Tag: venue design


Texas R. stadium retractable roof will be weather sensitive

New Texas Rangers stadium

The Texas Rangers will have a new home in Arlington by 2020 and what more? The HKS-designed new stadium, named Globe Life Field, will have a state-of-the-art climate-controlling and a massive retractable roof that would open and close depending on the weather. Earlier last year, SunTrust Bank... » Read more


Tampa BR plans Ybor stadium with translucent roof

Tampa Bay Rays

Florida-based baseball team Tampa Bay Rays will set up a fixed, translucent roof on its Ybor City neighborhood ballpark to ensure fan comfort and certainty of games, according to media reports. This is in line with the team’s vision for a Major League Baseball presence in Tampa’s historic Ybor... » Read more


Beckham’s Miami Freedom Park plans unveiled

Beckham Miami Freedom Park

The David Beckham-led investment group revealed the first images of their proposed stadium Miami Freedom Park this month, the Miami Herald reported. The stadium complex and park will be built at the present city-owned golf course, Melreese Country Club, to provide a home for a future Major League... » Read more


Portsmouth varsity plans £53m sports facility

University of Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth was granted planning permission to build a £53 million sports facility by the Portsmouth City Council, the British university announced on its official news portal, adding the new facility will be available for students, stand and community use. The new sports venue (venue... » Read more


UnitedBid wins race to host 2026 World Cup

UnitedBid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup™

The joint UnitedBid 2026 by the US, Mexico and Canada was declared winner of the bid to host the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday, receiving 134 of the 203 votes to defeat the underdogs Morocco which polled 65 in the ballot at a FIFA Congress held in Moscow on the eve of this year’s World Cup. The... » Read more


Lusail Stadium construction on full swing

Lusail Stadium

Construction at Qatar’s Lusail Stadium, the proposed host venue for both the opening match and final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ Qatar, is progressing rapidly, according to the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the organization responsible for delivering the infrastructure... » Read more


AFC moves closer to new sports hub

Aberdeen FC (AFC)

Aberdeen Football Club (AFC) this month awarded the first in a series of construction contracts for phase one of its new £50-million stadium and training centre project at Kingsford, implementing the new venue design, Scottish newspaper The Herald reported. The club has awarded the first contract... » Read more


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