StadiumDBNews: July 2016
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Moscow: CSKA stadium finally ready!
After almost a decade of troubled construction, it’s ready. Not able to welcome fans just yet, but within weeks the CSKA Moscow stadium will host its first events.
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Italy: Inter and Milan to Invest further €28 million in San Siro?
It may have underwent a significant upgrade recently, but now Italy’s largest stadium is a step away from further works. If only the city accepts the proposal by Inter and Milan.
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Erfurt: Stadium not ready, but 3. Liga begins
Formally the reconstruction of Steigerwaldstadion should have ended tomorrow, but instead it will go on for two more months. Still, that won’t stop Rot-Weiß Erfurt from hosting their opening game of the season!
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Atlanta: Georgia Dome to implode in fall 2017
It was expected to go down piece by piece, but Atlanta’s famous Georgia dome may be destroyed with a single implosion late next year.
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Amsterdam: New terrace for Ajax supporters coming
From late summer onwards the south stand at Amsterdam ArenA will be changing to meet expectations of most vocal Ajax supporters. Capacity will go up to 54,000 when it’s ready.
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Netherlands: Breda also to have a solar stadium
Another Dutch stadium will turn into a solar power plant by late 2016, this time in Breda. The installation will power 260 households.
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Leicester: Expansion? England’s champions’ fans say yes!
While Leicester City are yet to make up their mind about possible stadium expansion, it seems the fans are almost unanimous: King Power Stadium is too small and ticket sales suggest the same.
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Genoa: Derby rivals take over at Marassi
Sampdoria and Genoa stand together in order to make the best of their cohabitation by jointly managing and upgrading their “English” stadium.
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New design: Aberdeen FC consulting on their dream
They’re playing in Europa League later today. In a few years Aberdeen FC are hoping to get a brand new home to welcome their European and domestic rivals in.
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London: West Ham’s final countdown begins
We’re just 7 days away from West Ham’s first official game at the London Stadium (temporary name). Despite great effort, the building won’t be complete by next Thursday.
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New construction: The red Bombonera
Roof removed, one grandstand leveled – there you have the current situation in Toluca. But the famous Mexican Bombonera is changing almost every day, as you can now see at StadiumDB!
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Saint Petersburg: Zenit Arena construction abandoned!
Just a few months before planned delivery the most expensive and delayed Russian stadium has no contractor on site. Transstroi halted all work today as the regional government terminated its contract.
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Georgia: Batumi stadium approved for construction
Adjara’s economy minister confirmed that the 20,000-capacity stadium in Batumi is ready for groundbreaking. Contractor will be selected later this year.
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Washington: Contractor selected for DC United stadium
D.C. United has awarded a $150 million contract to Turner Construction Co. to build its Buzzard Point soccer stadium, an important step toward the Major League Soccer team's goal of starting the 2018 season in the Capitol Riverfront.
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Wales: Liberty Stadium expansion again on the table?
With new ownership structure Swansea City may again discuss expanding Liberty Stadium to 33,000 seats or even further.
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New design: The crystal of southern Siberia
Their games are watched by less than 2,000 people on average, but it’s freezing for much of the season here. Will the new Novosibirsk stadium change local football’s fate?
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New stadium: Rapid settling in
Series of openings is ongoing as we’re writing, so please don’t mind that we’re a week behind with this stadium’s presentation. It’s still weeks before the last “opening game”.
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New stadium: It’s enclosed, but open-air
Or is that the other way round? Anyhow, for a whopping $1 billion another NFL giant is now opening, breaking records just as we’re used to in the US.
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Poland: Third modern stadium in Warsaw?
Polonia have just won promotion to the 3rd league, but the goal is to become once again a major Ekstraklasa side. New stadium for under 20,000 people could be a major catalyst.
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Minnesota: United stadium with positive environmental review
The future home of a Major League Soccer stadium in St. Paul’s Midway has been all but cleared for take-off, according to TwinCities.com. Environmental review found no significant obstacles.
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Qatar 2022: Qatar Foundation Stadium now with contractor
Cyprus-based contractor, Joannou & Paraskevaides (J&P), has bagged the construction contract for the Qatar Foundation stadium, Construction Week revealed.
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Luxembourg: National stadium more expensive, update soon
This autumn we should know much more about the new national stadium for Luxembourg. For now it’s certain that the €58 million budget cannot be met, will grow slightly.
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Japan: Godzilla’s footprints found in stadium
Sure, it’s only a publicity stunt. But this field’s pattern in Japanese city of Kawasaki is impressive enough to share by all means!
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London: White Hart Lane disappearing while Wembley awaits
We’re only days away from the end of north-east corner’s demolition at White Hart Lane. Meanwhile up to 90,000 people will be able to attend each of Tottenham’s Champions League games at Wembley.
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Seville: Betis now without the south stand
Demolition of the south end of Estadio Benito Villamarin has now ended. Tender for the construction of new one is underway, just like the season-ticket sales, slowly nearing a sell-out.
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Poland: Stadium relocation that might go terribly bad
You might not have heard about Górnik Łęczna, but in Poland they’re an established team. Now their officials want to get more by moving to modern Arena Lublin, facing backlash and complete boycott instantly.
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Netherlands: New stadium for Helmond under evaluation
Not construction, not even detailed architectural design yet. For now the issue is financial structure of the supposed new stadium in Helmond. Will it join the Dutch second league?
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New York: NY City FC without stadium progress
They were to pay the first season at Yankee Stadium. As of now it seems the second, third and most likely fourth season in MLS might also be held at the ballpark instead of a soccer-specific venue.
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Regina: Field installation begins at Mosaic Stadium
Playing surface is currently being installed at the new Mosaic Stadium. Delivered by FieldTurf, it’s expected to be ready in 5 weeks. A CBC.ca report.
