bomb planted for the second time this year. Thankfully it was removed safely, just like the last one.
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New design: Hamburg shows its 2024 plan!
While Budapest and Paris are now confirming their ambitions, Hamburg is a step ahead. The German candidate for 2024 Olympics has just shown its masterplan.
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Bilbao: Retractable roof over San Mamés?
Athletic Bilbao’s new stadium hasn’t ran a full season since completion, but already now may be modernized. Its roof may be extended or even converted to become fully closable.
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New stadiums: Hunedoara, Petrosani, Iasi, Botosani
Four stadiums from Romania join our database. Two of them represent the top league of the country, while two others clearly have their best days (so far!) past them.
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Wales: Swansea determined to add 6,000 seats
Compared to declarations from last year, the project is way behind schedule. But Swansea City assure they’re determined to increase capacity. Simply not at any price.
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England: Southampton won’t pursue stadium expansion
Three years ago Southampton fans were tempted with renderings of 50,000 seats at St. Mary’s Stadium. But today the strategy is far from those images, no expansion is planned. Daily Echo report.
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New design and construction: 8 years of ordeal in Funchal
Even the architect, despite being supporter of the local team, calls the project painful. Maritimo’s new home should finally be ready soon after long years of limited progress.
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Cardiff: Millennium Stadium with 2017 CL Final?
According to BBC the host of next available Champions League Final is already known. After San Siro, the 2017 edition will go to Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
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London: Olympic Stadium insanely expensive
It’s the first time we’re using the word “insane” in the title. But it seems the only way of describing the skyrocketing price of London’s doubtful landmark in the Olympic Park.
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Spain: Sevilla revamping their stadium
After unprecedented fourth triumph in Europa League, Sevilla announce complete rebranding and renovation of their stadium. It’s not as good as a new stadium, but will boost the club’s image.
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Brussels: “Habemus papam” - agreement reached on national stadium
Whether appropriately or not, Brussels executive for sports Alain Curtois compared negotiations over the new national stadium to selecting the new pope. Most importantly: it all seems settled now!
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New stadiums: Hills and woods of North Carolina
OK, let’s be honest, we’re not here for the hills and woodlands, but they do sound nice. Especially when you see the somewhat charming stadiums of North Carolina!
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Poland: Crucial lift begins at the Chorzów giant
Last time it ended in disaster. Now contractors and taxpayers cross their fingers for everything to go smoothly. Stadion Śląski is getting its roof lifted.
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Bristol: Key phase begins at Ashton Gate
While first new stand is almost ready, demolition begins to make way for massive 11,000-seat main grandstand.
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Regina: Mosaic Stadium 44% complete
It might not seem like it when you look at construction photos, but the project is nearly half-way into construction process. New Mosaic Stadium will be delivered by 2017.
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England: Contractor appointed for Scunthorpe
A year back we were presented with the design. A year from now Scunthorpe United should already see it built. Buckingham Group was selected to deliver the 12,000 stadium.
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Poland: Torcida in bloom for Górnik Zabrze
After over two years of waiting fanatic supporters of Górnik Zabrze can now see their stadium flourish… with seats. All in the hope of saving Górnik’s license for upcoming season.
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Germany: Agreement reached over stadium lease in Kaiserslautern
After months of negotiations there’s finally an agreement over Fritz-Walter-Stadion lease terms. 1. FC Kaiserslautern will pay a fixed amount every year.
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Hamburg: HSV back to roots… for money
Enough of commercial naming rights in Hamburg. In two weeks Imtech Arena will officially be renamed to Volksparkstadion, the stadium’s historical name. But not ‘pro bono’, one fan paid millions for it.
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Belgium: Former Euro stadium failed to meet UEFA regulations
It used to be perhaps the most impressive stadium of Euro 2000. But after resizing and recent Europa League qualification of Sporting Charleroi, it proved not eligible for international games any more…
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Rome: "Give me approval, we'll find money tomorrow”
AS Roma hosted a true celebration yesterday as the club presented their updated Tor di Valle stadium scheme. The ceremony was only a secondary event to the submission of full dossier to the Rome Commune.
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Poland: Ekstraklasa season in a nutshell
Hardly the best year in terms of attendance, but Ekstraklasa continues to grow stadium-wise. Thankfully what’s falling most is the number of incidents.
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Detroit: Silverdome ruins to be sold and razed?
Most likely scenario for the Silverdome in Pontiac/Detroit is complete demolition. When? Possibly soon. Until then we can enjoy the apocalyptic view of thks once-great stadium!
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Germany: These are the best Bundesliga fields
For the second consecutive year Allianz Arena was selected as one of the best fields in Germany. In the 2. Bundesliga Karlsruhe grabbed the lead. Find out who came second!
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New stadium: Four new grounds from Chile
These four stadiums are the four we missed from Copa America 2015 host list. Check out not only the stadiums, but also photos showing the landscapes – amazing!
