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Stade de France consortium bite the dust in legal battle

Article posted by Coliseum, March 5^th, 2020

The highest tribunal in France has refused to grant the consortium running Stade de France – the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis – claiming damages of almost €7.5 million due to the hosting of Euro 2016. With this, the Council of State... » Read more

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New venue for dynamic Dinamo at last!

Article posted by Coliseum, April 14^th, 2021

The top-notch Croatian professional football club GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) has unfolded plans for a chic 34,000-person stadium that would sit in the same area as its historic digs – Stadion Maksimir. A ‘YouTube video of Mazdiaz.tv’ showed the renderings update of the planned facility.... » Read more

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Qatar’s Al Bayt Stadium set to get its first modular seating section

Article posted by Coliseum, February 20^th, 2017

It was a key legacy component of Qatar’s bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, and now the first modular seating elements are all set to be installed at Al Bayt Stadium – Al Khor City as the site continues to advance rapidly, according to a Qatar News Agency (QNA) report on February 13.... » Read more

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India to focus on sports infrastructure to tap talents

Article posted by Coliseum, June 24^th, 2014

India is home to some of the largest stadiums in the world. Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal state, alone is home to the 120,000-seater Salt Lake Stadium (the second largest football stadium in the world) and the 85,000-seater Eden Gardens (the second largest cricket stadium in the world). ... » Read more

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The return of Pokemon – into your stadium?

Article posted by Coliseum, July 18^th, 2016

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States opened its football stadium this Thursday (July 14, 2016) for Pokemon GO players who wanted to capture animated monsters at the venerated field. After a long line that snaked for hundreds of feet, players of the game swarmed the stadium,... » Read more

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Dutch-based MVRDV to build Xili Sports and Cultural Centre in Shenzhen

Article posted by Coliseum, December 12^th, 2016

In its spree to build world-class athletic centers, China recently announced plans to build a sports and cultural centre in Shenzhen. City officials in Shenzhen revealed in October this year that Dutch-based firm MVRDV has won the completion to design the Xili Sports and Cultural Center. MVRDV will... » Read more

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Riyadh venue to undergo major facelift

Article posted by Coliseum, December 18^th, 2020

The King Saud University Stadium (also known as Victory Arena) – built in 2011 – and which sits in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, will undergo massive rehabilitation work that will turn it into an avant-garde venue which will be in a position to stage high-level sports and... » Read more

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