Houston has been one of the last MLS clubs to build a soccer-specific stadium, however it also seems to become one of the finest ones. Houston started construction of the stadium in February 2011, and has the stadium planned to be completed [...]
In a bid to further curb hooliganism, Lorenz Caffier, chairman of the German state ministers conference, has launched a study to examine the implementation of face scanners at German football stadiums. The face scanner would be able to identify hooligans from a [...]
Bristol Rovers have vowed to move on with their plans to build a new stadium at the University of the West of England site, regardless of whether Bristol Rugby club will join them there. The football and rugby club currently share the Memorial Stadium, and [...]
After the successful opening of Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie (Warsaw National Stadium) only a week-and-a-half ago, the stadium experienced a new setback as Warsaw police decided that the stadium is not ready yet to host football games. This means that the planned [...]
Just as progress on Brazil’s 2014 stadiums gained pace in recent months, new problems seem to be arising as recurring strikes delay the construction of Brazil’s playing venues. After earlier this year strikes broke out at the working sites of Maracaña and [...]
The local council of Lyon suburb Décines has finally signed the building permit for Lyon’s proposed 58,000-seater. The signature brings a long process, that started almost five years ago, to an end, and frees up the way for the start of construction [...]
Supporter violence in the Egyptian port city of Port Said have cost the lives of at least 73 fans, Egyptian state television reports. Riots started after the referee blew the final whistle of a match between Masry and Ahly, and the home fans stormed the pitch. The [...]
Polish football player Ariel Borysiuk was on the brink of making a move from Legia Warsaw to Club Brugge yesterday, when he at the last moment decided to pull out of a deal and go to Kaiserslautern instead. The 20-year-old travelled to Brugge on Tuesday to complete the transfer, but [...]
Good news for Spurs in their quest to build a new stadium, as chairman Levy was able to announce that the club had secured the commitment of London Mayor Boris Johnson and Haringey Council in financially contributing toward Tottenham’s proposed new stadium. Spurs had previously made it a condition for [...]
They are only 20 stadiums in total, but we can still pull some interesting data out of them. Like how do they compare in terms of capacity and age? What are the differences between the old and new stadiums? And do the newer ones fill up easier than the old ones?
In 2009 FC Zwolle opened a brand new stadium, however fans quickly realised that this wasn’t the stadium they had dreamt of all these years, but that something had happened in the chaotic process, something that has caused these fans never really to warm up to their new stadium.
Yes, according to the company that was in charge of demolishing Galatasaray’s old Ali Sami Yen stadium. Because apparently the stadium was so poorly constructed that it was on the verge of collapse. I cannot recall having read about this back in May 2011, when the article in Turkish newspaper [...]
In the last few weeks we have increased our stadium database with another 70+ stadiums, and I think we can freely argue that Europe’s most important stadiums are now included (though admittedly there are still quite a few countries missing). That’s why we are now ready to start including smaller [...]
We hope you’ll enjoy what we’ve done, which basically means a complete overhaul of the site. Because the old one looked like 2002, and had not been updated for way too long of a time. So, to get started, let’s sum the basic changes [...]
With our new design live in a few days, let’s have a look at the current status of our database. So far we’ve entered the details of a total of 109 stadiums. Of these, 94 fall into the present stadiums category. England is the country with the most entries, 18 [...]
FC Dallas Stadium, before 2012 called Pizza Hut Park, is the home of FC Dallas. The stadium has a capacity of 20,500 seats. The FC Dallas Stadium opened on the 6th of August 2005. Before the club had been playing its home matches at the much bigger all-purpose Cotton Bowl [...]
Pittodrie Stadium has been the home of Aberdeen FC for more than a hundred years. The stadium currently has a capacity of 21,421 seats. Pittodrie Stadium was first used as a football ground in 1899 by the original Aberdeen football club. The first match, on the 2nd of September, was [...]
The Olympisch Stadion, at times also nicknamed ‘t Kiel, is the home stadium of Beerschot AC. It has a capacity of 12,771 seats. The Olympisch Stadion got built for the 1920 Summer Olympics that got held in the city of Antwerp. Construction started in July 1919, and the stadium officially [...]
Lyon Receives Building Permit for Grand Stade
The local council of Lyon suburb Décines has finally signed the building permit for Lyon’s proposed 58,000-seater. The signature brings a long process, that started almost five years ago, to an end, and frees up the way for the start of construction works. The stadium, which will be a prominent [...]
All About the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Tomorrow, the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will start with the opening match between Equatorial Guinea and Libya. For the former it will be the first showing at an Africa Cup, which is primarily because they are co-hosting the event with Gabon, who [...]
Liverpool FC took a step back and forwards at the same time when it decided to proceed with its 9-year-old plans for a new stadium, reports the Telegraph. Even though current American owners Fenway Sports Group had earlier indicated to prefer a redevelopment of Anfield, they now [...]
In May 2010 Wolves announced a £40 million redevelopment program for Molineux Stadium. A year and a half later Wolves seem to be progressing steadily with the project. Wolves occupied Molineux Stadium in 1889, and, after the stadium had decayed much in the 1970s and [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
Fulham Advances with Craven Cottage Development Plans
Fulham FC has revealed further information about their plans to develop Craven Cottage, including some new drawings of the proposed Riverside Stand. The club has a long-standing desire to increase capacity and modernise 105-year-old Craven Cottage and has in the past even [...]
Atlético Madrid Presents New Stadium Plans
Last Monday Atlético Madrid unveiled their plans to build a new stadium in the east of Madrid. The stadium will have a capacity of 67,500 seats, about 12,000 more than fit in the current Estadio Vicente Calderón. Atlético had been looking for a move from the Vicente Calderón for several years, as [...]
