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Springfield may get new sports complex

US Springfield Legacy Pointe Sports Complex

A new sports complex could be coming to Springfield in Illinois, US. Right now, the plan is to potentially put a sports complex next to SCHEELS (the destination sporting goods store) on the south end of the city. The whole project would consume an estimated $65 million. The overview of this plan... » Read more


Indy 500 sans fans as COVID wallop on in US

Indy 500 August 2020 update

For the first time in its history, the Indy 500 will be hosted behind closed doors this month as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in US backtracked on plans to admit fans, while Major League Baseball (MLB) has also postponed its inaugural ‘Field of Dreams’ event due to COVID-19 which has... » Read more


It’s Mission Manchester arena for OVG

Manchester new OVG Arena update - August 2020

Oak View Group (OVG) is on a mission mode and is determined to deliver a spiffy 23,500-capacity arena to Manchester (UK) residents. To justify its objective to build an arena in Manchester, OVG has released new research which it claims reaffirms the “latent demand” for a second major arena in... » Read more


Cheeseheads’ stadium roof work almost done!

AZ Alkmaar stadium August 2020

Work is continuing in full swing on the new roof of AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The new roof has been necessitated following the old roof caving in last year in August due to very strong winds. The old canopy collapsed onto the stands. Today, almost the entire old roof is gone, with the... » Read more


WHO top shot warning on ‘full house’ venues

Tottenham Stadium

Michael Ryan, Emergencies Director at the World Health Organization (WHO), has drawn a very grim picture of countries with huge spike in COVID-19 cases trying to stage big-ticket sporting fixtures. He has warned that it is “very unrealistic” to expect countries with high rates of COVID-19... » Read more


Is Dinamo’s new stadium promise a pipe dream?

Dinamo Bucharest new stadium Aug 2020

Steaua’s stadium in Romania is nearly complete, Rapid’s stadium work is progressing fast, and even the National Rugby Stadium – a multipurpose stadium under construction in Bucharest, Romania – is progressing well. But, the supporters of Romanian professional football club Dinamo has... » Read more


Seoul football center pitch for pitch prowess

South Korea National Football Center Seoul-

The Dutch architectural firm UNStudio, in concert with the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam (Netherlands), designed the winning blueprint for the Korean National Football Center in Seoul. The design is a kind of eulogy to the sport and past and present of Korean football. Apart from football, the... » Read more


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