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Vienna: Triple opening for Allianz Stadion
Whether you count from the first partial inauguration or include only full capacity games, July sees three openings of Allianz Stadion. Unless you count them all, then the title won’t make much sense…
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New stadiums: For the Champions – Portugal
We end the Euro 2016 stadium-adding with two stadia from Portugal. And just like the Portuguese in France, these two represent very ambitious teams that may surprise you!
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Euro 2016: Record – almost 2.5 million people!
Just as predicted, Euro 2016 broke all records in terms of attendance. Not even the threat of terrorism could stop people from around the world from filling the stadiums beyond 90%.
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Bilbao: Extended San Mamés roof coming in autumn
Steel cables have been set on what used to be the field. By late July grass will be ready to welcome Athletic players, but the new roof won’t increase protection of supporters until autumn.
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Ukraine: Karpaty relocate to Arena Lviv
This may be the very first season played by Karpaty at the remotely-located Arena Lviv. The Ukrainian club has confirmed a deal for the 2016/17 campaign.
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Euro 2016: Final with moths all around
On Cristiano Ronaldo’s face, on advertising boards, on the field. Moths were absolutely everywhere last night and the reason for unprecedented invasion is quite simple.
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New design: Stade de France that never was
We’re minutes away from the Euro 2016 final, so all eyes are turning to Stade de France. Ours too, but first we give you a completely different Stade de France, one that never got built.
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New stadium: Ecologic like cow manure
It’s not a joke, excrements are a piece of this story and an innovation of sort, like many introduced by Forest Green Rovers. Their new stadium will be unique, regardless which of the two finalists will design it.
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USA: Minnesota United stadium approved by planners
The St. Paul planning commission on Friday approved plans for a 20,000-seat, soccer-specific stadium for use by Minnesota United FC when it joins Major League Soccer. A TwinCities.com report.
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Cardiff: European success won’t force Wales to larger stadium
The Welsh national team was greeted by some 200,000 people in Cardiff, having reached unprecedented success at Euro 2016. Still, moving back to Millennium Stadium is not an option.
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Nottingham: Stadium capacity falls to zero
In this unique case from Nottingham capacity of City Ground was reduced from 30,445 to zero for safety reasons. “No seats were hurt during the operation”, you might say.
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Rio de Janeiro: Maracanã cost inflated by 17%
As the Olympics are near one scandal after another is hitting Rio de Janeiro. This time it’s a dated case from a few years back. Contractors are accused of artificially inflating the cost of Maracanã.
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New stadiums: France reach the final, gain new stadia
Against many expectations, though certainly not those of the French, it was France who advanced from the “early final” to the actual one. They earned the new stadiums in Niort and Laval.
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Africa: Ghanaian stadiums going dark for arrears
Two major stadiums in Ghana recently had their electricity supply cut off. That unusual measure comes as state-run energy supplier forces debtors to finally pay.
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New construction: 2017 World Games host stadium growing
You may remember Wrocław as a Euro 2012 host city, now see it preparing to the 2017 World Games. The biggest project of the tournament is now growing and you can watch it.
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New stadiums: For the finalists – Portugal
Thanks to the Portuguese defeating Wales we now have two more stadia from Portugal. One of them proved a much better home than a Euro 2004 stadium, the other was destroyed by a tornado.
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Reading: Madejski Stadium's north stand to honour Eamonn Dolan
The North Stand at the Madejski Stadium is to be renamed in honour of former academy manager Eamonn Dolan, who passed away last month.
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Russia 2018: Kaliningrad ahead of schedule
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said that the construction of stadium in Kaliningrad for the 2018 World Cup football championship is ahead of schedule.
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Wales: Welsh supporters bought the whole stadium… in Cardiff
Tickets were sold out within minutes as Welsh fans flocked to see the semifinal against Portugal. No, not in Lyon. They’ll watch it at Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
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Madrid: The crown for Atleti stadium is coming
The steel compression ring is arriving from Galicia, while swaths of membrane will follow from China. Here’s the immense roof of Atletico de Madrid stadium explained!
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New stadiums: For the semifinalists – France
The last team advancing to Euro 2016 semifinals just got their new stadia added to StadiumDB. As we await the semis, please enjoy one of France’s most historic football stadia, which we inexplicably lacked…
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Belgium: New Leuven stand ready in 6 months
In January they were dismantling the old terrace. Now the new 3,500-seat grandstand is already standing, awaiting opening in upcoming weeks. It’s just a shame the team got relegated.
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Russia: Sochi stadium without a host until 2018/19
Not only was it outrageously expensive, not only is it delayed yet again. Now we also know that the new Sochi stadium will not have a tenant at least until 2018/19 Premier League season.
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New stadiums: For the semifinalists – Germany
Real thriller between Italy and Germany ended with penalties. Here at StadiumDB it’s much cooler, we’re treating Germans like every winning team, adding two stadiums from their country.
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New stadiums: For the semifinalists – Wales
After they’ve upset the Belgian contenders and advanced to the semifinals, Wales gain two stadia in StadiumDB! Here’s how the Welsh Premier League looks like.
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New design: Standard’s ambitions in images
As announced last year, Standard de Liege is planning a major upgrade of Stade de Sclessin. With up to 40,000 capacity, it will be among Belgium’s best stadia in 2020.
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New stadiums: For the semifinalists – Portugal
Poland didn’t manage to defy the odds and the Portuguese are through to the semifinal. Therefore we’ve got something new from Portugal at StadiumDB!
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Qatar 2022: Khalifa Stadium reaches height of 120 meters!
The very last segment of Khalifa Stadium’s roof arch has been installed and now the stadium is 120 meters high. This marks another milestone for Qatar’s first 2022 World Cup stadium to be ready.
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