Month: January 2020


Usmanov’s bailout for Everton as fiscal alarm bells ring

Everton FC update Jan 2020 naming rights

As the English professional football club based in Liverpool, England – Everton FC – has plummeted into £111.8 million loss for the last fiscal year – Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has come to the bailout by putting forward £30 million. Of course, in lieu of the bailout, Usmanov... » Read more


Jakarta BMW stadium gets a head start amid land wrangle

Indonesia Jakarta International Stadium

The Jakarta administration has gone ahead with the construction of the Jakarta International Stadium at Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, in Indonesia. The whole development is, however, mired in land disputes. The decision to build the stadium has been taken following the completion of a bid that saw... » Read more


Club Brugge-Cercle Brugge at odds over new stadium

Brugge stadium

The City of Bruges in Flemish region of Belgium has come out with a proposal for new €100 million (US$111 million) stadia for Club Brugge – a football club based in Bruges in Belgium – and Cercle Brugge – a Belgian professional football club also based in Bruges. Both are Belgian Pro... » Read more


Panasonic equips Japan stadium with paraphernalia

Panasonic and Japan National Stadium

The Japanese multinational electronic corporation Panasonic Corporation has furnished the multi-use New National Stadium which opened in December last year in Tokyo with a wide range of accessories. The accoutrements are key to stadium operation and comprises large screen displays and audio systems... » Read more


Gangwon rubber-stamped to host Winter Youth Olympics

South Korea 2024 Youth Olympic Games

The hosting rights for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games has been awarded to South Korea’s Gangwon Province. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently gave the rights to South Korea. In Gangwon Province’s county Pyeongchang where the 2018 Winter Olympic was held, several venues were... » Read more


Fans to the rescue of AFC Wimbledon

AFC Wimbledon update Jan 2020

The cash-strapped English professional football club AFC Wimbledon in London has inked a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Buckingham (a town in north Buckinghamshire, England) to move ahead with the next phase of works for their 9,000-seat New Plough Lane Stadium. This follows a series of meetings and... » Read more


Connacht Rugby hits the bull’s eye pulling off €20m funding

Connacht Rugby

The Irish Government has decided to pump in a total of €20m to redecorate the multipurpose Connacht Rugby Stadium’s sportsground in Galway, Ireland. The Sportsground is also known as The Galway Sportsgrounds and the Galway Greyhound Stadium. The €10m which has been allotted under the Large... » Read more


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