Not much stadium news these days, so instead a photo of a recently unveiled statue of Neymar at Santos' Vila Belmiro stadium. The statue was made to honour the player for winning the FIFA Puskas award for the best goal of the year.
Cagliari president Massimo Cellino has once more stated that he is fed up with the complete lack of progress on Cagliari’s planned new stadium. From an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport: Ogni giorno c’è da superare un cavillo. Sono stanco. O [...]
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.
Early 2008 the city of Lille announced the construction of a new multifunctional stadium for its local football club, Lille OSC. Plans were ambitious: a 50,000-stadium for a club that in previous years averaged attendances of about 15,000, in a city that, [...]
All the latest on Liverpool's announcement to bring back its nine-year-old new stadium designs (and why its fans are worried), Wolves postponing the second phase of their Molineux redevelopment program, and the financing of planned new stadiums in Zürich and Carlisle.
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 [...]
Whereas only two months ago Nancy had to pass on the chance to become a host city at Euro 2016, more positive news has now come out of Lens, where the parties involved came to an agreement on the redevelopment of Stade Felix-Bollaert. The stadium, which is [...]
The Guardian today reports that Aston Villa is exploring the possibilities of bringing back terraces to Villa Park. The club recently met with the Football Supporters’ Federation, long time proponents of reintroducing standing places, and are now examining the possibilities of such move. Standing places were banned from British stadiums [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie, or better Warsaw National Stadium, has announced the line-up of artists for its opening ceremony. The recently completed stadium will be officially opened on the 29th of January with an event involving concerts of various local artists, to be concluded with the traditional fireworks. The closing [...]
While doing some research on Feyenoord’s home stadium De Kuip, I bumped into an old article from 1999 which discussed why De Kuip had just been awarded the Euro 2000 final in favour of the recently completed, more modern, and slightly [...]
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 [...]
We have tentatively set the date of going live with our new site design to the 6th of January 2011. Without any major problems between now and then you will be able to fully use the site as of the morning of the 7th. In the meantime: happy holidays!
TRE-FOR Park, originally Odense Stadion, is the home stadium of Odense Boldklub (OB). It currently has a capacity of 15,790, of which 1,800 standing places. Odense Stadion opened in 1941, and stayed relatively unchanged until the 1990s, with only minor renovations made. However, with the successes of the club in [...]
Estádio São Januário, nicknamed A Colina (The Hill), is the home of CR Vasco da Gama. The stadium has a capacity of 24,584 seats. São Januário opened on the 21st of April 1927 with a match between Vasco da Gama and Santos (5-3). The first goal was scored by Santos [...]
Stadio Carlo Castellani is the home of Empoli FC. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats. Construction started in 1963 and was completed about two years later. Stadio Carlo Castellani officially opened on the 12th of September 1965, and originally consisted of just one covered stand. Just like Empoli’s [...]
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 [...]
Spurs Pushing Ahead with NDP Stadium Project
Tottenham Hotspur has further committed itself to the execution of the Northumberland Development project which it presented three years ago. The project entails the construction of a 55,000-seater stadium, built adjacent to Tottenham’s current ground White Hart Lane, along with a [...]
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 [...]
