Tag: COVID-19


Real Madrid may use reserve team’s venue

Real Madrid Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano

Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid is contemplating using the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano, the home of its reserve team, for first-team matches when the season resumes allowing construction work to proceed at its residence – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. On Wednesday, when German soccer... » Read more


‘The Dons’ put stadium work in cold storage

Aberdeen Stadium May 2020 update

COVID-19 is already costing Aberdeen FC millions. Now, the club has decided to hold off their largest project. Their new 20,000-capacity stadium (Kingsford complex) might not go on stream soon or the capacity of the venue might come down. Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football... » Read more


NFL cancels games in London for 2020

NFL and NHL cancelling European fixtures

The National Football League (NFL) will not play a single game outside the United States (US) this year. The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football... » Read more


COVID-19 ordeal for Luxembourg’s ‘Red Lions’

Luxembourg National Stadium April 2020

The Luxembourg Football Federation (FLF) has given up on its dream to play in its new national stadium (Stade National de Luxembourg) this year, stating that COVID-19 has played spoilsport meaning it will be 2021 before games are staged at the venue. The construction of the new national stadium has... » Read more


Disinfecting venues for closed door events

Tomas Gronager interview May 2020

COVID-19 has ravaged the whole world and it is far from clear how long it will last. The pandemic has, in fact, forced us to change our perspective of how to cope in a post-viral world. This also counts in respect of hosting events in a COVID-19 world. There are several organizations who are doing... » Read more


Stadia play role of Johnny-on-the-spot

Corona virus stadiums used as hospitals VI

We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 outbreak has led to the collapse of national economies and has left people’s cup of woes overflowing. So far, the coronavirus figures in the world stands at a staggering 3,665,418 and the mortality figures – 252,950. Not very long back, excited... » Read more


‘Safe buildings will have to be the new normal’

Mark Fenwick interview April 2020

Fenwick Iribarren Architects, founded in 1990 by architects Mark Fenwick and Javier Iribarren, is a nationally and internationally recognised architectural design studio. Its most signature projects are represented in all types of architecture. The Madrid (Spain)-headquartered company was set up in... » Read more


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