Category: News

GBAC STAR feather to Golden 1 Center hat

Article posted by Coliseum, January 4^th, 2021

The Golden 1 Center in California (US) announced recently that the arena has been bestowed the Global Biorisk Advisory Council’s (GBAC) STAR Facility Accreditation. Recognized as a gold standard, GBAC STAR is a performance-based accreditation program that means a facility has established the... » Read more

Super Bowl a cashless affair with Visa prop

Article posted by Coliseum, January 4^th, 2021

The National Football League’s (NFL) flagship event Super Bowl is all set to become a cash-free fixture this season. Facilitating this will be the payment services brand Visa which has chalked out plans regarding the same with NFL. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National... » Read more

Saudi Arabia make a pitch for AFC Asian Cup

Article posted by Coliseum, January 4^th, 2021

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman recently invited the Asian Football Cup (AFC) working team to discuss Saudi Arabia’s bid to play host to the AFC Asian Cup 2027. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Servant of the Two Noble Sanctuaries or Protector of the Two Holy Cities, is a royal... » Read more

Guinea stadium gets CAF endorsement at last!

Article posted by Coliseum, January 4^th, 2021

Good news for Guinean football. The 50,000-capacity General Lansana Conté Stadium in Nongo, Guinea (a country in West Africa) was finally approved by the African Football Confederation (CAF) on December 26th. This sanction by the governing body of African football has come after years of waiting... » Read more

T-Mobile Center to reopen with Disney show

Article posted by Coliseum, December 31^st, 2020

The T-Mobile Center in Missouri (US) – which has stayed shuttered since March 2020 as COVID-19 continues to thump the United States along with the rest of the world, announced on December 29th, 2020, that it will be hosting ‘Disney on Ice’ in late January, marking the first public ticketed... » Read more

Diriyah E Prix promises ‘elect’rifying action

Article posted by Coliseum, December 31^st, 2020

Sported as friendly on the planet, fierce on the track, Formula E’s maiden all-electric night race as part of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship 2020-21 calendars will be hosted at Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on February 26th and 27th, 2021. A staunch advocate of innovative, sustainable... » Read more

Egyptian magnate picks up stake in MSG Sports

Article posted by Coliseum, December 31^st, 2020

A five percent stake in Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. has been acquired by Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris. Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. is the holding company that owns the National Basketball Association’s (NBA’s) New York Knicks (American professional basketball team based in... » Read more