It is summer break, which is traditionally the period of the year when several clubs schedule to open a new stadium. After all, starting the season in a fresh new stadium surely beats opening your shiny arena on a dark autumn day in November. While we’ve [...]
Polish side Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała can soon start the construction of their planned new stadium. This is the result of an agreement that was reached between local residents and city officials. The city has already approved the project, but a group of residents afraid of the nuisance the much-larger new stadium [...]
The 2014 UEFA Super Cup, the match that pits the Champions League winner against the Europa League winner, will be played at Cardiff’s Cardiff City Stadium, whereas the 2015 edition will be hosted by the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tblisi, Georgia. This was decided by the UEFA Executive Committee during [...]
Lens’ Stade Felix-Bollaert will not get renovated for the Euro 2016 tournament, writes French newspaper L’Equipe. According to Daniel Percheron, president of the regional council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, negotiations between the local governments, RC Lens, and the club’s majority shareholder [...]
Nuevo Mestalla has come another step closer to completion after the Valencia city government approved of the “Valencia Dinamiza” project. The Valencia Dinamiza project involves a direct investment of €626 million to stimulate the local economy and job growth by means of completing Nuevo Mestalla, and [...]
Brentford have taken concrete steps to a new stadium after buying a piece of land on Lionel Road last week. The club has been pursuing a new home for years, but failed in previous attempts mostly due to a lack of funding. The last concrete plans were abandoned in 2010 [...]
While their bid for the Battersea Station site has already failed, Chelsea has decided to still release the images of the plans they had for their new stadium. The images appear at Chelsea’s official website accompanied by a statement, which includes the following with regards to [...]
Inter is almost ready to present its plans for a new stadium, according to club president Moratti. The desire of Moratti to build an own stadium for the club is nothing new, however recent events have sped up the process and the president stated that important news will be presented in [...]
On Saturday the Montreal Impact reopened their renovated Stade Saputo with a 4-1 win against the Seattle Sounders. The stadium is the next addition to an impressive list of recently opened soccer-specific Major League Soccer stadiums. Stade Saputo originally opened in 2008 to serve as the playing venue for the [...]
Chelsea FC have not been selected as the preferred bidder for the Battersea Power Stadium site, meaning a significant setback for the club that had hoped to build a new stadium next to the iconic out-of-use power plant. The Londoners were outbid by a [...]
Maracanã reopens with first test match
The legendary Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro has reopened with a first test match after three years of building works. Before hosting another test match on the 15th of May, it will then officially open on the 2nd of June with a friendly between the Brazilian and [...]
Sampdoria take step closer to seafront stadium
Sampdoria have taken another step closer to realising a new seaside home after presenting their plans to a special committee of the city of Genoa. Sampdoria hope to build a new 30,000 all-seater in the place of the present Palasport indoor arena and [...]
West Ham receive 99-year lease for Olympic Stadium
West Ham have agreed a contract to move into the London Olympic Stadium from the start of the 2016-17 season. On Friday, the club finally received confirmation of the deal that follows on a long and torturous process and saw an earlier deal collapse.
Anji opens redeveloped Anji Arena
FC Anji Makhachkala have found a new home in the redeveloped Anji Arena, but while the Anji Arena has the look of a modern stadium, the rich Russian club of billionaire Kerimov and star player Eto’o hope that their stay at the new arena will only be a temporary one. [...]
Manchester City contemplate Etihad expansion
Manchester City appears to be considering expanding the Etihad Stadium with an extra tier to the Family and South Stand. This has become clear from a survey the club has sent out to its fans. The survey, which was sent by email, starts like [...]
Opening Grêmio Arena marks a new dawn in Brazilian football
The 2012 Brazilian Séria A season has just finished, but when the new season starts in May 2013, much will have changed. The reason for this is that the largest country of South America will be swept by a series of stadium openings in the next [...]
Real Madrid showcases four proposals for redeveloped Bernabéu
At the end of last Sunday’s member’s assembly, Real Madrid chairman Florentina Pérez had a little surprise for the socios. These were four models of four different proposals for the redevelopment of Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The models had been vigorously kept secret [...]
While it is not uncommon for shiny new stadiums to get built in places where you would not expect them, there is something even more special going on in Iraq right now: an actual stadium boom. The Arab country, still recovering from the war, has decided to put some of its oil money in a massive overhaul of [...]
Oh, how times can change. Let me give the word to Peter Storrie, ex-chairman of Portsmouth FC: Portsmouth is moving into a new dawn with the backing of owner Alexandre Gaydamak and these are very exciting times for the club both on and off the field. The new [...]
2012 review – the world of football stadiums
It is the end of December, which means that it is tradition to look back at the year we are about the finish. In our case, it means looking back at what happened in the fascinating world of football stadiums. The year 2012 came off the back of a prolific 2011 in terms of [...]
