StadiumDBNews: October 2018
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Athens: UEFA investigates jumping Olympiakó
As a result of Bayern supporters bouncing in their section, a whole segment of upper tier began shaking significantly, causing concerns over safety. UEFA officially intervened about the issue.
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StadiumDB Newsletter: Issue 63 - If only there was more good news
Have we got a portion of news for you! Double package of information from the past two weeks and quite some new material published on StadiumDB. Here's the latest edition of our newsletter. If only all the news was good...
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Qatar 2022: Al Rayyan Stadium behind schedule
Instead of March, the new stadium in west Doha will by ready in mid-2019. Though the Qatari Supreme Committee claims to have change their information strategy, it's still the most secretive preparation process we've ever covered.
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New stadiums: KF Tirana and Flamurtari
Courtesy of StadiumDB friends Kamil Grabowiec, Dominik Łaciak & Ola Lenard we can today present you with two new presentations from Albania, the recently-modernised stadiums of KF Tirana and SK Flamurtari!
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Saint Petersburg: Hockey to debut at Zenit Arena
After the last game of Zenit this year the field will be replaced by temporary ice rink. Two hit games should bring sell-out crowds of up to 70,000 each, according to organisers.
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Switzerland: One more vote over Hardturm stadium
Citizens of Zurich will once again head to the polls in late November to decide, whether they wish to see a football-specific stadium built in their city. It's already the third attempt in over a decade.
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Leicester: LCFC owner killed in helicopter crash
Less than a minute after take-off from King Power Stadium, the private helicopter of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed onto a car park outside the venue. According to independent reporting, the billionaire was on board and died on site.
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Birmingham: Designer and contractor selected for Commonwealth Games venue
With venues confirmed, we also know the contractor and designer behind Alexander Stadium's revamp, which will bring its capacity to 40,000 for the duration of 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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New designs: Osasuna socios to select the winner
The budget is very limited, yet all 5 conceptual entries are captivating. But perhaps the most beautiful element of the project is the fact that Osasuna socios will decide who wins...
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Poland: Green light for Sosnowiec complex
One of Poland's largest planned sports complexes has just today received the much-needed green light from the Sosnowiec city council. Construction tender for the project is expected already next week!
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Liverpool: Everton's stadium a year behind plan
Instead of late 2018, the planning application for Bramley-Moore Dock stadium is now expected in late 2019. For now fans have to settle with formal round of public consultation.
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Germany: Construction approved, farewell Wildparkstadion!
Yesterday the city council voted in favour of stadium reconstruction, today Karlsruher SC invited supporters for the final game of Wildparkstadion. Demolition is coming fast!
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Barcelona: Construction finally to begin in 2019
It may be 2 years behind initial schedule but at least it now seems nothing more can stop Camp Nou's expansion to over 105,000 covered seats! FC Barcelona confirmed the expected time frame.
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Minneapolis: Allianz Field lights up as record is set
It was a special Sunday for football fans in Minneapolis and all of Minnesota. With the state seeing new attendance record for 'soccer', supporters also saw the impressive illumination of Allianz Field, where MNUFC are about to move.
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#MisjaStadion: 13 out of 100
In our effort to add/update 100 Polish stadium presentations to celebrate centenary of regaining independence we're at number 13. Here are the latest additions, from Lublin, Kostrzyn nad Odrą and Siewierz.
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New design: 45,000-seater for a 45,000-seater
In Australia things are done differently, apparently. After just 30 years Allianz Stadium will be torn down to be replaced by a more modern stadium of the same capacity. Better, surely, but is that worth nearly $730 million?
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Cincinnati: Groundbreaking announced for West End Stadium
Though actual construction will only begin in March, enabling works and demolition have to be launched already in November. Official groundbreaking will take place after a month of site clearing, on December 19.
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London: West Ham would gladly buy London Stadium, but...
The Premier League club would like to take full control of London Stadium, however not under current conditions. Particularly not as long as the running track is used, according to vice-chairman Karren Brady.
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New design: First auditorium embedded into seabed
Like a crater in the sea, this 50,000-seat stadium would offer an auditorium sunken below sea level. This minimises its outer scale, leaving only elegant canopy hovering above the harbor.
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London: Wembley deal off the table. For now
Shahid Khan decided to withdraw his proposal to purchase Wembley, following insufficient support for the transaction within the English football community.
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Paris: Major revamp at Stade de France?
Investment may cost far more than initial construction cost as the largest ever upgrades are considered for Stade de France. Larger and more modern, the venue would be time-proofed for 2-3 further decades just in time for the 2024 Olympics.
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StadiumDB Newsletter: Issue 62 - New stadiums, designs and more
New stadiums, designs, photos and much more. We're back on track with most content and there's much more where it came from. Here's what our small StadiumDB team was up to over the past 10 days.
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Portland: Will Timbers complete expansion in 6 months?
The impressive expansion project is officially on schedule, however the MLS team hopes to have a safety buffer and be able to play away their opening 2019 games. Their good performance on the field may change the schedule, while the field itself also needs to change.
