Verizon Center has inked a naming rights deal with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways for its new VIP club at sports and entertainment arena in Washington DC, US. According to media reports, the newly named Etihad Airways Lounge opened on the event level at Verizon Center on October 10, 2015. The... » Read more

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Amid a spate of confusions following the withdrawal of Hanoi as the venue for the 2019 Asian Games, it appears that the Indian Olympic Association is pushing to officially put forward its bid to host the sporting extravaganza. India’s capital New Delhi, which has hosted the 1951 and 1982 edition... » Read more

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Monster Jam motorsport event will make its debut in the Philippines this year, its promoters announced on February 17. Feld Motor Sports will bring the event to the Southeast Asian nation for the first time in conjunction with Vivre Forte Entertainment, according to an official press release. Three... » Read more

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HBK Contracting Company has laid the first concrete above ground at Al Wakrah stadium, the first of five new venues being built to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ in Qatar. “We have started laying the foundation of 168 m3 of structural concrete in our east slab,” said Abdulla Al-Marri,... » Read more

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China is rapidly increasing its ‘stadium footprint’. Having hosted the Olympics in 2008 and other major sporting events in recent times, the Asian giant is in somewhat of a spree with stadiums of all shapes and sizes being built across the country. The Chinese stadium experience will be one of... » Read more

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Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, in a report on its website on November 11, 2015, announced the mobilisation of the main contractor on the construction site of Al Bayt Stadium – the proposed semi-finals venue for the FIFA World Cup™ 2022. The report also suggested that... » Read more

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