Tokyo to build new football stadium in Shibuya

Tokyo Shibuya Stadium

Tokyo’s major commercial and business centre will soon get a new football stadium called Scramble Stadium Shibuya, according to an announcement by Future Design Shibuya. The proposed stadium will be built on the redeveloped Yoyogi Park site, with a capacity of approximately 40,000 seats. The... » Read more

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Saudi Arabia into sports shopping spree

Saudi Arabia into sports shopping spree

Saudi Arabia is embracing sports in a big way and sees racing, boxing and soccer as a means to enhance its image. The kingdom did not have a huge footprint on the world sporting map. But, of late, the staging of sporting events extraordinaire has marked a sharp turnaround for the oil-rich... » Read more

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Egypt plans to bid for 2030 World Cup, 2032 Olympics

Egypt plans to bid

Even as the dust settles from the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ in Russia and focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar, media in Egypt is abuzz with reports that Cairo is planning to bid for the 2030 edition of the biggest football event as well as Olympics 2032. “Our goal is to host the 2030 World... » Read more

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Egypt’s Al Ahly unveils plans for a new football stadium in Cairo

new football stadium in Cairo

At the recently held Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm El Sheikh (March 13-15 2015) Al Ahly Sports Club announced its plan for a new stadium in Cairo. The project presentation at the event revealed that the new football stadium will have a capacity of 60,000. The arena is... » Read more

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Las Vegas Arena sells naming rights to wireless operator T-Mobile

Las Vegas Telekom Arena

Wireless operator T-Mobile has bought the naming rights to the $375 million arena being built by MGM Resorts International and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) that is set to open on the Strip in April this year, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on January 7. The building, informally called... » Read more

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AS Roma venue plans get buried under red tape

AS Roma stadium plans died

The die is cast – the Italian Serie A football club AS Roma is no longer going ahead with its plans to build a new stadium in the South of the Italian capital – Stadio della Roma. The club’s new American billionaire owner Thomas Daniel Friedkin dropped the ambitious Tor de Valle... » Read more

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Qatar likely to host F1 race in 2016-17

F1 race in 2016-17

Qatar could be included on the Formula 1 calendar as early as 2016 as negotiations between organisers and Bernie Ecclestone reach an advanced stage, according to latest media reports. Organisers first signalled a desire to join the F1 schedule earlier this year, though its inclusion is seemingly... » Read more

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