UMBC Stadium
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Crystal Palace Baltimore // United Soccer Leagues // Football (soccer)
Catonsville, Maryland // United States Read the rest of this entry »
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National Sports Center
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Minnesota Thunder // United Soccer Leagues // Football (soccer)
Blaine, Minnesota // United States Read the rest of this entry »
CommunityAmerica Ballpark
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Kansas City Wizards // Major League Soccer // Football (soccer)
Kansas City, Kansas // United States Read the rest of this entry »
George Mason Stadium
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Washington Bayhawks // MLL // Lacrosse
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia // United States Read the rest of this entry »
Mitchel Athletic Complex
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Long Island Lizards // MLL // Lacrosse
Uniondale, New York // United States Read the rest of this entry »
Yurcak Field
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New Jersey Pride // MLL // Lacrosse
Piscataway Township, New Jersey // United States Read the rest of this entry »
Olympic Stadium (London)
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2012 London Olympic Games Event Location
Stratford, London // United Kingdom Read the rest of this entry »
Aquatics Centre
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2012 London Olympic Games Event Location
Stratford, London // United Kingdom Read the rest of this entry »
London Velopark
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2012 London Olympic Games Event Location
Stratford, London // United Kingdom Read the rest of this entry »
Olympic Hockey Centre
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2012 London Olympic Games Event Location
Stratford, London // United Kingdom Read the rest of this entry »
Joe Walton Stadium
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Robert Morris Colonials NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Moon Township, Pennsylvania // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Campus Field
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Sacred Heart Pioneers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Fairfield, Connecticut // USA Read the rest of this entry »
DeGol Field
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St. Francis Red Flash NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Loretto, Pennsylvania // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Wagner College Stadium
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Wagner Seahawks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Staten Island, New York // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Kessler Field
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Monmouth University Hawks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
West Long Branch, New Jersey // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field
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Duquesne University Dukes NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Arute Field
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Central Connecticut Blue Devils NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
New Britain, Connecticut // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Bulldog Stadium
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Bryant Bulldogs NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Smithfield, Rhode Island // USA Read the rest of this entry »
University Field
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Albany Great Danes NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University at Albany, Albany, New York // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Woodward Field
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Eastern Washington Eagles NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Holt Arena
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ISU Bengals NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Washington-Grizzly Stadium
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Montana Grizzlies NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Bobcat Stadium
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Montana State Bobcats NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Walkup Skydome
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NAU Lumberjacks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Nottingham Field
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UNC Bears NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Hornet Stadium
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Sacramento State Hornets NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
California State University, Sacramento, California // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Stewart Stadium
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Weber State Wildcats NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Weber State University, Ogden, Utah // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Lion Stadium
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UAPB Golden Lions NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Eddie Robinson Stadium
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GSU Tigers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Grambling, Louisiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Rice-Totten Field
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MVSU Delta Devils NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
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JSU Tigers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Blackshear Stadium
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Prairie View A&M Panthers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Prairie View, Texas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Jack Spinks Stadium
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Alcorn State Braves NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Ace W. Mumford Stadium
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Southern University Jaguars NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Cramton Bowl
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ASU Hornets NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Louis Crews Stadium
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Alabama A&M Bulldogs NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Alabama // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Alexander Durley Sports Complex
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Texas Southern Tigers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Mazzella Field
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Iona College Gaels NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
New Rochelle, New York // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field
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Marist College Red Foxes NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Poughkeepsie, New York // USA Read the rest of this entry »
O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium
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NCCU Eagles NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Durham, North Carolina // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Ted Wright Stadium
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Savannah State Tigers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Savannah, Georgia // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Bowman Gray Stadium
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Winston-Salem State Rams NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Winston-Salem, North Carolina // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Estes Stadium
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UCA Bears NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Cowboy Stadium
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McNeese State Cowboys NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
John L. Guidry Stadium
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Nicholls State Colonels NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Harry Turpin Stadium
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NSU Demons NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Bowers Stadium
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Sam Houston State Bearcats NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Strawberry Stadium
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Southeastern Louisiana Lions NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Homer Bryce Stadium
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SFASU Lumberjacks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Bobcat Stadium
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Texas State Bobcats NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Alerus Center
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North Dakota Fighting Sioux NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Grand Forks, North Dakota // USA Read the rest of this entry »
DakotaDome
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South Dakota Coyotes NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Vermillion, South Dakota // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Eccles Coliseum
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Southern Utah Thunderbirds NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Cedar City, Utah // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Alex G. Spanos Stadium
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Cal Poly Mustangs NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
San Luis Obispo, California // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Aggie Stadium
