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SunTrust to finance $600mn for Texas Rangers Stadium

Suntrust - Texas Rangers stadium

SunTrust Bank closed $600 million in financing for the Texas Rangers to fund the team’s share of construction costs for its new ballpark. The stadium, to be named Globe Life Field, is a public/private partnership with the City of Arlington, TX. The park will feature a retractable roof facility... » Read more


Beijing 2022 eyes ‘green, inclusive, open and clean games’

Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organizers have promised to deliver sustainable games. According to media reports, the organizers said their efforts will not go unnoticed when the world comes to China. From the renovation of the Shougang Steel industrial complex into Beijing 2022’s headquarters and... » Read more


Beijing set to host Coliseum Summit ASIA-PACIFIC on October 25-26, 2017

Coliseum Summit ASIA-PACIFIC

Coliseum – a top name in international stadium conferences – is glad to announce the Beijing’s National Stadium and the China Sports Venue Association will be co-hosts for Coliseum Summit ASIA PACIFIC, which will be held in the Chinese capital on October 25-26. “Coliseum is excited to be in... » Read more


Shenzhen to set up $30mn annual sports fund

Shenzhen Sports Fund

China’s southeastern metropolis of Shenzhen has announced it will set up a new development fund for its sports industry with an annual budget of CNY 200 million ($30mn) for the 2017-2020 period. The reserve will be used for funding sports projects such as sporting events, and refurbishing or... » Read more



Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park project gets more bidders than expected

Kai Tak Sports Park - Hong Kong

Six firms have extended their bid to develop Hong Kong’s long-awaited sports park project at the site of erstwhile Kai Tak airport. The local government said the number of bidders is better that it had expected, according to media reports. Earlier in June this year, the city’s legislature... » Read more


China to throw open 49 stadiums, venues for public post National Games

China National Games

The Chinese city of Tianjin is currently hosting the 13th National Games. The 49 stadiums, which were either newly built or renovated, that are staging the events of the National Games will be opened to general public after the games, according to local media reports. As has been reported, 21 of... » Read more


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