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THE CITY

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Leeds Arena is a multi-purpose facility capable of seating
12,500 people. It is located in the city centre and will act as a
focal point of the regeneration of the city quarter. The varying
activities and occupancy levels have led to a flexible design
which can be easily operated to meet the changing
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The arena is designed to heighten the customer experience

with all seats facing the performance Area. This means users
will be much closer to the action in a unique, theatre-style
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Global trends and regional commercial
opportunities are driving arena design, resulting
in the fusion of building types, such as hotels and
retail and arenas. There’s also a new generation
of fans to please and partnering with sponsors
can activate an arena’s potential.
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atmosphere for athletes to perform and for
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London 2012 embraces the temporary
ENGLAND
As the final preparations for
the Olympic Games get underway,
the London Olympic Stadium will
soon unveil the wrap, sponsored
by Dow. Embracing the temporary,
the design by Populous adopts
fresh sustainability ideas to create
a compact, flexible and
lightweight building inspired by
the stage sets at outdoor events.
Rod Sheard, Senior Principal of
Populous and design team leader
for the project said: ”The team has
worked hard to achieve the design
we unveiled four years ago and
the wrap is one of the last
elements to be put into place. It
will provide a clear and
memorable identity to the
stadium. We are very pleased with
the announcement, as the wrap
completes the enclosure of the
structure and gives form to the
lightweight frame that supports
the elegant white roof.”
The design seems to respond
to a different type of brief which is
in keeping with the International
KPMG’s European Stadium Insight 2011
EUROPE
KPMG’s report European Stadium
Insight 2011 reviews stadium
development trends in Europe and
explores the role of stadiums as a
key factor in generating matchday
revenues.
”Strong domestic market and
state-of-the-art stadia have at least
as strong an influence on revenue
generation as relative sport
success,” concludes Andrea Sartori,
Partner of KPMG’s Sports Advisory
Services.
Although team performance and
economic conditions will always
remain critical, KPMG’s analysis
demonstrates that scenarios
repeatedly arise in which state-of-
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Olympic Committee’s desire to
ensure a ’Green Games’,
showcasing a more sustainable
approach to hosting the event.
Populous says that the
preparations for these Games are
an example of how innovative
architecture, together with the
the-art new-build facilities assist
football clubs to discover and
activate latent demand. This can
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practical issues of building delivery,
can be compatible. The result is that
all venues are further ahead in
construction than at any past
Games.
The track in the Olympic
Stadium was used for the first time
in the first week of October and
create additional revenue-
generating opportunities and serve
as a robust platform for the
sustainable business growth of the
clubs.
”Matchday revenues of clubs
across Europe paint a picture with
dramatic contrasts, showing that
the stadium often remains an
unrealised business opportunity in
many countries,” adds Sartori.
Clubs of the ’Big Five’ leagues
(England, Spain, Italy, Germany
and Franceg generate over a fifth
of their revenues from matchday
receipts. In contrast, due to low
attendance figures, the lack of
modern stadiums and relatively
will now be covered while overlay
installation continues.
The Mondo Sport FLEX system,
which was manufactured in Italy
and laid during August, is
approximately 13.smm deep,
making it one of the fastest. It is
certificated to ensure it reaches the
Level 1 classification for hosting the
Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The same surface has been laid for
the 80m sprint straight under one
of the main stands and a r00m
training track near the stadium will
be laid shortly.
low ticket prices, matchday
revenues in Eastern Europe often
account for a significantly smaller
portion of total revenues – often
below 10%.
The report detects that
matchday revenues can be
maximised through better
utilisation of stadiums through
careful analysis of the specific
market demand, calibration of
stadium size, and mix of facilities
and amenities, often with
multiple-use potential.
To request a copy of KPMG’s
European Stadium Insight 2011,
email SportsAdvisory@kpmg.com.
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Wine country for Stadia & Arena
FRANCE
Stadia & Arena, Europe’s
conference and exhibition for the
sport and entertainment venue
industry, will take place 13-15
June 2n12 in Bordeaux, France.
Event organiser ALAD (publisher
of Stadium & Arena Managementg
announced that the 1rth edition
of Stadia & Arena will be
supported again by the European
Association of Stadium and Safety
Managers. and IAVM Europe.
Event Director Alan Levett said:
”We are grateful to the leading
European trade associations for
continuing to support our event.
We are also happy to welcome as
sponsors sport architect Populous,
worldwide facility operator Global
Spectrum and leading supplier
group ESSG.”
A call for papers for the
conference has gone out – see
page 2n of this issue for more
information. Papers will go to the
conference organising committee
for assessment.
Bordeaux is one of the French
cities building a new stadium to
host games of Euro 2n1t.
Bordeaux Mayor Alain Juppé
announced in July the preferred
October 2011
bid to design, finance, build,
operate and maintain the Stade
Bordeaux Atlantique. Vinci
Concessions, Vinci Construction
and Fayat, associated to architects
Herzog and de Meuron, were
declared the preferred bid team
with a 3n-year PPP contract. The
Municipal Council of Bordeaux will
vote on the final contract at the
end of October.
The design looks like a prism,
within which two pyramids back
to back reveal the stepped rear of
the tiers. The ensemble is
supported by a forest of slender
columns surrounding its periphery.
Herzog & de Meuron describes
their design as ”an expression of
fundamentally new architecture.
The pure shape of the volume, by
contrast to its light and open
structure, creates an at once
monumental and graceful
architectural piece elegantly
suited to the grand landscape of
Bordeaux.”
The r3,nnn capacity bowl
consists of two tiers divided into
four sectors. A compact base
includes the VIP loges and salons
evenly distributed east and west
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as well as media areas adjacent
to the spaces dedicated to
players. The 3,nnn business seats
will have large salons overlooking
the playing field and two terraces
overlooking the lawn.
The 1,nnn loge places spread to
the west and east of the stadium
are modular and adaptable.
Seminars and conferences will be
organised in the stadium’s spaces
outside of game days. The
technology will be specified to fit
into the the City of Bordeaux’s
overall strategy in the field of
digital technologies.
The landscaping of the site has
been entrusted to landscape
architect Michel Desvigne, winner
of the 2n11 Grand Prix de
l’Urbanisme award.
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PEOPLE
Doug Hall has been named
General Manager of the new
Houston Dynamo Stadium. ”I
am thrilled to be part of such
a great project. Houston has
tremendous sports facilities,
and the new Dynamo
Stadium will be the latest
addition to that impressive
line up,” said Hall. ”Working
with the Dynamo, AEG
Facilities and all of the clients
that will use this new facility
is going to be a great
challenge and a lot of fun.”
Nathan Pankhurst has been
appointed Head of Project
Delivery at Arena Group. He
joins Arena from ES Global.
Steve Luttazi has joined
Hussey Seating Company as
its National Sales Manager
in the sports and
entertainment market for
the newly acquired Clarin
by Hussey Seating brand.
Bryan Perez has joined AEG
as the organisation’s
President, Digital, Ticketing
and Media. Perez’s
responsibilities will include
guiding the transition of
AEG’s ticketing business to
Outbox Enterprises.
Tim Bowley is the new
managing director of Elior
UK. Bowley said: ”With the
opening of a number of
innovative sites, such as
Brighton & Hove Albion
Football Club, which go the
extra mile to deliver exactly
what the customer wants,
it’s an exciting time to be
joining Elior.”
Katharina C. Hamma is the
new Chief Operating Officer
at Koelnmesse.
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DIARY