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UC Davis Aggies NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Davis, California // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Schoellkopf Field
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Cornell Big Red NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Campus Rd, Ithaca, New York // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
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Columbia Lions NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Manhattan, New York // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Memorial Field
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Dartmouth Big Green NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Hanover, New Hampshire // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Harvard Stadium
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Harvard Crimson NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Boston Cannons MLL // Lacrosse
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1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games Event Location
Boston, Massachusetts // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Franklin Field
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Penn Quakers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Princeton Stadium
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Princeton Tigers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Princeton, New Jersey // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Yale Bowl
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Yale Bulldogs NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
New Haven, Connecticut // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Brown Stadium
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Brown University Bears NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Providence, Rhode Island // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Coughlin-Alumni Stadium
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South Dakota State Jackrabbits NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Brookings, South Dakota // USA Read the rest of this entry »
McAndrew Stadium
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SIU Salukis NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Hanson Field
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Western Illinois Leathernecks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Stambaugh Stadium
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Youngstown State Penguins NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Youngstown State University, Ohio // USA Read the rest of this entry »
UNI-Dome
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UNI Panthers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Fargodome
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NDSU Bison NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Robert W. Plaster Sports Complex
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Missouri State Bears NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Memorial Stadium
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Indiana State Sycamores NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Hancock Stadium
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Illinois State Redbirds NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Brooks Stadium
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Coastal Carolina Chanticleers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Buccaneer Field
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CSU Buccaneers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Charleston Southern University, Charleston, South Carolina // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
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Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Williams Stadium
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Liberty Flames NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Alumni Memorial Stadium
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VMI Keydets NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Graham Stadium
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Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
University of Tennessee at Martin, Tennessee // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Houck Stadium
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Southeast Missouri State Redhawks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Seibert Stadium
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Samford University Bulldogs NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Samford University, Homewood, Alabama // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Roy Stewart Stadium
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Murray State Racers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Tucker Stadium
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Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Jayne Stadium
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MSU Eagles NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Snow Stadium
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Jacksonville State Gamecocks NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Roy Kidd Stadium
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Eastern Kentucky Colonels NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky // USA Read the rest of this entry »
O’Brien Stadium
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Eastern Illinois Panthers NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Governors Stadium
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Austin Peay Governors NCAA Div I FCS // College Football
Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee // USA Read the rest of this entry »
Carisbrooke redevelopment sold to community?
16.May.08
Today a report from New Zealand’s Southland Times on the efforts of Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry to encourage enthusiasm amongst the community for his proposed redevelopment of Carisbrook.
Today a report from New Zealand’s Southland Times on the efforts of Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry to encourage enthusiasm amongst the community for his proposed redevelopment of Carisbrook.
Carisbrook Stadium Trust chairman Malcolm Farry last night promised about 20 people who turned up for an Invercargill presentation on the new stadium development that he wasn’t there to do a hard sell.
Then he started selling.
Most of his pitch, however, was about the opportunities the $188 million Awatea St development would create, not just for Dunedin and Otago but the entire region south of Waitaki.
“I haven’t come down here with any big suitcases, but if people wanted to give me some money, then they would be more than welcome,” Mr Farry said.
He had been amused by a cartoon that had done the rounds showing a computer-generated image of the proposed stadium — the hook being that the image was that of an albino pachyderm — amused, but also accepting of the fact part of the message had been lost to some of his most immediate audience in Dunedin who had the impression the stadium was a rugby-driven concept.
However, Mr Farry’s presentation last night highlighted the place of Otago University in the concept and the flexibility of the venue to allow for everything from rock concerts to capping ceremonies.
Building the stadium was only the first step, ensuring it was run to capacity would be just as important or those white elephant jokes would become a reality, he said.
Source & Full Article: Southland Times
See also:
Carisbrook on sportingsights.com
Carisbrook Stadium Trust
Plans to expand Bobcat Stadium to 22,000
16.May.08
Bobcat Stadium at Montana State University recently announced plans to expand in order to accommodate a capacity of 22,000. The cost of the work is expected to reach over $100 million.
Bobcat Stadium at Montana State University recently announced plans to expand in order to accommodate a capacity of 22,000. The cost of the work is expected to reach over $100 million.
“This would certainly give us facilities that are among the finest” in the Football Championship Series, said MSU football coach Rob Ash.
The project will start with adding 38 SkySuites in two levels above the east grandstands. The suites are expected to bring in $500,000 annually, which will help supplement private donations to fund the remainder of the projects, officials said.
The plan calls for bowling in both end zones and replacing old seating. It also includes a new academic center, improved strength training and sports medicine facilities, an indoor football practice arena and dedicated practice areas for the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
“Our primary mission is to help our student-athletes gain a quality education while competing in their chosen sport at the highest possible level,” Fields said. “Establishing a high-quality academic center to aid in their educational pursuits and providing topflight facilities that help them improve speaks directly to this mission.”
Source & Full Article: SportingNews.com
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Montana State University
Citi Field progressing well ahead of 2009 opening
15.May.08
The New York Mets’ stunning replacement for the Shea Stadium appears to be progressing well according to this report from the Canadian Press.
The New York Mets’ stunning replacement for the Shea Stadium appears to be progressing well according to this report from the Canadian Press.
Rows of seats, forest green in tribute to the New York Giants’ Polo Grounds, have been installed in the right-field upper deck at Citi Field.
While the playing field was still a busy construction zone Tuesday, with the home-plate area boxed by orange netting, steel trusses for the two enormous high-definition video boards, one 20-by-12 metres, were in place beyond centre field and right-centre field.
