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Atlanta residents want MB Stadium to pay $700mn in taxes

Article posted by Coliseum, February 11^th, 2019

Weeks before the Super Bowl came to Mercedes-Benz-Stadium, with boosters estimating a $400 million boon to Atlanta’s economy, a group of local residents is fighting for the stadium itself to contribute to the pot, WFTV reported. For a year and a half, some residents have argued that the stadium... » Read more

Stuttgart offers VR360° tour of MB Arena

Article posted by Coliseum, February 11^th, 2019

German Bundesliga football club VfB Stuttgart, in a first-of-its-kind innovative initiative, has started offering a 360-degree virtual-reality tour of its Mercedes-Benz-Arena, the club recently announced. “Glasses on, home game on!” Stuttgart declared in German in its official website... » Read more

Augsburg extends WWK sponsorship deal till 2030

Article posted by Coliseum, February 11^th, 2019

FC Augsburg have extended their contract with insurance company WWK prematurely, under which WWK will be the main sponsor and name of the stadium until 2030, the German football club announced on its official website in January. WWK had been in partnership with the club for the past three... » Read more

Man United to launch entertainment centres in China

Article posted by Coliseum, February 5^th, 2019

English Premier League club Manchester United is to open a series of club-themed entertainment and experience centres in China, the BBC reported citing the club. The Old Trafford club, which has millions of fans on Chinese social media, will partner Chinese property developer Harves to build the... » Read more

Roma first Italian FC to partner with Twitter

Article posted by Coliseum, February 5^th, 2019

AS Roma earlier this month entered into an exclusive content partnership with social media platform Twitter, becoming the first Italian football club to do so, the club announced on its official website. Over the past 12 months, Twitter has embarked on a strategy to enrich its platform with new and... » Read more

Lord’s gets MCC nod for two new stands

Article posted by Coliseum, February 4^th, 2019

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

Article posted by Coliseum, February 4^th, 2019

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