StadiumDBNews: September 2018
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London: Taxpayers' costly ordeal with London Stadium
The legal battles between LLDC and West Ham United alone has cost taxpayers £4 million already, not mentioning upkeep and prognosed losses reaching £140 million over the first decade in operation. And it's been that way since 2004...
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London: Further step towards Wembley sale
Board of the Football Association has unanimously approved the sale of Wembley National Stadium to the Pakistani-American investor Shahid Khan. The deal isn't sealed at all, though. Not so fast...
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Poland: Tender launched for new Płock stadium
Design+build competition is now open for new 15,004-seat stadium in Płock. Contenders have until November 6 to submit their bids and the winner will be given 3 years to deliver complete design and stadium.
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Euro 2024: Germany comes on top
UEFA's evaluation report suggested Germany is the favourite to host Euro 2024 with all infrastructure already in place, be it stadiums, airports or hotels. And there was no surprise, by 12 votes to 4 Germany beat Turkey and will host the tournament.
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New design: Is this Costa Rica's best stadium?
One of Costa Rica's “big three” clubs is about to celebrate its centenary and the plan is to do this in quite some style: by building a brand new stadium. The concept is ready, the land... isn't. And won't be until March.
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New design: Too small for the World Cup
And yet it's still very impressive. The official design for new León stadium has been revealed and in 7 months we should see groundbreaking on Mexico's latest football ground.
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Madrid: Debt increase secured, revamp to begin
Real's socios have spoken this past weekend and their answer is an overwhelming “yes”. Yes to the club's plan of increasing debt to €575 million in order to finance reconstruction of Bernabeu. It's bound to begin early into 2019.
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Will Chelsea's lavish new stadium development ever go ahead?
Planning issues and conflicts, the economic and political impact of Brexit, difficulties raising sufficient investment capital, even rumours of Roman Abramovich considering the sale of Chelsea. All are topics raised in the newspaper columns over the last few months, discussing the potential reasons why the club appears to have halted ambitious plans to completely redevelop their Stamford Bridge home.
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Los Angeles: Inglewood giant reaches milestone
First steel trusses already adorn the imposing columns, while overall progress exceeds 50%. In 2020 the world's most expensive stadium will see its opening. For now 3,000 workers are on site non stop to make it happen.
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Dresden: Naming rights given to the people
New naming rights sponsors agreed to rename the stadium along popular wish of supporters. After public vote it was decided to return to the historical name of Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion.
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Germany: Groundbreaking by year end?
Announced for 2019, construction of the new stadium in Freiburg may come some time sooner. Timely proceedings suggest groundbreaking in 2018 is realistic.
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Bristol: Indoor arena to join Ashton Gate
A 4,000-seat permanent indoor hall is expected to join Ashton Gate, along with offices, flats and two hotels. The latest, £100-million development should increase Bristol City's commercial advantage over local rivals.
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Moscow: VTB signs naming rights, opening in March
Though it was supposed to open in 2017 and then 2018, the new home of Dynamo Moskva will not host its first football game before March, 2019. Meanwhile, VTB has settled naming rights for the first 4 years in operation.
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New stadium: Haladás Sportkomplexum
It seems that the Hungarian government just isn't stopping in the campaign to revamp all stadiums of Hungary's professional football. Among the latest examples comes Haladás Sportkomplexum in Szombathely, inaugurated late last year.
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London: Wembley changing its image as blocks grow
Eventually as many as 20,000 people are expected to live here comfortably. For now the northern approach to Wembley is changing its image as new 15-floor buildings are slowly growing in front of the legendary stadium.
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#MisjaStadion: 100 stadiums for centenary of independence!
At first we thought it's simply impossible. Now we're ready to go and launching #MisjaStadion. Why the Polish hashtag? Because we're about to add or update 100 Polish stadiums by year end!
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New design: The octagon in Szeged
As part of the Hungarian stadium revolution there's a stadium we may have missed entirely. That's how under-advertised it was and how fast its actual construction is going. Really, come and see!
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StadiumDB Newsletter: Issue 60 - While we were away...
It's been two long weeks since we've treated you to our last newsletter, following a week long project we carried out in Europe. Not a stadium one, though we surely couldn't miss some of the most important stadiums wherever we went.
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Glasgow: Scottish FA agree terms of Hampden takeover
After much uncertainty and speculation we know it officially: Scotland's national stadium will remain Scotland's national stadium. Doesn't sound interesting? Well, perhaps it should.
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London: Further feud around London Stadium
As tension rises again, LLDC and West Ham both seem to forget that their public arguments continue to scar London Stadium's image. Is there even a winner in this latest conflict?
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North Korea: Kim's first football-specific stadium
He may still have the biggest all-seater stadium but Kim Jong Un doesn't have a single football-specific stadium. And he has given an official direct order to change that. Not in Pyongyang, though...
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New stadium: By the volcano in Tabriz
In the distant northern Iran lies a giant stadium sunken into the slope of extinct volcano. One of western Asia's most impressive stadiums has just joined StadiumDB!
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Bucharest: Beautiful farewell by Steaua fans
It's a site to behold when you get hundreds of supporters chanting to an empty, half-demolished stadium. Steaua Bucuresti supporters gave their last farewell as demolition progresses.
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Gibraltar: Outline planning permission granted
Is this it for Gibraltar? Unanimous support by the planning department surely seems to indicate it! Outline planning permission was issued yesterday, the 8,000-capacity stadium is closer to fruition.
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Mexico City: Catastrophic field at Azteca
It wasn't supposed to end like this when Mexico's very first hybrid field was laid at the legendary Estadio Azteca in mid-July. The grass continues to die, leaving dirt patches around.
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Rotterdam: Feyenoord asks for more time
While the football club needs 3 more months to evaluate the financial benefits of planned 63,000-capacity stadium, the design is evolving. At a recent meeting representation of local residents accepted the updated concept.
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London: Spurs' opening slips further away
September was already out of the picture. Now also October is out and even late-November game against FC Inter has been moved to Wembley. Will the new Tottenham stadium open this year at all?
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Ukraine: Debt after Euro 2012 still unpaid
The Olympic Stadium and Arena Lviv still have debt from before Euro 2012 pulling them down. Neither stadium has the resources to cover it, nor does the ministry of sports.
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Poland: Last old stand in Zabrze waiting for demolition
The last piece of Zabrze's old stadium will celebrate its 84th anniversary tomorrow. Meanwhile, next week the building will see its demoliton begin, making way for the last piece of Arena Zabrze to enclose the field.
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