RoomMatch first
SWEDEN
Bose Professional Systems
Division has introduced the
RoomMatch series of array module
loudspeakers and PowerMatch
PM8500 configurable professional
power amplifier. In this range Bose
has implemented a brand new
approach for configuring speakers
so that sound designers can get
the intelligibility that venues like
arenas demand.
”Our engineers challenged
conventional wisdom for both
loudspeaker and amplifier design,”
said Akira Mochimaru, General
Manager, Bose Professional
Systems Division.
”The result is a new approach
for the industry, one that lets
sound designers and integrators
meet the acoustic challenges of
any fixed-installation sound system
with more flexibility and far less
compromise to audio
performance.”
modules to form Progressive
Directivity Arrays – a new category
of curvilinear array from Bose. They
perform as a single loudspeaker to
ensure optimal sound coverage for
a particular listening area.
Swedish ice hockey club HV71,
Eliteseries winner in 2010,
upgraded the sound system in its
7,000 capacity Kinnarps Arena
during this summer.
The Jönköping located arena is
the first worldwide to use
RoomMatch. The management first
enquired with Bose’s local installer
in February. Bose uses its Modeller
software to pre-test the design so
that nothing is left to chance and
the easy-to-use bracketing system
ensured a quick installation.
The old and new system in
Kinnarps co-existed briefly during
commissioning but now the
RoomMatch is up and working.
Bose claims that RoomMatch
Oct 11-12 Football Safety Officers’ Association’s National Conference,
Barcelo Hotel, Daventry, UK. 0114 288 3366
24-26 Stadiums Development & Design Russia 2011. Berlin,
Germany. www.stadiumdevelopmenteurope.com
26-28 FSB, International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports
and Pool Facilities. The IAKS Congress will cover
modular construction designs, energy and resource-
saving technologies, successful operator concepts,
plus barrier-free construction and artificial turf.
Partner country is Brazil. www.fsb-cologne.com
Nov 10-13 6th China Beijing International Sports Facilities Expo.
China International Exhibition Centre.
mahongyan@csiibeijing.com
16-18 The Institute of Acoustics’ Reproduced Sound
Conference 2011, Thistle Hotel, Brighton. The
programme includes: agnostic audio recording and
reproduction for TV; sound of sport: what is ’real’?
and sound reinforcement systems in stadiums –
comprehensive task for safety, operation, acoustics.
26-30 Soccerex Global Forum. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
+44 (0)208 742 7100
Dec 1 IOG Building Skills, Transforming Grounds Sports Turf
Conference, Reebok Stadium. Includes speakers from
Wimbledon, Wembley and Green Bay Packers.
Followed by awards dinner in the evening.
www.iog.org
Send details of your event to: mark.webb@tesco.net

