Category: News

Wolves’ venue plan may hit COVID-19 snag

Article posted by Coliseum, May 4^th, 2020

A planning application for a temporary 500-seat stand has been submitted by Premier League football club Wolverhampton Wanderers as it looks to move ahead with plans to expand its Molineux home ground. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, commonly known as Wolves, is a professional association... » Read more

Lax work led to AFAS Stadion roof cave-in

Article posted by Coliseum, May 4^th, 2020

Royal HaskoningDHV has wrapped up their months-long investigation into the August 10 collapse of the roof at AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar. The report points out that the roof caved in due to varied reasons prime among them being poor welding, design errors and corrosion. Royal HaskoningDHV is an... » Read more

Saudi Arabia into sports shopping spree

Article posted by Coliseum, May 1^st, 2020

Saudi Arabia is embracing sports in a big way and sees racing, boxing and soccer as a means to enhance its image. The kingdom did not have a huge footprint on the world sporting map. But, of late, the staging of sporting events extraordinaire has marked a sharp turnaround for the oil-rich... » Read more

‘V-COVID’ app to revive UK sports economy

Article posted by Coliseum, May 1^st, 2020

Manchester (UK)-headquartered cyber security company VST Enterprises (VSTE) has revealed details of a ‘sports health passport’ app that is designed to kickstart attendances at British sporting events in the coming months as the industry looks to resuscitate from the COVID-19 crisis which has... » Read more

Real resume work on Bernabéu face-lifting

Article posted by Coliseum, May 1^st, 2020

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid has resumed work on the reconfiguration of its residence – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. Throughout the 2019-20 seasons, work was on to modify or pull down existing parts of the stadium, but the same was suspended in March end due to the COVID-19... » Read more

Ashton Gate Stadium doing yeoman task

Article posted by Coliseum, April 30^th, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 worldwide is bound to have long-lasting effects on the sports and entertainment industries. Looking at the current situation of coronavirus worldwide – 3,013,803 cases globally and the death count having crossed the 2 lakh mark – 207,894 – nobody knows exactly when... » Read more

COVID-19 spoils Amex Stadium plans

Article posted by Coliseum, April 30^th, 2020

Brighton and Hove Albion had plans to further expand the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, United Kingdom. However, all their ambitious plans as regards the venue have been put on the backburner with coronavirus taking the whole world by storm. The American Express Community Stadium... » Read more