Month: April 2019


Bankers Life Fieldhouse eyes $360-mn facelift

Bankers Life Fieldhouse facelift

The Bankers Life Fieldhouse, home to the Indiana Pacers, is poised to undergo major improvements now that the NBA team has agreed to stay in Indianapolis, according to media reports. The deal includes $360 million for capital improvements composed of an estimated $270 million from state and Capital... » Read more


Changwon NC Park transforms baseball experience in S. Korea

Changwon NC Park

The new Changwon NC Park ballpark in Changwon, South Korea has been officially opened. The Populous designed ballpark is home to the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organisation (KBO). The Dinos joined the KBO in 2013 and had been playing at Masan Baseball Stadium, which opened in 1982 and was... » Read more


MLS expansion targets 30 teams

MLS expansion plan 2019

Major League Soccer (MLS) has unveiled plans to expand to 30 teams in the coming years, up from the previous target of 28 clubs that the league had established in December 2015, according to a media release on MLS’ official website. The decision was made by owners at board of governors... » Read more


Hunt on for ‘creative solutions’ to cover TIAA Bank Field

TIAA Bank Field - Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan wants to find “creative solutions” for the sweltering summer sun that bakes the team’s stadium – and fans – early each season and one potential fix involves drones, the Associated Press reported. At Jacksonville’s state of the franchise presentation... » Read more


Saudi Arabia grants $1bn to build Iraq ‘sports city’

Sports City with flags of Saudi Arabia and Iraq below

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz has granted $1 billion to Iraq to build a new sports city and open four consulates, according to media reports. The announcement followed the arrival in Baghdad of a delegation led by Saudi Trade Minister Majid Al Kassabi for the second meeting of the... » Read more


Eintracht Frankfurt under one roof

Eintracht Frankfurt Headquarters

German sports club Eintracht Frankfurt has secured planning permission for the club’s new first-team campus and offices recently, according to a media statement on the club’s official website. The concept, devised by Eintracht and architects AS+P Albert Speer + Partner GmbH, was established... » Read more


AFL, Kennedy enter partnership for China games

AFL in China

Australia’s leading luxury retail brand, Kennedy, recently announced its partnership of the Australian Football League’s (AFL) China game and operations until at least the end of the 2021 season, according to a media release on AFL’s official website. The partnership will establish... » Read more


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