RoomMatch modules are
available in 15 different coverage
patterns. They can be used alone
or with other RoomMatch array
waveguide technology directs
sound more precisely, reducing
unwanted wall and ceiling
reflections that can degrade tonal
balance, which is ideal for
achieving intelligible public
address.
The PowerMatch 8500 amplifier
is designed to work with both
RoomMatch array modules and
other professional loudspeakers,
and can allocate its 4000W rated
power between two and eight
channels. A dual feedback loop
architecture continuously monitors
and controls the current and
voltage to help prevent circuits
from being overdrawn.
Game protection
SPAIN, ITALY, SWEDEN
Real Madrid, Juventus (the club’s
previous Olimpico stadium pictured
above) and Gothenburg have all
installed Matchsaver automated
pitch protection systems.
Matchsaver allows a groundsman
to cover the pitch in less than 10
minutes at the press of a button,
to maintain the best possible
playing conditions, and almost
eliminates the need for match
cancellation due to adverse
weather.
”At Real Madrid we constantly
strive to keep our playing surfaces
in world class condition, this is
why we chose the Matchsaver
system. It was excellent value,
both in terms of cost and
performance,” said Paul Burgess,
Head Groundsman at Real Madrid’s
Bernebeu.”
”The team’s training schedule is
very tight and we didn’t want to be
restricted by adverse weather
conditions. I have been so
impressed with the system that I
have requested an additional two
systems for our training ground. Our
Matchsaver system now enables us
to train when we want, without
interruption, as the pitch can be
protected from rain, frost and snow
at the press of a button.”

