News Turner tops out West Point stadium for Army Black Knights Turner Construction has topped out renovation work at the Michie Stadium, home ground for the Army Black Knights, the football team of the United States Military Academy in West Point,…
News Populous redesigns Benfica’s stadium into a “beacon” for Lisbon Kansas-based architect Populous has masterplanned a redesign of the home stadium of Portuguese football team Benfica, Lisbon’s Estádio da Luz, and its surrounding area. Working with local architects Saraiva +…
News Turner Construction to build stadium for California’s Republic FC Turner Construction has won a contract to build a 12,000-seat stadium for Californian football team Republic FC in downtown Sacramento. It may later be expanded to 15,000. The total development…
News Populous designs 45,000 capacity stadium for Malaysia Kansas-based architect Populous has unveiled the design for the Shah Alam Sports Complex in Selangor, Malaysia that will replace the 25-year-old Shah Alam Stadium. Populous worked alongside Malaysian practice Hijjas…
News Chicago Fire soccer team to build their own stadium After sharing a venue with American football team the Chicago Bears, Chicago’s Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire will build its own 22,000 capacity stadium in the city’s under-development 78th…
News Vinci, Bouygues launch fresh appeal against loss of Stade de France Construction firms Vinci and Bouygues have launched a new legal action to extend their management of the Stade de France in Paris, website Stadium Business reports. The two companies’ tenure…
News Washington, DC’s football team agrees $3.6bn stadium deal Washington, DC’s football team, the Commanders, will replace its former home, the derelict RFK Memorial Stadium, with the $3.6bn “New Commanders Stadium”, able to accommodate 65,000 spectators. Washington mayor Muriel…
News 18,500 capacity stadium unveiled for Venice Kansas-based architect Populous and Italy’s Maffeis Engineering have unveiled the design for a 18,500-seat stadium for football, Serie A rugby and concerts in Venice. The stadium’s curved design is inspired…
News LA Rams plan $10bn ‘Rams Village’ in San Fernando valley American football team the Los Angeles Rams have announced plans for a $10bn property development called “Rams Village” in the Woodland Hills district of the San Fernando Valley. The 52-acre…
News OMA team modernise Albania stadium along ancient lines A team of Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), landscape architect Lola, Royal Haskoning DHV and Petrit Halilaj, has won a competition to renovate the Selman Stërmasi Stadium in central Tirana,…
News ZHA’s Guangdong stadium complex to complete in June The Greater Bay Area Sports Centre in Guangdong, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA), is due for completion in June ahead of China’s National Games in November. Set in a…
Projects Mammoet to lift new roof at Montreal’s Olympic stadium Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has won a contract to help replace the dysfunctional roof at Montreal’s 55,000-seat Olympic stadium, built for the 1976 Olympics. It will provide mobile cranes for the…
News Cairo to get sunken football stadium to avoid planes Californian architect Gensler has teamed up with UK consulting engineer Buro Happold to design a 45,000-seat stadium for the Al-Ahly Football Club in Cairo. The stadium is on the approach…
News Turner breaks ground on New York’s first soccer stadium Turner Construction has broken ground on a $780m soccer stadium for New York City FC in Willets Point, Queens. Etihad Park will become the city’s first stadium dedicated to (non-American)…
News Morocco to double airport capacity before 2030 World Cup Morocco plans to more-than-double its airport capacity from 38 million passengers to 80 million by 2030, when it will co-host the Fifa World Cup with Spain and Portugal, Reuters reports.…
News Webuild picked for radical makeover of Bologna FC’s Dall’Ara stadium Rome-based contractor Webuild has signed a partnership with Bologna football club to renovate the Renato Dall’Ara stadium, built in 1927. The €200m project will demolish and rebuild all the stands,…
News Six injured at Barcelona’s Camp Nou site as workers ‘fight with sticks’ A massive fight broke out on Friday between construction workers on the site of Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium, the Catalan News website reports. The brawl involved around 20 employees who…
News 40,000 capacity Panathinaikos stadium approved for Athens Athens’ local government has approved construction of a new stadium for Greek football team Panathinaikos, located in Votanikos in the Greek capital’s south west. Designed by Greece’s A&S Architects, the…