News AS Roma unveil stadium designed by Populous Italian football team AS Roma has revealed images of its new home, as imagined by American architect Populous. A roadmap for the project is still to be announced, but a…
News Saudi Arabia plans 92,000-seat stadium complex in Riyadh Plans have been announced for a 92,000-capacity stadium on a on a 660,000 sq m site in Riyadh. As well as the ordinary spectators, the ground will have a 150-seat…
News Owners of Chicago sports teams to come together for $7bn entertainment district Two well-known Chicago families have joined forces to plan a $7bn development on the city’s West Side, around the home ground of the Chicago Bulls basketball team. The Reinsdorfs, who…
News Pop-up stadium for 80,000 to go up for Adele fans in Munich A temporary stadium for 80,000 people will be built in Munich for 10 concerts by British singer Adele next month, the StadiumDB website reports. She is performing the concerts throughout…
Projects Besix halfway through Christchurch’s Te Kaha stadium Besix says its Australian subsidiary Besix Watpac is now halfway through building the 30,000-seat Te Kaha stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. Commissioned by Christchurch City Council, the $417m (NZ$683m) multi-use…
News Chicago Bears to build $4.2bn stadium American football team the Chicago Bears has announced a $4.2bn stadium, to be designed by Kansas City firm Manica Architecture. The development will be located on the waterfront and will…
News Design team picked for 115,000-seat stadium in Casablanca A consortium led by Moroccan architect Tarik Oualalou has been chosen to design the $500m Casablanca Grand football stadium, website Medias24 reports. It was chosen from a longlist of 12…
News Evergrande’s plans for world’s biggest football stadium to be scaled back A subsidiary of China State Construction (CSCEC) has taken over a football stadium project in Guangzhou from struggling developer Evergrande, news site Yicai reports. China Construction Fourth Engineering Division will…
News Bjarke Ingels Group and HNTB win $1.5bn Las Vegas baseball ground Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group and Kansas-based designer HNTB have won a competition to imagine a baseball stadium for the Athletics baseball team. The team, commonly known as the As,…
News Turner team begins work on $2.1bn Nashville football stadium Construction has begun in Nashvillle on a home stadium for American football team the Tennessee Titans. The $2.1bn New Nissan Stadium will cover 1.7 million sq ft and accommodate up…
News China Road and Bridge starts first major Kenyan stadium for 37 years China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has begun work on a 60,000-seat stadium in Nairobi, Kenyan broadcaster NYT reports. The Talanta Sports City will be one of the main venues…
News Skanska starts modifying MetLife Stadium for 2026 World Cup Skanska has begun modifying the capacity of the lower bowl of New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium to meet FIFA requirements ahead of the 2026 World Cup. New York and New Jersey…
News Expansion plan for Spain’s oldest football stadium unveiled for 2030 World Cup bid El Molinón stadium in Asturias, the oldest professional football ground in Spain, is to be expanded by 9,000 seats as part of its application to become one of the hosts…
News F1 stands to be reused at New York cricket stadium Stands used at the Las Vegas Grand Prix will be repurposed as seating for the 34,000-capacity Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, designed by US architect Populous. The modular stadium will…
News Turner, Everett and Perkins & Will to renovate North Carolina basketball stadium A basketball stadium in North Carolina is to be renovated by a joint venture between contractors Turner and DA Everett, with architect Perkins & Will, consultant CAA Icon and concessions…
News Populous reveals design for Saudi Arabian 2034 World Cup stadium A rendering of the 45,000-capacity Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium has been unveiled by US architect Populous. The ground will be the centerpiece of an ambitious entertainment district complete with e-sports…
Projects Checking in with Limak on Barcelona’s new Camp Nou In its ongoing project to renovate FC Barcelona’s home stadium, Spotify Camp Nou, Turkish contractor Limak told GCR that it had now removed the old stadium’s third and top seating…
News New stadium: Morocco launches $2bn plan to prepare grounds for 2030 World Cup Morocco will spend almost $2bn on a new football stadium and refurbishing six others in preparation for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2030 World Cup, which it…