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BRAZIL, AUSTRALIA, UK
WTORRE has signed a
partnership with AEG Facilities
to operate multiple venues
with Nova Arena in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. They include a
45,000 capacity stadium for
soccer and concerts, a 15,000
amphitheatre, 1,500
convention centre, Media
Center, museum, stores,
parking lot and restaurants.
Australia’s National Basketball
League has revealed a four-
year business plan NBL
Transition 2015, with targets
for increased income and an
additional 290,000
attendances, including more
season tickets. It is
introducing a family-friendly
fan zone at each venue for
2011-12.
Martin Professional won a
PLASA award for its MAC
Aura, a compact LED moving
head wash light with zoom
and ’eye-candy aura’ effects
as well as functioning as a
single-lens wash with fully
pre-mixed colour.
The Arena Group’s increased
international capabilities now
extend to a permanent base
in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia.
JMW Solicitors LLP, Lockton
Sport, GVA Robson Sports and
BDO LLP, have created a new
consortium to provide sports
clubs with tailored services to
help deal with areas such as
insurance, property, finance
and tax.
The SIA will be hosting a
series of short briefings
throughout the UK in October
and November to explain the
latest plans on the future of
regulation for the private
security industry.
8 STADIUM & ARENA MANAGEMENT
Saltex showcases specialists
ENGLAND
The covers remained off at
Saltex this year as rain threatened
but failed to dampen the
enthusiasm of thousands of
groundscare professionals.
This year saw an increase in
the number of specialist services
for synthetic turf maintenance and
for the renewal of natural turf at
short notice. Lots of contractors
now have professional pitch
construction expertise, which
means there’s plenty of
competition.
There were also a couple of
industry changes to take note of.
Five-year ESSMA show deal
EUROPE
The European Stadium & Safety
Management Association (ESSMA)
has formalised its partnership,
which is already over a decade
long, by coming to an agreement
with the Stadia & Arena series of
events through to the event of
2016.
ESSMA will continue to support
the Stadia & Arena series by
consulting on the conference
refereeing panel for the event
and assist in sourcing and
providing speakers. ALL ESSMA
members will be eligible to
attend the event for free – with
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Everris is now the name to look
out for when looking for products
which were from Scotts. Dennis
and Sisis (now a division of
Howardson Ltd) showed their joint
product range, which means fine
turf pedestrian mowers and
maintenance equipment for both
natural and synthetic turf.
Automation was a theme,
with remote-control and robot
mowers able to take the strain of
training pitch upkeep.
There were also ’must have’
pieces of equipment, like
autoguide for mowing accurately
alongside crowd barriers or fences,
and laser measuring for line
markings. There’s no point FIFA
providing goal-line technology if
the lines aren’t accurate in the first
place. Fleetline showed its range
of markers, including BeamRider
push behind and ROK ride-on
models.
To mark 20 years in the turf
care sector, Wiedenmann donated
all proceeds from the sale of a
platinum-painted Terra Spike GXi8
HD to charity.
Corporate Partners from ESSMA
qualifying for a 25% discount
from delegate rates.
John Beattie, President of ESSMA,
said: ”The objective of ESSMA is to
share know-how and expertise Alan Levett, Event Director for
with the stadium industry and the Stadia & Arena Series, shared
support local organising committees his enthusiasm for the
to prepare major events. As such formalisation of the relationship:
we are delighted to be formalising ”I have personally worked with
our support of the Stadia & Arena ESSMA for over 12 years now and
series, which we see as the main as they continue to grow their
conference for the industry in membership and standing in the
Europe, as it gives us the perfect international venue community, I
forum in which to discuss these am proud to formally be
topics.” recognised as their partner”.
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POLAND, USA
Action Floor Systems, and the
company’s regional
representative, Kopp
Company, responded to a
request from famed Polish
actress Anna Dymna’s Against
the Odds foundation to
provide a high-quality sports
floor for a sporting event held
in Krakow, Poland.
The 7th annual Nationwide
Get-Together Days ‘Succeed
Against the Odds’ event
brought Polish athletes with
physical and visual disabilities
together for competition in
June 2011.
The company says the event
provided an excellent venue
to showcase the quick-
assembly, panel-based
NitroPanel system. The
portable floor has a beautiful
surface deck of MFMA grade-
marked Action LL (long
length) hardwood white
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Expansion Ridge Technology
to accommodate expansion
incrementally, board to board.
Public Assembly Facility
Management: Principles and
Practices, 2nd Edition, is a
collaboration by Lee A.
Esckilsen, Frank E. Russo and
Robert J. Stewart. The book
was developed by IAVM by
the Body of Knowledge Task
Force (BOK). The Second
Edition has been updated and
expanded to include the
latest data and information
on venue management
practices. The book includes
numerous figures and
appendices, a glossary of
terms, and an index.
10 STADIUM & ARENA MANAGEMENT
VenueDataSource for research
WORLDWIDE
IAVM launched
VenueDataSource at
VenueConnect. It’s designed to be
an integrated online portal with
quick access to the information
venue managers and industry
partners need to make strategic
business decisions. Expected to be
the research portal of the venue
management industry worldwide,
the database will provide IAVM
members with information such
as overhead cost comparisons and
marketplace evaluation for
performance measurement.
VenueDataSource will be
incrementally rolled out through
2014. The first phase of the
project will be the initial
collection of profile data and
operational expenses. As data
quantity grows with the
distribution of quarterly surveys,
new modules and reports will be
added and made available.
Funding for VenueDataSource is
provided by the IAVM Foundation,
which will contribute more than
$650,000 over a three-year
period. This is the largest grant
provided through the foundation
and marks the importance of the
project to IAVM and the venue
management industry.
Brown to position IAVM for future
USA
Randy L. Brown, CFE, began his
year as Chairman of the Board of
Directors for the International
Association of Venue Managers
(IAVM) during VenueConnect in
July and immediately set out his
