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League One Swindon Town Signs Five-Year Deal With Ticketmaster05 / 23 / 13League One Swindon Town has "signed a five-year deal with Ticketmaster as they bid to revamp their online ticketing operation," according to the SWINDON ADVERTISER. A club statement said, "The new system will incorporate integrated online ticketing and retail, offering fans a single location for pur... Tags: Facilities, United Kingdom |
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Sao Paulo Stadium To Miss FIFA Deadline
The building firm responsible for São Paulo's new World Cup stadium admitted Monday that "the venue would not be ready until March next year, more than two months after the deadline" set by FIFA, according to XINHUA. Construction company Odebrecht Chief Engineer Frederico Barbosa said that "a ...
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Donald Trump To Build Dubai Golf Course
Privately held developer DAMAC Properties said on Sunday that "it would work with American real-estate mogul Donald Trump to build a new golf course in Dubai, adding to a growing list of project announcements in the emirate," according to REUTERS. Developers in Dubai "are reviving sta ...
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UAE Plans First Outdoor Ski Resort
The UAE "might soon have a ski resort in a natural environment," to go along with its artifical indoor ski slope at the Mall of the Emirates, according to Saifur Rahman of GULF NEWS. The Ras Al Khaimah government is developing a ski resort on its mountains bordering Oman’s Musandam peninsula w ...
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Dortmund To Build 'Adventure World'
Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund "will build a 'BVB-Erlebniswelt' (BVB Adventure World) at the northwest corner of its Signal Iduna Park until spring '14," according to RUHR NACHRICHTEN. The new more-than-2,000 square meter service center will reportedly cost more than €5M ($6.5M) and "is supp ...
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Brazil Promises Fast Internet Connections
Football fans attending the 2014 World Cup in Brazil "will have no problem going online from stadiums," but they might want to "use a local cellphone chip to keep their charges low," according to Anthony Boadle of REUTERS. Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo said that each of the 12 sta ...
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Court Ruling Secures F1 At Nürburgring
The Regional Court of Appeal in Koblenz, Germany decided that the Nürburgring Operating Corp. (NBG) "is allowed to provide the racetrack to F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone," according to Norman Fischer of MOTORSPORT TOTAL. An appeal by former racetrack tenant Nürburgring Automotive GmbH "to recei ...
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Fortaleza First To Hit World Cup Goal
Brazil’s "temple of football," the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, "stole the limelight" when it reopened last weekend despite the fact that "only two of its entrances were complete," and "some seats were still missing," according to Joe Leahy of the FINANCIAL TIMES. However, more t ...
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Calls To Rename Rio's Olympic Stadium
Protesters "are pushing for a name change" at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic stadium after FIFA said this week that the man for whom the facility is named "took bribes," according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. The Estadio Olimpico João Havelange in downtown Rio will serve as the host for trac ...
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MCC Unveils $312M Lord's Redevelopment
London's Marylebone Cricket Club "announced fresh plans" for a £200M ($312M) redevelopment of Lord's Cricket Ground called "The Masterplan" to run through '27 which, it hopes, will "ease the sting from the controversy that has been rumbling for several years," according to Andy Wilson of the L ...
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FIGC Passes Stadium Rule
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) "has passed a new rule banning clubs from entering Serie A" if they do not have a stadium, a response to the Cagliari Is Arenas saga, according to FOOTBALL ITALIA. FIGC President Giancarlo Abete said, "Registration will be possible only if the stadium used ...
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