Month: February 2019


Lord’s gets MCC nod for two new stands

Lord's Cricket Ground update

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has been granted permission to construct two new stands at Lord’s to replace the existing Compton and Edrich stands and increase the stadium’s capacity to 31,000, Reuters reported citing a statement from the club. The new three-tier stands, to be built at the... » Read more


World’s largest cricket stadium taking shape in India

India Motera Cricket Stadium

India is building the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat. Popularly known as Motera Stadium, the Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium is being revamped to eventually have a seating capacity of 110,000, nearly 10,000 more than Australia’s iconic... » Read more


City of Liverpool FC aims for a stadium

City of Liverpool FC

In recent years, there has been a splurge in what are being described as ‘alternative football clubs’ across Europe. These clubs do not just focus on match results and money; on the contrary, they appear to be driven by community and social responsibility. With community schemes and... » Read more


OMA reveals design for new Feyenoord Stadium

Feyenoord Rotterdam - OMA

Dutch architectural firm OMA has released images and plans for the new Feyenoord Stadium partly located over the river Maas. Feyenoord will set up a new multi sports club for the residents of Rotterdam Zuid, as OMA designed the masterplan after reaching initial city approval in 2016. The 63,000... » Read more


Rays shrink seating capacity at Tropicana Field

Tropicana Field - Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays announced early January that they are eliminating all of the upper-deck seats at Tropicana Field, dramatically shrinking the capacity of what was already the smallest stadium in Major League Baseball. The Rays described the change in a news release as part of a series of... » Read more


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