goals: ”My desire for the next
year is that the association is
positioned for future success. We
have programmes and content
that are the envy of the
industry.”
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”Venue industry professionals
are under constant pressure to
outperform previous efforts.
Without pertinent, reliable
business intelligence, managing
the bottom line performance can
be a trial and error affair,” said
Barry J. Strafacci, Chair, IAVM
Research and Knowledge
Advancement Council.
”VenueDataSource mitigates the
risk. This ’go-to’ decision-making
tool will be the ultimate resource
for quality data comparison and
analysis, allowing users to
benchmark current performance
with their peers.”
Use of the VenueDataSource
”This is a year of transition for
us. We have a new CEO and
President, Vicki Hawarden, CMP,
and a brand new research
programme, VenueDataSource,
which is generously funded by the
IAVM Foundation. These changes
will only enhance our legacy and
propel us forward,” he said.
”Randy was essential to my
decision to join IAVM as its CEO,”
Hawarden said. ”His vision and
research tool is free to members
who participate in completing
survey information. IAVM
members who do not participate
in surveys will be charged a fee
for use. Those who are not
members will be charged based
on survey participation.
Likely uses include:
● Managing operating expenses
● Evaluating competitive set and
position within competitive set
● Determining efficiency of
operations
● Understanding effectiveness of
partnerships
● Recognising the value the
operation brings the community.
leadership are readily apparent,
and he is dedicated to taking
IAVM and the industry to new
levels of excellence.”
Brown is the Executive Vice
President and General Manager of
the Allen County War Memorial
Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
He began his career in 1978 at
Indiana University in South Bend,
Indiana, where he ran the
theatrical facilities.
October 2011
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SCOTLAND, SINGAPORE
Ravenscraig Sports Centre
was Highly Commended in
the Community Benefit
category for the creation of
new sports facilities in the
heart of the former industrial
site, giving the local
community access to state of
the art leisure facilities.
Architects Populous designed
the building on behalf of
North Lanarkshire Council,
SportScotland and
Ravenscraig Ltd.
Octavian Security has been
named in the top 25 per cent
of UK security companies
accredited by the Approved
Contractor Scheme (ACS).
Singapore has become the
latest nation to confirm that
its athletes will train at Surrey
Sports Park ahead of the
London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic games.
London 2012 test events
during the summer included
canoe slalom at Lee Valley
White Water Centre, beach
volleyball in Horse Guards
Parade and showjumping in
Greenwich. At Lee Valley local
schoolchildren provided the
atmosphere and in Greenwich
local residents were guests.
Liverpool Football Club has
chosen TRX as a preferred
training supplier. The TRX
Suspension Trainer is a
portable resistance training
system which can be
attached to virtually any
secure anchor point.
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Subsidy free funding in Denmark
DENMARK
The City of Copenhagen and
Realdania, the philanthropic
investment foundation, have
approved investment of DKK650m
for a new 15,000 spectator indoor
arena in Copenhagen. The total
development cost is estimated to
be DKK1bn, with the balance of
monies coming from commercially
backed funding.
Sports and venue specialists
from global construction consultant
Davis Langdon, an AECOM
company, have played a leading
role in devising a creative strategy
for developing and funding the
project from its inception in early
2010. Their team, which includes
IPW… as sports and entertainment
financial/procurement experts,
created the development process
for the project and has completed
outline and full business cases. It
has led the procurement process
for an international operator who
Wi-Fi keeps spectators connected
USA
The Pettit National Ice Center, an
indoor speed skating oval, in
Milwaukee, Wis., USA, has worked
with Boingo to launch managed
and operated Wi-Fi services.
”We’ve increasingly received
requests for Wi-Fi Internet from
our athletes and visitors alike,”
said Randy Dean, Executive
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will lease the facility for 25 years,
with AEG and Live Nation now in
the final phase of tendering.
Unlike many other major
arenas, the scheme does not place
any future burden on the
municipality to subsidise the arena
during its operation.
James Clark, Project Lead and
head of Davis Langdon’s business
in Denmark, commented: ”Like
many other cities, Copenhagen
has tried to develop an indoor
arena on several occasions, and
being part of the team that will
finally make this happen is truly
exciting for everyone involved.
With funding having been
approved, we are now looking
forward to implementing the rest
Director for The Pettit Center. ”This
goes beyond family, friends and
spectators watching and waiting
for athletes practicing and
competing. All here have an
expectation to access the Internet
to stay productive, informed and
entertained.”
”More and more, high-loiter
of the strategy to deliver a world
class facility for Copenhagen, one
which will be run by a major
international operator with no
future risk of subsidy from the
municipality.”
Nick Russell, Managing Director
of IPW…, said, ”The procurement
approach and our team’s
understanding of the marketplace
have allowed this project to move
to the next stage in its journey to
delivery. Putting the operator at
the centre of the procurement
itself is an essential ingredient in
the funding and design strategy.
Copenhagen provides a guide to
all major cities seeking arenas
about what can be achieved in the
current strong market conditions.”
recreation facilities like The Pettit will
be expected to have Wi-Fi available
for visitors as demand for mobile
data skyrockets and cellular
networks run headlong into the
coming capacity crunch,” said Jim
Janowiak, Vice President of business
development for Boingo Wireless.
”An enterprise-class Wi-Fi overlay
ensures highly available mobile
Internet access for all visitors.”
The Wi-Fi network covers all
indoor spaces, including the 400-
metre indoor speed skating oval
and two international-sized ice
hockey rinks, as well as rental
facilities and the Hall of Fame
Room. Internet access at the arena
is included for monthly subscribers
to Boingo’s unlimited plan for the
Americas, or visitors can purchase
access for $1.99 per hour.
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Good cause playing safe

