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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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Harlequins To Build New Training Center
Premiership rugby side Harlequins announced plans to build a state-of-the-art Centre for Rugby in conjunction with the University of Surrey, according to the London EVENING STANDARD. The £1M ($1.5M) development at Surrey Sports Park near Guildford "will start immediately and will house medical ...
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Serbian Club Needs To Upgrade Stadium
Serbian first division side Vojvodina Novi Sad President Ratko Butorovic said that the club "will pull out of European competition next season unless local authorities in the northern city improve stadium facilities," according to Zoran Milosavljevic of REUTERS. Vojvodina is third in the league, sev ...
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Libya Sports Minister Abdussalam Guaila said that the country "plans to build a new 60,000 seater stadium" for the hosting of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final. A second stadium for the tournament, seating 23,000 spectators, "is planned for Misrata." Matches "would also be held in Benghazi" ( RE ...
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No Glitches For Arena Fonte Debut
Authorities in Salvador, Brazil said the Arena Fonte Nova "has passed its first test for the Confederations Cup" after it hosted a local derby "without major glitches," Sunday, according to the AP. Local organizers in Bahia state said in a statement that there were "no incidents'' during the match b ...
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Seoul Olympic Stadium Could Be Sold
The Seoul, South Korea Olympic Stadium, the venue for the 1988 Summer Olympics, "has suffered a five-year deficit" of 52.3B Korean won ($46.5M), "forcing the city's government to consider selling it to Chinese investors to redevelop the venue," according to Swan Qiu of the WANT CHINA TIMES. The prop ...
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Essex CEO Seeks Olympic Stadium
Essex County Cricket Club CEO Derek Bowden has said that "the club are keen to play Twenty20 fixtures" at London's Olympic Stadium, according to the BBC. EPL West Ham "will be the main tenants of the venue" from '16. But the Chelmsford-based club "are eager to discuss the possibility of hostin ...
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ManU Hires Acoustic Engineer
ManU has "appointed an acoustic engineer in a bid to up the decibel levels from home supporters inside Old Trafford," according to Simon Rice of the London INDEPENDENT. Following "complaints from supporters in the Stretford End that they felt their singing was not being heard around the rest of the ...
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Brazil Hopes To Eliminate Stadium Police
Local Organizing Committee CEO Ricardo Trade said that Brazil "is hoping next year's World Cup will help the country move away from its standard practice of using riot police to keep order inside stadiums," according to Iain Rogers of REUTERS. As host, Brazil "is obliged by FIFA rules to use stewa ...
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Sports Minister Requests New Stadium
Indonesian Youth & Sports Minister Roy Suryo "has urged the Bali administration to develop an international-class stadium to replace the province’s rundown 13-year-old sports arena," according to Made Arya Kencana of the JAKARTA GLOBE. Construction of the stadium, "which is supposed to acc ...
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Liverpool To Install Wi-Fi At Anfield
Liverpool has agreed to a deal with wireless network Xirrus to install wireless Internet at its home ground of Anfield beginning with its home game against West Ham United Sunday. The first phase of the project will include the two-tier, 12,000-seat Centenary Stand and adjoining corporate facilities ...
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