Category: News

S’pore Sports Hub a pioneer in using BIM

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2018

Singapore Sports Hub has become one of leading case studies for implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in stadium design. The futuristic BIM design technology was implemented through Tekla software to create the world’s largest free spanning dome structure in the Singapore Sports... » Read more

Qatar building stadium with containers

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2018

Architects Fenwick Iribarren, in partnership with structural engineers Schlaich Bergermann Partner and multidisciplinary engineering consultancy firm Hilson Moran will be building the first ever demountable, transportable and reusable stadium in the world for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in... » Read more

RS Architekci wins Katowice stadium design bid

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2018

Polish architecture firm RS Architekci has won the design competition for GKS Katowice football club’s new stadium, local news website Lodz Post reported. Katowice Mayor Marcin Krupa announced the winning design earlier this month. The design from JSK Architekci came second with the third... » Read more

China’s Guangdong eyes over 8,500 football pitches

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2018

China’s southern Guangdong Province has set forth a plan to have 8,577 various types of football pitches and spaces by 2020, according to a report by Yutang Sports. “Guangdong Province has published an official document outlining their full plan regarding football pitch and facility... » Read more

MLB sees lowest attendance in 15 years

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2018

A dip of 6.6 percent in game attendance this season is becoming a cause for concern within the Major League Baseball (MLB). According to a news report in the Ballpark Digest, the weather could be one of the reasons for the low attendance this season, with 36 games postponed in 2018. Another reason... » Read more

Gibraltar plans to build 8,000-seat stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2018

Gibraltar has submitted plans to build a new 8,000-seat stadium, which would finally allow the British territory to host international matches, for public consultation, according to media reports. Since being admitted into the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) in 2013, the lack of... » Read more

Corruption scam clouds Roma’s new stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, July 5^th, 2018

Rome’s Mayor Virginia Raggi has expressed hope that the construction of a new sports stadium will go ahead despite a new corruption scandal that broke earlier this month. Nine people involved in the construction project for Serie A club AS Roma’s proposed new stadium were arrested,... » Read more