FRANCE

At the Paris 2011 Homeless synthetic turf,

The Dundee franchise
business of Drain Doctor
Plumbing has completed the
wholesale replacement of the
guttering at Dundee FC’s Dens
Park stadium.
Populous is the
official sponsor
for Stadia: Sport
and Vision in
Architecture, an
exhibition to be
held at the Sir John Soane’s
Museum in London during the
Olympic Games there in
2012. Drawing upon some of
the 30,000 pictures and
hundreds of volumes in the
Museum’s collection, the
exhibition will include one of
the great treasures of Sir John
Soane’s Museum, the Codex
Coner. Once consulted by
Michelangelo, this is the
earliest archaeologically
correct record of the
Colosseum in Rome. The
centrepiece of the 2012
exhibition will be a highly
detailed model of the London
World Cup in August, 64 national
teams from all continents
participated in this global event,
which aims to support homeless
people and empower them to
change their lives. Parisians and
tourists alike got the chance to
experience one of the most
passionate events in world soccer,
played at the Champs de Mars,
right at the feet of the Eiffel
Tower. Matches were played on
Hot dogs for a hot profit?
UK
Well-known hot-dog brand
Westlers is claiming that quality
can overcome customer
resistance to fast food and result
in good profits. Westlers says its
Premium Pouched Hot Dogs are
87% pure pork, and have a
distinctive natural beechwood
smoked flavour. They don’t
contain MRM (mechanically
recovered meat).
Hot Dogs are best served in a
soft roll topped with onions and
ketchup or mustard, but if
manufactured by
Greenfields. ProGame
shock pads, installed
underneath the
playing surface,
provided the athletes
with a safe and
reliable pitch to play
on.
Only one goal
separated Mexico from Scotland,
male champions of this year’s
customers are looking for
something different, or a wider
choice of snacks, Westlers have a
range of serving options to keep
the more adventurous consumer
satisfied, including the ’Meat
Feast’ (topped with Chilli Con
tournament. The Kenyan ladies
played the final against Mexico
and became female champions.
Carne) and the ’Hot Shot’ (topped
with Cheese and Jalapenos). For
large appetites, there is even a
12 inch Hot Dog option, also
known as The Big Daddy.
Westlers is currently offering a
range of machinery deals to
caterers to enable them to
provide a variety of quality snacks
with minimal financial outlay. On
average, caterers can expect to
make around £64 profit for selling
around 50 hotdogs priced at
£2.00 each.

