Month: April 2020


Southend United Football Club ink deal on new home arena

Southend United new stadium update April 2020

The Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Citizen Housing LLP and Southend United Football Club in Essex, England, struck a deal recently vis-à-vis face-lifting of Roots Hall for 502 new homes for rent, and the delivery of a new stadium at Fossetts Farm – with new homes replacing the proposed... » Read more


Contractors sought for ambitious Aloha Stadium project

Aloha Stadium update April 2020

A Request for Qualifications has been issued by the State of Hawaii in US for contractors interested in bidding on Phase One of the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) at Honolulu in Hawaii. The New Oahu Stadium will be more than just a stadium – but the project is called the New... » Read more


Live Nation launches ‘Crew Nation’ to bail out concert crews

Crew Nation Global Relief Fund for Live Music Crews banner

The American events promoter and venue operator based in Beverly Hills, California, in US – Live Nation – has got going with a new charity fund called Crew Nation to bail out the live industry’s workers whose lives have been left topsy-turvy due to the worsening-by-day coronavirus... » Read more


‘The Blues’ Stamford Bridge revamp hits investment speedbreaker

Chelsea FC update April 2020

Soccer giants Chelsea – the English professional football club based in Fulham, London – has failed to begin work on construction of a new Stamford Bridge. They had three years of time since March 2017 in hand to begin work within the legal limit. They will have to start all over again from a... » Read more


FFA staff face stand-down as COVID-19 scourge on

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The COVID-19 pandemic fallout has forced Football Federation Australia (FFA) to announce its “regrettable decision” to stand-down approximately 70 percent of its staff. ausleisure.com quoted FFA Chief Executive James Johnson as saying, “This has been an extremely difficult decision to make,... » Read more


Coronavirus pulls the plug on MSG Sphere construction work

The Sphere Las Vegas on the making - April 2020 update

Coronavirus has forced work to stop at MSG Sphere at The Venetian in Nevada, US. The plug has been pulled on construction work as developers say there is faint hope of work finishing next year. The MSG Sphere Las Vegas is a sphere-shaped music and entertainment arena being built in Paradise,... » Read more


Stadiums put best foot forward as COVID-19 body bags pile up

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Coronavirus cases have reached a crescendo the world over. COVID-19 cases globally have reached 1,607, 595 and body bags are piling up – the death toll stand at 95,785. As hospitals are overwhelmed due to the deadly virus, sports stadiums around the world are being converted into makeshift... » Read more


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