Al Bayt Stadium – Al Khor City begins to rise from ground

Al-Bayt Stadium

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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Additional loan for SoFi Stadium approved

SoFi Stadium construction May 2020 update

National Football League (NFL) owners have voted unanimously to provide Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke with an additional $500m (£408.1m/€456.7m) in financing to help complete SoFi Stadium – the most expensive football stadium in history. Media reports stated that the funding was... » Read more

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Populous designs $672mn SunTrust Park – the new home of Atlanta Braves

SunTrust Park

In two years time, Atlanta Braves will move into their new suburban ballpark. The groundbreaking ceremony for the $672-million state-of-the-art stadium was held on September 16. Designed be renowned architects Populous, the 41,500-seat stadium is scheduled for opening before the 2017... » Read more

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S’pore Sports Hub a pioneer in using BIM

Singapore Sports Hub

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

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Melbourne Arena renaming an ode to John Cain

Melbourne Arena renaming

The multi-use Melbourne Arena in Australia – underlined by its retractable roof – is all set to be renamed in the treasured memory and as a tribute to the Australian politician and the 41st Premier of Victoria, John Cain. The present Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, made the... » Read more

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Dubai invites designs for 60,000-capacity Asian Cup stadium

Asian Cup stadium

Dubai has launched a competition to design a 60,000-seater stadium that will be built in the emirate to stage matches at soccer’s 2019 Asian Cup, according to an August 13, 2015 Reuters report quoting sources. (more…)... » Read more

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Qatar World Cup stadiums to be ready by 2020

Qatar World Cup stadiums

Qatar’s Supreme Committee (SC) for Delivery and Legacy has announced that construction on all the stadiums planned for FIFA World Cup™ 2022 will be completed by the end of 2020, according to media reports. Nasser Al Khater, secretary-general of tournament operations for Qatar’s Supreme... » Read more

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