Category: News

Chinese Cities’ Olympics bid report rubbished

Article posted by Coliseum, December 14^th, 2020

Chinese officials have recently pooh-poohed reports that the Cities of Chengdu and Chongqing (China) were lining up a bid for the 2032 edition of the Summer Olympic Games. The 2032 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXV Olympiad, is a forthcoming international multisport event.... » Read more

Tokyo 2020 postponement comes at a (price)

Article posted by Coliseum, December 14^th, 2020

Organizers of 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games spelt out on December 4th the full extent of the cost of postponing the sporting showpieces as it was being worked out who would account for an extra JPY294bn (£2.1bn/€2.3bn/$2.8bn) required to stage the events next year. A huge price being paid as... » Read more

Developer teams cherry-picked for NASED

Article posted by Coliseum, December 11^th, 2020

The State of Hawaii (US) has priority-listed three crème de la crème developer teams for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED). The pick of three developers have been zeroed in following a thorough review of responses the State received to a Request for Qualifications (RFQs) issued... » Read more

‘Qiddiya will be a game-changer’

Article posted by Coliseum, December 11^th, 2020

Philippe Gas, head honcho of Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), has asserted that there are no boundaries when it comes to the potential of Saudi Arabia’s $8 billion giga-project Qiddiya – $8bn capital of entertainment will be “like nothing you have ever seen before”. Qiddiya is an... » Read more

Modern meets traditional in ‘FC Bayern World’

Article posted by Coliseum, December 11^th, 2020

The top-flight German professional football club FC Bayern Munich announced the opening of their new ‘FC Bayern World’ on December 9th. ‘FC Bayern World’ is a multi-story building complex that lodges a number of FC Bayern related amenities, including the new three-story Bayern flagship... » Read more

(Sunrise) moment for top-flight club Basel

Article posted by Coliseum, December 11^th, 2020

It will be 5G, cameras and Camcheck that will power the action for fans of Swiss Super League (top tier of the Swiss football league) Football Club FC Basel at Switzerland’s largest stadium St. Jakob-Park. The club unfolded detailed plans recently and joined hands with the telecommunications... » Read more

(Accelerated) fun planned in ‘Thunder Valley’

Article posted by Coliseum, December 10^th, 2020

The Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee (US) will stage the inaugural Bristol Dirt Nationals from March 15th-20th, 2021. The event will be a curtain-raiser to the track’s National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) weekend on dirt to be held from March 27th to 28th when the... » Read more