Category: News

La Copa finals fall in ‘La Cartuja’s’ kitty

Article posted by Coliseum, May 19^th, 2020

Spanish city Seville has been awarded a four-year contract by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to host the next four finals of the Copa del Rey until 2023, and the event will be held at a revamped Estadio de la Cartuja in Seville. It will inject an estimated €43m (£36.5m) to Seville’s... » Read more

Henderson council ease ice hockey arena plans

Article posted by Coliseum, May 19^th, 2020

The city council in Henderson, Nevada in US, has given its nod to $60m (£49m/€56m) in bonds to finance a new arena boasting 6,000 seats. The new facility would lodge the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team of National Hockey League (NHL) franchise the Vegas Golden Knights. The Vegas... » Read more

Fans’ safety must take precedence: Jeff Berding

Article posted by Coliseum, May 18^th, 2020

The under construction West End Stadium sits in Cincinnati, Ohio in United States. The future soccer-specific stadium will serve as the home ground of FC Cincinnati, a Major League Soccer (MLS) team. FC Cincinnati’s future home West End Stadium is expected to be one of the most ambitious... » Read more

Real Madrid may use reserve team’s venue

Article posted by Coliseum, May 18^th, 2020

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid is contemplating using the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano, the home of its reserve team, for first-team matches when the season resumes allowing construction work to proceed at its residence – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. On Wednesday, when German soccer... » Read more

Barça initiative to help fight COVID-19

Article posted by Coliseum, May 18^th, 2020

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona will sell the title rights to its storied stadium – Camp Nou – for one year in an effort to raise money for the fight against the lethal coronavirus which has left the whole world in disarray. The Spanish club’s executive board said that it will... » Read more

‘The Dons’ put stadium work in cold storage

Article posted by Coliseum, May 18^th, 2020

COVID-19 is already costing Aberdeen FC millions. Now, the club has decided to hold off their largest project. Their new 20,000-capacity stadium (Kingsford complex) might not go on stream soon or the capacity of the venue might come down. Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football... » Read more

Czech First League to be back on May 23

Article posted by Coliseum, May 15^th, 2020

The Czech Republic has decided to further ease lockdown with sporting events set to start, but with few participants. The top two leagues in the Czech Republic will resume on May 23. The plan is for two games to be played per week and the season to be completed by July 18 this year. An agreement in... » Read more