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New design: Finally a breakthrough in Dublin?
Aviva Stadium is brilliant, Croke Park is huge, but on league level infrastructure is heavily underinvested in Dublin and beyond. This latest proposal should change things round at least for two clubs.
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St. Louis: Hope for MLS revived by new plan
One of USA's most football-crazy cities once again is on the map for potential place in MLS. New scheme would see St. Louis FC join the league in 2022, of course should everything go as planned.
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New design: If only this was Szczecin's official concept...
Upon first seeing it we thought: impressive but surely much more expensive than the official stadium scheme for Szczecin. But when the official tender brought bids exceeding expectations by 93% (!!!), we take it back. This vision would have been better and not certainly more expensive.
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Comparing the big four global tennis stadiums
It seems that the pressure on global sports venues gets ever greater in the modern sporting world, today we look at the tennis world and see what the best venues have to offer.
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Tokyo: Opening event confirmed for Olympic Stadium
Tokyo’s new National Stadium, the main venue of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, was set Thursday as the venue for next season’s Emperor’s Cup final.
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Berlin: Union hopes for July green light
In mid-2019 both the stadium expansion and new club offices should have planning approval, according to latest Union Berlin statement. Public consultation regarding the club's largest ever project is about to begin.
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London: Last chance to open by year end?
Tottenham is hoping to open their delayed stadium in mid-December. If this third attempt fails, there will be only one more game left to play in 2018.
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New design: FC Cincinnati's second bid
It's still a draft and subject to change, but since it's been published officially, we're here to show it. FC Cincinnati will soon formally submit their second bid to build an MLS-specific venue.
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Australia: Western Sydney Stadium suffers from flood
Work had to come to a halt last week as New South Wales suffered from excessive rainfall. Western Sydney Stadium's future field was filled with brown, muddy water, causing construction to stop.
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New design: The gem of Nazareth
If faithful to these renderings when delivered, this could be the most beautiful stadium of Israel. However, to date there have been very few details about Nazareth's long-awaited stadium.
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Charlotte: Panthers' stadium sits on first lynching site
Not exactly the desired piece of history, but one America is dealing with more seriously these days. It turns out that Charlotte Panthers' stadium is located precisely at the site of the city's first lynching, dating back to 1913.
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New design: Second life for Hutnik's stadium
For the last year architects have been working on a way to revive Hutnik Warszawa's stadium and training facilities, among the most dilapitated in the entire capital of Poland.
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New stadium: Filadelfia reborn joins StadiumDB
Spiritual home of Torino FC now have a new, beating heart. After decades of neglect and failed promises, the new Filadelfia stadium is in operation.
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Betting services in UK stadiums
Fans are looking for more ways to bet, as we've seen from the explosion of online betting. As is the case with in-stadium betting, football is a popular sport to bet online...
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England: Bournemouth not building stadium, not yet
AFC Bournemouth took a lengthy statement to communicate one major piece of information: the new stadium will not be ready as planned. Its construction is delayed and no new deadline has been set.
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New stadium: Stadio Silvio Piola in Novara
It bears the name of Serie A's legendary striker and also remembers good days of Serie A. Novara Calcio managed to win promotion in 2011, even to beat Inter that year. But their relegation came just as soon. Thankfully, investment from those days still serves people at the stadium.
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New stadium: The traveling home of Cagliari
You think the title is strange? Take a look at this stadium. It was built first in 2012, then in 2013 and now in 2017. It's temporary, sure, but it already earned quite some history!
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StadiumDB Newsletter: Issue 61 - From Germany 2024 to... Germany
It's been a while since we've sent out the newsletter, following our trips to the Scandinavia (photos from Stockholm's legendary Olympic Stadium and Tele2 Arena uploaded, others from Bergen to come) and there's been a lot of changes in the world of stadiums.
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“Wooden Seats”: A “novelty” at EFC’s Bramley Moore Dock?
The proposed new Everton stadium, on the site of the Bramley-Moore dock near Liverpool city centre, is exactly what the city’s first professional club needs. Nonetheless, Evertonians will leave Goodison Park with a heavy heart, finally leaving a famous stadium with what will be nearly 130 years of history behind it.
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Pirates seeking a share in sports betting revenue for PNC Park's upkeep
As the Supreme Court of United States recently paved the way for legalisation of sports betting in the country, teams and leagues have gone all silent about their long-standing opposition to all kinds of gambling activities, and have switched their attention to a different question – how can they get a piece of the cake?!
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London: Turf rolled out at Tottenham
A third of Tottenham's hybrid field is already in place, at least the natural part of it. With 3 days 23 lorries from the Netherlands should deliver the future turf, which will welcome players once the Spurs' new home opens.
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Germany: Böllenfalltor revamp more expensive
Only one contractor submitted a bid to redevelop SV Darmstadt's stadium and construction prices are rising across Germany. These two factors resulted in over 40% increase of the stadium revamp's budget.
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