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FC Barcelona Plans To Install $193K Heating System For Grass At Camp Nou Stadium05 / 17 / 13La Liga Champion Barcelona is planning nearly $2.5M in upgrades to its facilities during the offseason. As it does "every season, the club will replace Camp Nou stadium's grass field, but this year it will also install a heating system that the technicians consider the best solution," accordin... Tags: Europe, Facilities |
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Chelsea Suffers Stadium Setback
Chelsea’s search for a new stadium has "suffered a blow" after the Hammersmith and Fulham Council in west London "explicitly ruled out a football ground from a major redevelopment" of Earls Court, according to Paul Kelso of the London TELEGRAPH. The site around the Earls Court exhibition cente ...
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Thai FC Owner Plans F1 Track
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Rangers Fans Key To Renaming Ibrox
Scottish Third Division Rangers CEO Charles Green will attempt to convince fans face-to-face that "Ibrox should be renamed" for £2.5M ($3.9M), according to Scott McDermott of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. Green will "meet supporters groups at the stadium to discuss a potential deal" with Newcastl ...
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Tasmania Invests $15.8M Into Arena
The Tasmanian government will invest A$15M ($15.8M) into the redevelopment of Blundstone Arena in Bellerive, Australia. The announcement, made Wednesday by Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings, and Cricket Tasmania Chair and Cricket Australia Dir Tony Harrison, matches the A$15M investment from th ...
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One of Oman’s top professional football clubs "has set out to build what has been called the nation’s 'biggest sports infrastructure initiative.'" Fanja Club, an eight-time winner of the nation’s football championship, "plans to build the facility on a 75-acre parcel it owns in the ...
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Olympic Stadium To Host Major Concerts
Music company Live Nation announced that London's Olympic Stadium will "host major music concerts this year while a permanent tenant is found," according to Hannah Kuchler of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Live Nation Europe President of Concerts John Reid said he intended to announce major concerts with "wor ...
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First Artificial Rugby Pitch Unveiled
If the new artificial pitch at Premiership rugby side Saracens' Allianz Park proves fit as a rugby surface, "it is likely to herald a new era for the sport -- an era without mud," according to Michael Aylwin of the London GUARDIAN. Saracens will unveil its new pitch Sunday against Cardiff Blues, to ...
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London Puts Olympic Arena For Sale
The London Olympic basketball arena "has been put up for sale," according to Keith Weir of REUTERS. Potential purchasers have the option of buying the venue complete with its "distinctive white rippled external shell or bidding instead for the 12,000 seats and internal fittings." GL events Slick Sea ...
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FA Plays The Name Game ... Maybe
The FA has agreed to a deal for Wembley Stadium to be renamed to "incorporate mention" of new sponsor, mobile phone provider EE, according to Joe Hare of the London TELEGRAPH. The FA has concluded negotiations with EE and will announce a deal in which the stadium will become known as “Wembley ...
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New Brazil Stadiums Spike Ticket Prices
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