An overview of lesser-important recent stadium news, including news about Rangers’ problems and Ibrox Stadium, the Tottenham new stadium deal, the Millennium Stadium and the NFL, Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw (again), and various items (and photos!) on developments in Brazil.
Swansea City saw its plans to expand the Liberty Stadium being threatened after the Swansea City Council voted in favour of a new McDonald’s fast food restaurant adjacent to the stadium. The decision came as a shock to the club as it had heavily protested against the McDonald’s application. Chairman [...]
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 database of known football troublemakers and block them [...]
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 Polish Super Cup match between Legia Warsaw and [...]
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 Brasilia’s Estádio Nacional, last week it was the [...]
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 [...]
Saudi Arabia newspaper Al Sharq reports that the people in charge of building a new stadium in the city of Jeddah have received instructions to make sure that the stadium can receive female spectators when it opens in 2014. This, of course, does not mean that men and women will [...]
Houston Celebrate Opening of BBVA Compass Stadium
On Saturday the Houston Dynamo’s new stadium, the BBVA Compass Stadium, officially opened with a match between the Dynamo and DC United. The Dynamo celebrated the opening with a 1-0 win over the visitors from Washington DC. The BBVA Compass Stadium is [...]
Boca Juniors Wants to Build a New Stadium
Boca Juniors president Daniel Angelici has confirmed that the club is currently looking into the options of building a new stadium. The president did this in a radio interview while in Spain looking for investors in the club. He right away went into further detail [...]
Chelsea Submit Bid for Battersea Station Site
Chelsea’s interest in the Battersea Power Station site as a potential location for a future new stadium has been no secret, but the club has now officially submitted a bid for the iconic site. From the press release on its official website: [...]
Work Behind the Scenes on New AS Roma Stadium
A recently tweeted photo by AS Roma CEO Mark Pannes has confirmed that the club is currently working hard on realising a new stadium. The photo shows three men looking at a wall full of stadium photos and was accompanied by the following [...]
New Barcelona Stadium Back on the Table
FC Barcelona is again looking into the possibilities of either building a new stadium, or extensively renovating Camp Nou. This reports Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo based on a strategic report the club will internally discuss in the upcoming weeks. The strategic report calls for the return of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Twenty Years Ago: The Bastia Stadium Disaster
No matches were played in Ligue 1 last Saturday. Instead the league commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Furiani stadium disaster which took the lives of 18 fans and injured hundreds more. The lead up to the disaster starts on the 22nd of April 1992. SC Bastia, from the football-mad [...]
The Stadiums that Could Have Been
Building a new football stadium is no easy task. It usually starts with an ambitious chairman enthusiastically announcing the plans, but all too often ends in frustration and sometimes resignation. Though in the end most stadium proposals manage to overcome [...]
Five Reasons Why Poland and Ukraine Won’t Be Another Portugal
With the European Championships still three months away, there is already plenty of talk about the legacy of the tournament. That is, experts are warning that Poland and the Ukraine might become the next Portugal. Or South Africa, speaking in World Cup terms. [...]