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Perth: Burswood Stadium controversially expensive
The total cost of the new Perth Stadium project is set to exceed $1.5 billion including transport infrastructure, significantly more than figures previously provided by the State Government.
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England: Premier League adjusted to Anfield and Etihad expansions?
Liverpool FC and Manchester City have suggested that the Premier League begins with them playing away fixtures. Both cases are associated with ongoing stadium redevelopment projects.
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Tokyo: Final stadium design in July?
It’s the final phase of cost-cutting measures in Tokyo. In early July Zaha Hadid should sign the contract for complete documentation of the new 2020 Olympic Stadium. No change of architects is possible.
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New design: Vålerenga ready to break ground!
Their patience has been rewarded. Oslo’s Vålerenga is now just over a month away from mounting the cornerstone under their new stadium. After 103 years!
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Kuwait: So beautiful and yet so empty
It’s almost subject to urban legends and puts all “white elephants” to shame in terms of how little has been going on here. One game in almost 7 years is a truly dramatic result. Which is now about to change…
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Tokyo: Olympic Stadium debate heated again
Price tag speculations, public argument about funding sources, now even unconfirmed revelations about supposed design change. All that in just days as Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium raises questions.
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Scotland: Celtic to install safe standing
Celtic have been granted permission to install “safe standing” and become the first professional club in the United Kingdom to move away from traditional seated areas within football stadiums.
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England: Leicester City to expand stadium by 10,000?
After securing Premier League status for next season, Leicester City already sold out all season tickets for 2015/16. Again stadium expansion talk begins, this time in… Thailand.
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Kazakhstan: Scandal in Astana, Arena roof leaking
“Leaking” seems a mild word when you look at the downpour before Friday’s concert. Despite retractable roof, the national stadium of Kazakhstan had parts of it flooded after storm.
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Minneapolis: Major milestones reached as Vikings Stadium crosses 53%
Construction of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium has reached several milestones this week. Progress exceeds 53% overall.
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Saint Petersburg: Zenit Arena’s permanent roof complete
Weighing 18,000 tons it’s one of the most impressive roof structures ever. Not yet finished, the main structure is now ready and awaits resting on 8 masts sticking out of the stadium.
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Poland: One more farewell to iconic stadium in Poland
It saw a fair number of great games, including Poland’s wins over Turkey, USA, Norway or Hungary. Yesterday fans filled it to capacity, saying goodbye to the last standing terrace.
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Saudi Arabia: King’s grand plan shelved
The late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia ordered 11 great stadiums to be built across Saudi Arabia last year. Now it seems only a fraction of this plan will go ahead and not too soon.
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Montreal: The Big O with a ski jump in 2017?
It wouldn’t be the first stadium to have one, but in this case the Olympic Stadium tower is just asking to have a ski jump installed onto it. And so it may have in 2017 to celebrate Montreal’s anniversary.
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Russia 2018: Pressure mounts, less time and money
“Main task: price cannot go up by a single ruble”, said Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who sounds extremely optimistic. If the price stays still, it will only be at the expense of quality.
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Israel: Be’er Sheva stadium almost ready
Yesterday installation of seats began at Turner Stadium, as it is now called. New Be’er Sheva stadium will be available for tours soon as it prepares to open this summer.
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New stadiums: Bangalore and Mumbai
Two of India’s most populous metropolises combined have well over 20 million inhabitants. Yet none of them has even one modern football-specific stadium. Bangalore was close, but it took them 44 years to build something not quite as good as they hoped.
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New stadiums: Four NASL grounds join StadiumDB
They’re hardly comparable to the giants of NFL and NCAA. But at the same time these stadiums are a sign of where ‘soccer’ is heading in the US. Because have you seen a stadium with 35 training fields?!
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Liverpool: Crawler cranes arrive at Anfield
Two massive crawler cranes are now on site, expected to mount the main roof truss over western grandstand of Anfield. The operation should be done in mid-July.
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New construction: RC Lens stadium morphing
Over the last year its field, roof and seats were removed and are now being replaced. RC Lens’ home ground will be operable in July and finished in December 2015.
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NFL: MetLife introduces metal detectors for fans
In many countries this would be considered overzealous, but in the NFL safety is paramount, even if controversially executed. Now more clubs are switching to metal-detecting gates in all entrances.
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Paris: Mayor supports Parc des Princes expansion
PSG are celebrating their 5th domestic title at the moment, but their stadium hardly meets demand or potential. Mayor Anne Hidalgo supports expansion to 60,000, contrary to her predecessor.
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Ukraine: Dnipro punished severely after Europa League
Not only did UEFA impose harsh penalties for spectator and player behavior. Also, the team has to give up €9 million earned in Europa League to compensate general contractor of Dnipro-Arena.
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Poland: Village club makes it to the top
Remember the German team Hoffenheim? Compared to them, Polish Nieciecza is a dwarf. Still, club from a 750-population village made it to the Ekstraklasa. Some are euphoric, some not quite.
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