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Grupo Petrópolis Secures Naming Rights With Football Stadium In Recife, Brazil05 / 22 / 13Recife, Brazil's Arena Pernambuco "has become the second 2014 FIFA World Cup venue to secure a naming rights partner" after brewing company Grupo Petrópolis followed up its contract with Salvador’s Arena Fonte Nova, according to SOCCEREX. The agreement, which was formally announced on M... Tags: Facilities, Brazil |
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Qatar Begins World Cup Stadium Work
A top official said that Qatar will soon begin working on its first new football stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, according to THE PENINSULA. Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani revealed that the work on the new stadium "is expected to be completed in ...
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Pernambuco 2014 World Cup Secretary Ricardo Leitão "guaranteed" that the Arena Pernambuco would be finished in the time promised to FIFA. The stadium is currently 70% finished, "the worst of the six stadiums due to host Confederations Cup matches." The stadium in Recife is due to host three g ...
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Russian Stadium Slated For Demolition
Russia’s biggest and most-famous arena, the Luzhniki in Moscow, will "likely be demolished" and be replaced by a new stadium after hosting the 2013 World Athletics Championships, according to RUSSIA TODAY. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said, “There are two options: The first one ...
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Wakefield Trinity Confirms Stadium Plan
Super League rugby club Wakefield Trinity Wildcats has confirmed that full outline planning permission of a stadium development plan has been approved by the secretary of state for the Newmarket Development. The development will include a 12,000 capacity community stadium of which the Wildcats will ...
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West Ham Could Move Into Elite
EPL West Ham United's impending move into London's Olympic Stadium "could mean ascent to football's super elite," according to Dave Hill of the London GUARDIAN. For London Mayor Boris Johnson it could "avert the threat of embarrassment in white elephant form." Whether it would represent "a true and ...
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Coventry In Ricoh Row Over Upaid Rent
League Championship club Coventry City has "threatened to pull out" of the Ricoh Arena altogether if a row with its landlords over unpaid rent is not settled, according to Neil Moxley of the London DAILY MAIL. The Sky Blues have been "issued with a statutory demand" to pay arrears by Arena Coventry ...
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Doha To Have Solar-Powered Arena
Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al Thani said that the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha is set to become Qatar's "first solar-powered stadium," according to THE PENINSULA. The project "will be completed" by '14, a year before the World Handball Championship is hosted in ...
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Sustainability Of F1 Racetrackes
John Rhodes, associate principal at sports architecture firm Populous -- which was responsible for the recent redevelopment of Silverstone and the design of London’s main 2012 Olympic stadium -- said that "sustainability concerns have become a top priority in design decision-making," acco ...
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Minyuan Stadium in Tianjin, China was demolished on Tuesday. Also known as the Oriental Stamford, it previously served as the home field of Chinese Super League Tianjin Teda FC, as well as the venue for other football matches. The site will become "home to a new sports leisure park for citizens" ( ...
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West Ham Gets Olympic Stadium Nod
EPL West Ham United will begin talks over the terms of a 99-year lease for London's Olympic Stadium after the club was "unanimously chosen as the preferred partner" for the £430M ($692M) venue, according to O'Connor & Cue of the LONDON TIMES. London Legacy Development Corp. will select Wes ...
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