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Russian Offical Says Zenit Arena Construction Is On Schedule For 2018 World Cup05 / 24 / 13St. Petersburg's Vice Governor for Construction Marat Oganesyan on Monday "denied claims by Russia's federal Audit Chamber" that the city's $1.1B 2018 World Cup football stadium might not be complete until '17, according to R-SPORT. Oganesyan stuck to the projected completion date of '15, ... Tags: Facilities, Russia |
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Hannover 96 Finds Naming Rights Partner
Bundesliga club Hannover 96 "has found a new naming-rights sponsor for its stadium," according to the SID. Germany-based insurance company HDI "acquired the naming rights for the stadium." The club and HDI "have signed a seven-year contract with an option for three additional years." Hannover 96 Pre ...
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Libya Investing In Stadium Development
Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Awad Ibrahim Elbarasi has said the country plans to invest 400M dinars ($314M) this year on "developing stadiums for its staging of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations," according to SOCCEREX. Elbarasi’s comments come after the "Libyan government this month revealed pla ...
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Wales Opens New Football Center
The FA of Wales has opened a new £5M ($7.6M) development center in Newport, Wales, according to the BBC. FA of Wales CEO Jonathan Ford hopes the new national football center "will produce future stars for the national side." The facility, called Dragon Park, "includes three training ...
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Swansea City Plans Bigger Stadium
EPL club Swansea City has announced "plans to increase the capacity" of its Liberty Stadium by more than 12,000 seats in "another reflection of the boom in Welsh football," according to Mike Collett of REUTERS. The current capacity of the Liberty Stadium is 20,500 with Swansea "submitting plans to t ...
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AFL Against Variable Ticket Pricing Plan
The Australian Football League "has decided against a trial of variable ticket pricing at blockbuster games this year," according to Eliza Sewell of the HERALD SUN. Instead the league "will focus on a better deal for low-demand games in a bid to increase attendance." The league had flagged the "vari ...
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Munich Olympic Park's $612M Renovation
The "forecast for the renovation costs of Munich's Olympic Park has reached a new high" with an estimated €469M ($612M), according to Thomas Schmidt of MERKUR ONLINE. It "already has been known that the renovation costs will be in the hundreds of millions." New estimates of the city suggest tha ...
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Qatar Organizing Committee Communication & Marketing Dir Nasser Al-Khater said that "Qatar is racing to develop efficient solar-powered cooling technology to counter the searing heat of the Middle Eastern summer in its stadiums during the 2022 football World Cup." Al-Khater also said that "the t ...
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Russia Warned Of High World Cup Costs
Several Russian cities hosting the 2018 World Cup "will have trouble finding the money" to build football stadiums and "improve transit links and other infrastructure," according to Lynn Berry of the AP. A report by U.S. ratings agency Standard & Poor has warned that seven of the 11 Russian host ...
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Leverkusen's 'Stadium Of The Future'
Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen "wants to set a new standard with its so-called 'Stadium of the Future,'" according to the SID. Bayer Leverkusen Managing Dir Wolfgang Holzhäuser presented the club's "new" BayArena in style on a little tablet PC and therefore gave the starting signal for a digi ...
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Lord's Cricket Gets Floodlight Approval
London's Lord’s Cricket Ground "will be able to use floodlights for another five years" through '19 after "getting planning permission from the local council," according to Christopher Elser of BLOOMBERG. Westminster City Council "approved the renewal for the lights," which had permission thro ...
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