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No lotus design for China football facility

Article posted by Coliseum, July 10^th, 2020

Plans have changed for the world’s largest professional football stadium at Guangzhou in China. The 100,000-capacity Guangzhou Evergrande Football Stadium will no longer be in the shape of a lotus as was originally planned. The vision in Guangzhou has changed and a significantly different plan is... » Read more

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Young Boys get back old moniker ‘Wankdorf Stadium’

Article posted by Coliseum, December 10^th, 2019

Swiss Super League football club BSC Young Boys has entered into a pact with global biopharmaceutical company CSL Behring to restore the original ‘Wankdorf Stadium’ sobriquet to its home venue. Stade de Suisse – the second largest all-seater football stadium in Bern, Switzerland, and the... » Read more

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FC Barcelona eyes China expansion with a joint venture in Hainan Island

Article posted by Coliseum, February 22^nd, 2017

FC Barcelona has set its eye on China’s growing market. The Spanish giant is set to open a football academy, museum and megastore on Hainan, the island off the country’s south coast optimistically branded as ‘China’s Hawaii’. Banking on the increasing Chinese interest in football, FC... » Read more

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Ivory Coast gets scintillating stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, October 13^th, 2020

Ahead of Ivory Coast staging the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in 2023, a new 60,000-seat stadium has opened on the outskirts of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The Stade Olympique Ebimpé, which has been built by Chinese firm Beijing Construction Engineering Group, hosted its first match... » Read more

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Regensburg inaugurates Continental Arena with a series of opening events

Article posted by Coliseum, August 26^th, 2015

Regensburg’s new stadium the Continental Arena was officially inaugurated with grand celebrations on July 18. The stadium replaces the 1926-built Jahnstadion as the home of the SSV Jahn Regensburg. The naming rights for the €52.7-million ($58m) stadium were granted to automotive supplier... » Read more

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Tour de force Rob Wicks joins ASM-run P&J Live

Article posted by Coliseum, March 24^th, 2023

ASM Global, the world’s leading producer of entertainment experiences, venue management and event strategy, announced on March 17th the appointment of Rob Wicks as the Managing Director of P&J Live in Aberdeen, Scotland. ‘P&J LIVE’ stated that Wicks joins ASM Global with 25 years of... » Read more

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Budapest plans yet another stadium

Article posted by Coliseum, January 28^th, 2019

Budapest is planning yet another new stadium. The latest athletic center to be built in the Hungarian capital will be on a 15-hectare area along the Kvassay locks, according to a Hungary Today report. The center will be built within the framework of the Ferenc Kemeny Sports Facility Development... » Read more

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