Month: May 2016

Seoul’s Sangam Stadium hosted the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup™ 2002. Twelve years on, the 66,000 seats of the stadium were sold out for yet another, rather unique sporting event – the League of the Legends World Finals. This time around, the action took place not on the pitch but on... » Read more

It’s pure adrenalin rush! Scores of Monster Jam® trucks executing eye-popping stunts as they push through piles of dirt and debris, much to the delight of a cheering audience in a packed stadium. With more than 350 live events each year, Monster Jam performs in some of the most high-profile... » Read more

Stuttgart’s Mercedes-Benz Arena will undertake a major operation next year. All of the stadium’s membrane will be torn off and replaced by new sheets, according to a stadiumdb.com report. Later this year local authorities in Stuttgart will launch a tender for roof surface replacement at... » Read more

Die ARGE Stadion Aue – a consortium of companies including ASSMANN BERATEN + PLANEN GmbH, Büro bpp, Inross Lackner and Phase 10 – has won the tender of general contractor competition for rebuilding the Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion in the Saxon town of Aue. The group has got the design... » Read more

FabriTec Structures LLC, Guard-All Building Solutions LLC and PFEIFER Seil- und Hebetechnik GmbH announced on May 2 their partnership to become the first end-to-end resource for complex tensile steel supported cable membrane structures and light-weight building envelope solutions in the... » Read more

A Chinese businessman has agreed to buy historic English football club Aston Villa, the latest in a series of investments from China into football worldwide as President Xi Jinping looks to make the country a global powerhouse in the sport. The deal, reportedly worth 60 million pounds ($88... » Read more

Vodafone Qatar, a leading telecom services operator in the country, has signed an agreement with Turkish football club Besiktas to develop smart stadiums for the mega FIFA 2022 World Cup™ matches, according to media reports. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), which was signed with... » Read more