And distance markers - it’s 408 to centre - dotted walls that ring what will be the outfield, jutting in and out, rising and dropping in height, to create the nooks and niches popular with the new stadiums.
Chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said the outfield of the US$800-million ballpark, scheduled to open next year, was “somewhat evocative of the Polo Grounds.”
Unlike Shea, a dual-purpose arena and the team’s home since 1964, Citi Field is being built just for the Mets, and it has a more intimate feel with seats positioned closer to the field and angled for better sightlines. One section hangs over right field for a short home-run porch.
The capacity of about 45,000, including standing room, is approximately 12,000 less than Shea’s. The ballpark’s upper deck is closer to the field and is less steep than at many stadiums.
“We made sure to correct the mistakes made at other stadiums,” Wilpon said.
The concourses are wide - there is plenty of room for standing room - and the Mets say all but three of the 54 luxury boxes have been sold.
Last month the Mets showed designs for the 55-metre-wide Jackie Robinson Rotunda, which evokes Ebbets Field, home of the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
Source & Full Article: The Canadian Press
See also:
Citi Field on sportingsights.com
New York Mets website
Arlington places Liverpool’s Hicks under pressure
15.May.08
Today the Times published an article that questions the ability of Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks to finance Liverpool’s new £300 million Stanley Park stadium. The questions have been raised by Hicks’ failure to secure financing for a £500 million ‘Glorypark’ in Arlington’.
Today the Times published an article that questions the ability of Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks to finance Liverpool’s new £300 million Stanley Park stadium. The questions have been raised by Hicks’ failure to secure financing for a £500 million ‘Glorypark’ in Arlington’.
Fresh doubts have been raised over the ability of Tom Hicks, Liverpool’s controversial co-owner, to fund the club’s proposed new stadium in Stanley Park.
The latest setback comes after Hicks said he would be delaying the building of another new stadium in Texas that was scheduled to open in March 2010. Hicks, who also owns the Texas Rangers baseball, admitted he had been unable to secure financing for the £500 million ‘Glorypark’, a mixed-use development in Arlington. The American, who also owns the Dallas Stars ice hockey team, made the announcement just a week after delaying a hotel project in which he is also involved.
“We are in the most difficult credit crunch I have seen the last 20 years,” Hicks told the Dallas Morning News.
That revelation will further fuel hopes that Dubai International Capital (DIC), the investment arm of the Dubai government, could buyout the Americans and complete a takeover of the Anfield club. DIC have long believed Hicks, and his estranged co-owner George Gillett, would find it virtually impossible to raise further loans to facilitate the move from Anfield.
Hicks must find funding over the next few months to build the club’s new £350m stadium, but if his Hicks Holdings group have been unable to find the cash in the current market for their Arlington plans, critics will wonder how the money for the move will be raised.
Last week, the club gained their third planning permission for the revised Stanley Park scheme. Hicks said at the weekend: “Site work will start in September and actual construction in late October/early November, with completion in time for the season starting in August 2011.”
Some money, around £60m, was set aside from the January re-financing of Hicks and Gillett’s loans to buy Liverpool, to allow the stadium work to start. But it is believed Hicks has been unsuccessful in raising further loans from the London and US financial markets in recent weeks.
DIC believe the financial pressures on Hicks will eventually lead to his return to the negotiating table after he pulled the plug on a planned buyout earlier in the year. The impasse with Gillett is no nearer a solution but Gillett, having made it clear he will not sell his 50 per cent stake in the club to his partner, flew to London last week for informal talks with DIC. However, few observers now expect the ownership of the club to be resolved this summer, with the saga likely to drag on into the autumn.
Source & Full Article: Times Online
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Anfield on sportingsights.com
Liverpool FC
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Bluebirds new stadium starts to take shape
Cardiff City’s new football stadium is finally starting to take shape.
The steel frame which forms the skeleton of the Bluebirds’ £46m home at Leckwith has finally been completed after just two months’ work, which began in early March.
Club bosses are confident the 30,000-seater arena, which will also house the Cardiff Blues Rugby team, will be finished in the spring of 2009 – in time for the start of the 2009-10 season.
Work on the new athletics stadium is due to finish by the end of this month and the first retail stores are expected to open at the complex in the summer.
Source & Full Article: icwales
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New Cardiff City Stadium on sportingsights.com
Cardiff City FC
Tampa Bay Rays set to detail stadium plans
15.May.08
The Tampa Bay Rays are finally ready to say how they plan to build a new, $450 million waterfront stadium in St. Petersburg.
The Tampa Bay Rays are finally ready to say how they plan to build a new, $450 million waterfront stadium in St. Petersburg.
The team floated the idea last year and has been under pressure from Pinellas County officials to reveal their financing plan for the 35,000-seat stadium. The St. Petersburg-based team currently plays at Tropicana Field, a dome stadium that is near downtown, but considered unattractive by some fans.
Rays officials will say how much public money they will need in a presentation to St. Petersburg city council members at 3 p.m. Thursday.
A new stadium is a key piece of the Rays overhaul - which this year included new uniforms, a new manager and a name change, dropping “Devil” from their name.
Source & Full Article: ABC 7
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Tropicana Field on sportingsights.com
Tampa Bay Rays
