StadiumDBNews: May 2022
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USA: 17 venues compete for FIFA 2026 World Cup
The World Cup is returning to North America after 32 years. However, we still do not know the list of host cities. That is due to change on June 16, when FIFA in New York will announce the final list of arenas where the world's best soccer players will compete.
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Czech Republic: Prague to host Europa Conference League final
The UEFA Executive Committee, in a session held in Vienna, decided that next year's Conference League final will be held in Prague. The two best teams of the third-tier European football club competition will play at Sinobo Stadium.
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Euro 2024: Stadiums for the opener and the final selected
The UEFA Executive Committee, meeting in Vienna, has decided that the opening match of the 2024 European Football Championship will take place in Munich. Berlin will host the final. The European football union has also announced the schedule for the tournament, which will be played in Germany.
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Rome: First reports on AS Roma's new stadium
The saga of building a facility for the footballers from the Eternal City continues in full swing. The club's owner, American billionaire Dan Friedkin, has shown the design of the stadium in the new location. This is good news for Giallorossi supporters, but there is still a long way to go.
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USA: Memphis unveils plan to renovate Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium
The city of Memphis and the University of Memphis are going to do a renovation that this aging stadium has never seen before. It seems that the home of the annual Liberty Bowl should be ready before the 2025 season.
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USA: Did the Hard Rock Stadium serve as a good F1 circuit?
After much discussion, debate, and deliberation among city officials, the public, and the sport, Miami finally got to host its first Formula 1 Grand Prix around the car park of the Hard Rock Stadium.
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England: Stadiums partially closed due to pitch invasions?
The end of the season in most European leagues, including the UK, was marked by many football club successes. Fans, in the heat of the moment, have on many occasions decided to run onto the pitch after the final whistle. "Pitch invasions" may have greater consequences than it may seem.
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USA: El Clásico in Las Vegas
FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will play an exhibition match against each other in the United States during the summer preparation phase. This will be the fourth meeting between the two teams outside of Spain. The date of the event is not yet known.
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England: Is Tottenham Hotspur Stadium A Future Super Bowl Site?
Football, known as American football outside of North America, is gaining ground internationally. The NFL has increased its international outreach efforts, seeking to bring America's beloved sport to the international community.
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USA: New stadium for NFL’s Bengals on the horizon?
The Cincinnati Bengals are yet another National Football League team thinking about moving to a new facility. Renovation of the current stadium is expected to cost nearly half a million dollars, so plans to build a new arena from scratch may not come as a surprise.
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Spain: Demolition first, construction to start soon in Villarreal
“The Yellow Submarine" is on a roll. After a sensational season in the Champions League, where the Spanish team was knocked out only in the semi-finals against Liverpool FC, fans can not complain about a lack of emotions. Now they have been provided with visuals showing how the stadium will look after the €35 million renovation.
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Spain: Mallorca's stadium expansion starts… right now!
On May 5, a ceremony was held to symbolically launch the first phase of the modernisation of the venue located in Palma. The festivities were attended by local politicians, club representatives and the architect, author of the project. Work started in full swing on May 16, the day after RCD Mallorca's last game of this season.
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Scotland: Dundee FC presented images of new stadium
The Scottish club has unveiled the long-awaited concept for a new stadium complex in the Camperdown area. With this, another big step has been taken on the construction of the new venue, plans for which go back to 2017.
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Australia: A roof that weighs as much as 333 elephants!
The opening of Sydney Football Stadium is just over three months away. Australia's most modern stadium has now been completely roofed, so that its final shape is now visible. The venue has also joined the Allianz portfolio and will bear the name of the German insurance giant.
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USA: Tennessee Titans choose new stadium designer
The NFL’s Tennessee Titans announced that Manica Architecture will prepare the concept for their new stadium. The Kansas City-based firm already has some experience designing impressive sports venues, including a stadium in Las Vegas and an indoor arena in San Francisco.
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North Macedonia: New stadium for national team decided
The Football Federation of Macedonia (Fudbalska federacija na Makedonija) has decided to start the procedure to build a new facility for the national team. The project is being carried out by the federation together with Aerodom Municipality, with the support of the Government of North Macedonia.
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Brazil: Santos stadium getting more and more expensive
30,000 seats in the arena, 500 parking spaces and... extra 150 million reals for the new Santos stadium. We have learned details about the construction of the new venue of the legendary Brazilian club.
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Qatar: World Cup prelude at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium
Qatar will host the final qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Al-Rayyan Stadium. On June 13 Costa Rica will play against New Zealand and on the following day Peru will face the winner of the Australia - UAE clash.
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USA: Centene Stadium in St. Louis nears completion
At the construction site of the home venue of the future MLS team St. Louis CITY SC, works are in full swing. At the end of April, the level of progress of construction was already 80%. The planned date for delivery of the stadium is this summer.
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France: 30 years since the stadium tragedy in Furiani
May 5, 2022 marked the 30th anniversary of the tragedy at Stade Armand-Cesari in Furiani, French Corsica. Just before the French Cup semi-final match between Sporting Club bastiais and Olympique Marseille, the north stand collapsed. Nineteen people died and more than 2,350 were injured.
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Liverpool: City Council approves demolition of Goodison Park
Plans to demolish Everton's stadium have been passed in the council. In addition, a concept for the redevelopment of the site has been approved. Construction will not start until 2024 at the earliest.
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Netherlands: Feyenoord abandons plans to build new stadium
The Rotterdam-based team unveiled plans for a new arena in 2017, and construction work, after numerous funding problems and changes to the project itself, was due to start this spring. Feyenoord authorities have just announced that they are backing away from those plans.
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USA: The largest soccer stadium in the USA inaugurated!
It was a great celebration of soccer and the entire state of Tennessee. The first MLS game ever was played at GEODIS Park in Nashville, with over 30,000 spectators sitting in the stands. This is an all-time attendance record in the United States when considering soccer-specific venues.
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Barcelona: Blaugrana to leave Camp Nou for a year
It is now certain - the renovation of Europe's biggest football venue will start in June this year. What's more, for the entire 2023/24 season, Barça players and fans will have to settle for the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona.
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Scotland: Aberdeen fans like the beach stadium idea
Aberdeen City Council created a refreshed masterplan for the city centre with a new home for Aberdeen FC as a beachfront centerpiece. An overwhelming majority of club fans support the idea.
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Argentina: River Plate even more monumental
The iconic stadium in Buenos Aires is going to change not only in terms of infrastructure. During the press conference, club president, Jorge Brito, confirmed that a 7-year contract was signed for the naming rights of the venue. As a result, the second phase of the reconstruction of "Monumental" will be possible.
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Hobart - it's not just a Yacht Race anymore
Most sports fans, when they hear "Hobart", immediately see the beautiful yachts and the great Sydney-Hobart Race in front of their eyes. However, team sports fans will soon associate this charming city in Tasmania with an ultra-modern stadium.
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Canada: Vancouver is back in the game
After many problems and doubts Vancouver is an official candidate to hold football games during the Men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup, a tournament co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Brazil: Pele's stadiums all over the world? Infantino's unusual idea
The funeral of Pele, the Brazilian football magician, took place this week. He passed away at 82, and the news of his death went around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the former footballer's farewell ceremony, including the controversial FIFA president, Gianni Infantino.
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