StadiumDBNews: May 2017
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Frankfurt: Eintracht to boost atmosphere and capacity
They're going to have one of the world's largest terraces for vocal supporters, accommodating some 20,000 people. And all these places are expected to be affordable for everyone.
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Cape Town: No football for CT Stadium again?
Ajax Cape Town may find themselves without a home ground for next season as plans are underway to have them evicted. This would leave the notorious World Cup stadium without football use again.
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Berlin: Not everyone happy about Hertha's plan
Athletes oppose the vision of football-specific Olympiastadion but so do many average citizens of Berlin. Recent survey suggests almost 40% don't want any further reconstruction.
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Hamburg: HSV revoke season tickets of 600 fans
The Bundesliga team decided to cancel season ticket privileges of roughly 600 people who attended „significantly less than 12 games” of the past season.
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Minneapolis: More issues surrounding U.S. Bank Stadium
After bird-killing glass and outer cladding falling off, now further problems with the external envelope were reported, as well as escalator malfunction around the stadium.
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London: West Ham hope to gain 3,000 seats
They enjoyed occupancy of over 99.9% during their first season at London Stadium, now West Ham hope to have additional 3,000 seats available for the 2017/18 campaign.
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London: Wembley repairs could take a decade
Leaky roof could take until late 2020s to be fully repaired due to Wembley's busy event calendar. Part of the funding is expected to come from main contractor's insurance.
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Honduras: Tragedy at championship game in Tegucigalpa
Four adults and an unborn baby have been killed ahead of the Motagua – Honduras Progreso match in Tegucigalpa. The scenario is frighteningly similar to other incidents of this kind.
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Izmir: One city, four new stadiums
For a limited period of 2017 Izmir will be possibly the only city worldwide to have four professional stadiums under construction. Come with us, let's meet these projects!
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Turkey: Erdoğan wants, Erdoğan gets – no 'arenas' in Turkey
In an unexpected and somewhat childish move the president of Turkey declared the word 'arena' banned from Turkish stadium names. Galatasaray was the first one to comply.
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Russia: Zenit's plan of having one more stadium
It's hard to believe that any football club would be willing to build a stadium of this scale just for their reserves and youth. But Zenit St. Petersburg would, apparently.
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Russia 2018: Big lift about to commence in Volgograd
It's one of only two cable roofs of the Russian World Cup and the only one still waiting to be lifted. 88 hydraulic jacks are already waiting to begin the operation.
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Madrid: Another green light for Real, one left
Sustainable development committee approved the plan of revamping Bernabeu. If the city council approves it (and it will!), reconstruction may begin already this summer.
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Aberdeen: Kingsford Stadium suffers from 4-month delay
The Aberdeen City Council has requested more information, including environmental surveys. Their decision will thus be delayed by no less than 4 months.
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Berlin: Olympiastadion reconstruction feasible after all?
It's been dismissed for years, now a massive U-turn was done in just a few days. Hertha and the Berlin authorities will both examine how to convert Olympiastadion into a football-only ground.
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Edinburgh: Hearts considering safe standing
Hearts are considering the introduction of a safe standing section at Tynecastle. The news follows analysis of how such section is working out for Celtic.
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New stadiums: Mansfield, Exeter and Fylde
Please welcome these three latest stadiums in our database, hardly believable we could have missed them for so long. The historical venues from Exeter and Mansfield, plus the fresh ground of AFC Fylde!
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London: Chelsea with no construction time frame
After unofficial revelations of the project being delayed to 2023 Chelsea are still yet to confirm a groundbreaking or delivery date. As of now the best guess is 2020-2022.
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Madrid: Gradual goodbye for good old Calderón
Yesterday saw the last official game of Atletico at their home for over half a century. Only two more fixtures left in the stadium's history...
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Qatar 2022: Abuses remain despite significant progress
Latest external audit indicates that Qatar is yet to fully comply with international norms regarding worker welfare. At the same time, auditors praise great progress made in many areas.
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Las Vegas: Major step for Raiders, stadium lease signed
The biggest hurdle standing between the Raiders and their move to Las Vegas was finally cleared on Thursday when the Las Vegas Stadium Authority board unanimously approved the team's lease.
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England: Southend United's plan again in jeopardy?
They're dreaming of Christmas 2018 at a brand new stadium. But that dream is dependent on what happens with Roots Hall, the current ground. And that issue is far from settled.
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Los Angeles: Rams stadium delayed by almost a year
It's only been in progress for half a year and already lost 60 days due to heavy rainfall. Because of that the Hollywood Park stadium will be opened in mid-2020 rather than fall of 2019.
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Miami: Beckham Group present updated design
During the first community meeting about proposed MLS stadium the Beckham Group presented new rendering and promised more jobs to the community. Could opposition stop this project?
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Aberdeen: Fraudulent submissions in stadium consultation process
As of now over 30 people acknowledged that someone used their personal data to participate in Kingsford Stadium consultation process.
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France: Strasbourg analysing stadium expansion
Current capacity of Stade de la Meinau is too low for the long term, but most importantly the stadium itself is heavily dated. That's why a feasibility study into its revamp will be carried out.
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New design: Forgotten giant to rise again
It used to be one of the most impressive stadiums in Upper Silesia, currently in prolonged disrepair. Now things are about to change with a four-step plan.
