Category: News

Ivory Coast gets scintillating stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, October 13^th, 2020

Ahead of Ivory Coast staging the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in 2023, a new 60,000-seat stadium has opened on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Stade Olympique Ebimpé, which has been built by Chinese firm Beijing Construction Engineering Group, hosted its first match... » Read more

India to build cricket venue in Maldives

Article posted by Coliseum, October 13^th, 2020

India is all set to build a new 22,000-seat cricket stadium in the Maldives under an $800m (£620m/€681m) Line of Credit (LoC) extended to the island nation. The High Commission of India in Maldives tweeted that the new facility, which would be located in Hulhumalé, will feature the “latest... » Read more

Utah Warriors’ ambitious venue plans

Article posted by Coliseum, October 13^th, 2020

Plans for a new 10,000-seat arena have been unbolted by Utah Warriors Major League Rugby franchise and the same is slated to open by 2023. The Utah Warriors are a professional rugby union team that competes in Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby competition in the United States that played its... » Read more

Fabled Munich Stadium holds soccer match

Article posted by Coliseum, October 12^th, 2020

The Olympic Stadium in Munich (Germany) reopened its doors after 15 long years on October 10th, 2020, to stage a historic soccer match between German association football clubs Türkgücü Munich (based in Munich, Germany) and Wehlen Wiesbaden (based in Wiesbaden, Germany) which ended in a goalless... » Read more

COVID weighs heavily on FIFA schedule

Article posted by Coliseum, October 12^th, 2020

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has acknowledged the fact that COVID-19’s disastrous impact on the global football calendar is set to result in a delay for this year’s FIFA Club World Cup™ in Qatar. The FIFA Club World Cup™ is an international men’s association football competition... » Read more

NFL teams get in on the cashless act

Article posted by Coliseum, October 12^th, 2020

With the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19, the whole process of going digital as well as cashless has accelerated. Touchless is the catchphrase these days. And the US venues are hugely diving into the cashless mode. The Green Bay Packers (US) have become the latest National Football League (NFL)... » Read more

Paris 2024 organizers tighten purse strings

Article posted by Coliseum, October 12^th, 2020

A series of cost-cutting measures were announced recently by the organizers of Paris 2024 Olympics (France) which will bring down the Games’ bill by 400 million euros due to the severe impact of COVID-19 on the sports venue sector as well as on the sporting calendar. The most significant of the... » Read more