Category: News

Qatar’s landmark stadium to open in 2021

Article posted by Coliseum, May 21^st, 2020

Qatar presses on with stadium projects for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ despite the world getting caught in the COVID-19 maelstrom. However, the new national football venue of Qatar, Lusail Stadium, will not be completed in 2020. Instead of 2020, it will now open in March 2021. Recent reports suggest... » Read more

US artistes follow Germany’s footsteps

Article posted by Coliseum, May 20^th, 2020

Taking a page out of Germany’s World Club Dome which held its first drive-in rave recently, which went viral on social media, American artistes are having a go at it ― and Orlando’s Central Florida Fairgrounds in US will stage the first one on June 6 this year. Orlando-based DJ and producer... » Read more

K League’s ‘sex doll’ episode irk fans

Article posted by Coliseum, May 20^th, 2020

Sports leagues across the world are facing a huge challenge due to the coronavirus crisis. Ghost games are slowly resuming, but how the ambiences in stadiums can be improved taking into cognizance the ‘sex doll’ incident of FC Seoul. The sex dolls were used to simulate the presence of fans at... » Read more

Ekaterinburg Arena stands to be dismantled

Article posted by Coliseum, May 20^th, 2020

The striking temporary stands used for hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ games at Ekaterinburg Arena in Russia will be torn down as work begins on repurposing the stadium as a multipurpose venue. The Ekaterinburg Arena is a football stadium in the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia. It is the home... » Read more

Prussian Stadium plans gather steam

Article posted by Coliseum, May 19^th, 2020

The city of Münster in Germany had published a feasibility study in August 2019 (a structural and cost-estimating study) to gauge which user requirements of German sports club SC Preußen Münster at Hammer Straße in Hamburg, Germany, can be realized in the given framework vis à vis the... » Read more

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