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New stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium
Yes, that name is official. Yes, it does sound bizarre, but it also stands behind a fairly interesting football/rugby stadium in Merseyside. Meet Totally Wicked Stadium, for the first time at StadiumDB.com.
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Nuremberg: Dream comes true, Max-Morlock-Stadion is here!
From the upcoming season onwards 1. FC Nürnberg's home stadium will be named Max-Morlock-Stadion, just as the supporters had campaigned to happen for many years.
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Qatar 2022: Khalifa Stadium ready, opening on Friday
Even if 4 months behind schedule, it's ready for use over 5 years before the 2022 World Cup. Former national stadium of Qatar will open its doors on Friday to host the Emir Cup final.
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Germany: WWK Arena finally getting its facades
From the 2017/18 season onwards the home ground of FC Augsburg will finally stop being just bare concrete. 20 kilometers of tubes will cover WWK Arena, forming an interesting pattern.
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London: Farewell yesterday, now demolition begins
It's hardly the most beautiful stadium ever, but we're going to miss it badly. White Hart Lane is officially passing away as demolition crews enter the stadium, following yesterday's glorious farewell.
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As stadiums undergo a makeover, these ones got left behind
Everton have become the latest Premier League club to be given the go-ahead to build a new stadium. Liverpool City Council have given approval for a £300 million new stadium, on the basis that it will form part of a city-wide bid for the Commonwealth Games. Should the plan come to fruition, Everton will be leaving their iconic home since 1892 – Goodison Park is one of the oldest purpose-built football grounds in the world.
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England: Exter's new main stand construction in June
After years of waiting it's an exciting time to be an Exeter City FC fan. The 91-year-old main stand will be demolished and replaced by a new one, with student housing planned as well.
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Rotterdam: Feyenoord City gets the green light
The city council agreed not only to allow the construction of new Feyenoord stadium, but indeed to contribute significant amount of money to the project.
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New design: Beckham to finally seal the deal for Overtown?
There's only 1 hectare of land left to be bought by David Beckham and his partners. If sale gets approved and project accepted by the community, this is where the next MLS stadium gets built.
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New design: Sounders reserves about to start a new life
Sounders are one of the largest football teams outside of Europe. No wonder they've chosen to make their reserves a new franchise with its own identity and... stadium.
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Italy: Atalanta selected to own their stadium
The Serie A club was selected as preferred bidder for the purchase of Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. In return they are now obliged to reconstruct it entirely, leaving only the historical part.
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Las Vegas: Bold time frame for Raiders stadium
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority predicts construction of the 65,000-seat domed stadium will be done in just 30 months. That seems very unlikely.
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Washington: D.C. United get final permit
As early work is already ongoing on the site of Audi Field, D.C. United managed to secure the final paperwork needed to go on with their new stadium. A BlackAndRedUnited.com report.
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Liverpool: Could Everton stadium cost Liverpool its UNESCO listing?
Location of Everton's new stadium has been selected. But it now turns out the Bramley-Moore Dock site might be too much for the city's fragile UNESCO World Heritage listing.
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Munich: Bayern to modernise Allianz Arena before Euro 2020
In 2017-2019 they will spend no less than €10 million to upgrade the famous stadium. New floodlights, giant screens, crowd access and away section parking – just some of the planned changes.
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England: Seagulls upgrading stadium for Premier League
They won a historic promotion and now prepare to spend millions on stadium improvements. Brighton & Hove Albion have a busy summer ahead!
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Cologne: Can RheinEnergie Stadion grow to 75,000?
1. FC Köln and the city of Cologne agreed to launch a feasibility study to determine if and how the city’s Best stadium could grow by almost 50%.
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London: Chelsea to move in as late as 2023?
The 2017/18 season was expected to be the very last at the old Stamford Bridge. However, recent news suggest the move will come in mid-2019 and new stadium won’t be done until mid-2023.
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Liverpool: Anfield second only to Old Trafford?
They were about to expand it to 58,800 seats. Now the plan is beyond 60,000, which might mean only one stadium of the Premier League could be larger than the expanded Anfield.
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Florida: Al Lang Stadium expansion approved by voters
Referendum saw massive support for the Al Lang Stadium expansion, with 87% of residents supporting the project.
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Germany: Could KSC relegation affect stadium plans?
Instead of climbing back to Bundesliga they just got relegated to 3. Liga. Does Karlsruher SC actually need a stadium for 35,000 people at this point?
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England: Southend United’s 13th (!) planning application
They’ve just filed the latest planning application for Fossetts Farms, the single most delayed stadium project in England. This time Southend United hope the dream will come true.
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Leipzig: RB pulling out of Arena’s large expansion
They even mentioned a stadium of up to 80,000 but now 57,000 seems too much for RB Leipzig. The franchise-alike club is going forward with expansion, but the plans have been cut back a lot.
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Prague: Chinese owners take over at Eden Arena
The mission of building Czechia’s new strongest club is in full swing as Chinese investors now have full control of both Slavia and their stadium. Now it’s time for construction works.
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Belgium: KRC Genk working on new stadium plan
As competition is growing domestically, KRC Genk are also preparing to leave their current nest and move to a new stadium. Works are already underway to determine the best concept.
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New Zealand: World’s first underwater stadium?
You’ve seen many waterfront stadiums. But this one is also below sea level, which makes it… well, extremely unlikely to ever get built. Still a stunning idea from Auckland.
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