Tag: AFAS Stadion


‘Cheeseheads’ digs roof work update

AZ Alkmaar roof update March 2021

Construction work on the roof of AFAS Stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands, has caught up full momentum. ‘AZ Alkmaar’ stated that the video walls are back in place and there are more and more roof plates on the crane frames. The 17,023-capacity AFAS Stadion is a stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands. It... » Read more


Cheeseheads’ stadium roof work almost done!

AZ Alkmaar stadium August 2020

Work is continuing in full swing on the new roof of AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar, Netherlands. The new roof has been necessitated following the old roof caving in last year in August due to very strong winds. The old canopy collapsed onto the stands. Today, almost the entire old roof is gone, with the... » Read more


Lax work led to AFAS Stadion roof cave-in

AZ Alkmaar stadium update April 2020

Royal HaskoningDHV has wrapped up their months-long investigation into the August 10 collapse of the roof at AFAS Stadion in Alkmaar. The report points out that the roof caved in due to varied reasons prime among them being poor welding, design errors and corrosion. Royal HaskoningDHV is an... » Read more


AFAS Stadion revamp plans may have more elbow room

AZ Alkmaar stadium - February 2020 update

A solid vision of what the AFAS Stadion at Alkmaar in the Netherlands will look like when the new roof is put in place has been carved out. Of course, nothing concrete has emerged as yet. The summer of 2020 should see – in all likelihood – the installation of the new roof thus replacing the one... » Read more


AZ Alkmaar ready to pick up gauntlet on roof repair

AZ Alkmaar stadium Jan 2020

The Dutch professional football club AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands has disclosed that its arena AFAS Stadion will remain sans a full roof for the rest of the 2019-20 seasons. It also revealed expansion plans for its home ground. The team will play in the mostly roofless stadium for now. ‘The... » Read more


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