Category: News

AZ Alkmaar ready to pick up gauntlet on roof repair

Article posted by Coliseum, January 22^nd, 2020

The Dutch professional football club AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands has disclosed that its arena AFAS Stadion will remain sans a full roof for the rest of the 2019-20 seasons. It also revealed expansion plans for its home ground. The team will play in the mostly roofless stadium for now. ‘The... » Read more

Atlanta Braves’ residence renamed Truist Park

Article posted by Coliseum, January 21^st, 2020

The home ballpark of the American professional baseball team Atlanta Braves – Sun Trust Park – has got a new moniker – Truist Park. In December last year, a merger between ballpark naming-rights partner SunTrust and BB&T was finalized, with the merged bank named Truist. SunTrust Park in... » Read more

Cardinal Stadium all set to boost fan experience

Article posted by Coliseum, January 21^st, 2020

The University of Louisville’s Cardinal Stadium in US will see the introduction of a new fan zone at the start of the 2020 American football season. It will be a part of numerous upgrades planned for the facility. WiFi access without any hitch, the recoating of nearly 38,000 seats and... » Read more

Facelift for Pompeys’ Fratton Park facility

Article posted by Coliseum, January 21^st, 2020

Fratton Park – the football ground which is the original home of Portsmouth Football Club in the English city of Portsmouth in United Kingdom – will be overhauled. The Hampshire-based English League One Club revealed that it is preparing to submit a planning application in this regard for the... » Read more

Usmanov’s bailout for Everton as fiscal alarm bells ring

Article posted by Coliseum, January 20^th, 2020

As the English professional football club based in Liverpool, England – Everton FC – has plummeted into £111.8 million loss for the last fiscal year – Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has come to the bailout by putting forward £30 million. Of course, in lieu of the bailout, Usmanov... » Read more

Jakarta BMW stadium gets a head start amid land wrangle

Article posted by Coliseum, January 20^th, 2020

The Jakarta administration has gone ahead with the construction of the Jakarta International Stadium at Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, in Indonesia. The whole development is, however, mired in land disputes. The decision to build the stadium has been taken following the completion of a bid that saw... » Read more

Club Brugge-Cercle Brugge at odds over new stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, January 20^th, 2020

The City of Bruges in Flemish region of Belgium has come out with a proposal for new €100 million (US$111 million) stadia for Club Brugge – a football club based in Bruges in Belgium – and Cercle Brugge – a Belgian professional football club also based in Bruges. Both are Belgian Pro... » Read more