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was designed by Populous.

Singleton Clamp & Partners, UKRAINE, NETHERLANDS

SCP, Transport Consultants
have been appointed by FC
United of Manchester to
support their planning
application for a circa 5,000-
capacity stadium with
community facilities on the
Ronald Johnson playing fields,
Lightbowne Road, Moston.
Amsterdam ArenA Advisory has
been providing local training and
operational support in two of the
cities hosting Euro 2012 matches,
Kiev and Lviv. Two representatives
are now providing on-site support
in areas such as safety and
security, stadium organisation,
emergency planning, stewarding
and contracts with venue lessees
and venue sponsors.
The management team of the
NSC Olympiyskiy stadium
(pictured) and the stadium in Lviv
have taken part in several training
programmes in Amsterdam,
focussing on general stadium
management and operations and
stewarding in particular. This
followed the interest of the CEO
of NSC Olympiyskiy Vladimir
Geninson in the management of
Amsterdam ArenA. financed by the German Ministry
The support of stadium of Economic Cooperation and
management is part of a Development and implemented
comprehensive programme of by Deutsche Gesellschaft für
the bilateral German – Ukrainian Internatioanale Zusammenarbeit
Development cooperation (GIZ) GmbH.

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ENGLAND, SINGAPORE, SCOTLAND

Safe steps for all spectators

UK
A new range of chemical and locations that are near
weather resistant heavy duty stair to entrances and
The American Express edgings is now available from access points.
Community Stadium for Gradus. Incorporated into the Caroline Davies,
Brighton & Hove Albion FC Trans-Edge range of heavy duty Accessories Product
was among the winners at aluminium stair edgings, the new Manager for Gradus,
the Structural Steel Design ’TEX’ profiles have been said: ”The duty to
Awards 2011. Martin Perry, developed by Gradus to meet the create accessible
Albion Chief Executive and heightened awareness amongst environments as set
representatives from the KSS, specifiers of the risk of slip out in the Equality Act
SKM, Watson Steel Structures accidents on outdoor stairs, 2010 still applies outdoors and stairs in external environments or
and Buckingham Group especially if they are uncovered this is why Gradus’ new heavy interior stairs close to entrances
collected the award at the and exposed to rain or ice, or duty stair edging range has been where slips and trips are more
ceremony held in London. heavily trafficked internal specifically developed for use on likely to occur”.
Perry said ”the design of the
stadium is all about the roof
so to receive one of the
country’s top awards for roof
design is a huge accolade and
BC Place opens doors to future
CANADA
I congratulate the designers –
The revitalised BC Place has stadium screen in
KSS and SKM – on their
officially reopened, less than a North America.
innovative design. Already
year-and-a-half after it was closed ”We know the
our new home is being
for a complete renovation. Premier reopening of this
recognised nationally as a
Christy Clark officially cut the ribbon magnificent building
superb example of stadium
and opened the doors for the first will be seen right
architecture, one of the best
event, a CFL game between the BC across the country,
in the country and we should
Lions and the Edmonton Eskimos. and it will be a special
all be very proud of it.”
”This is clearly a magnificent moment for BC Place,
building, and a tribute to those the BC Lions, and all
The Singapore Indoor Stadium
who had the vision and skill to British Columbians,”
will close between July and
design and build it,” said Premier said Howard Crosley,
September next year to repair
Clark. ”By revitalising BC Place, General Manager of
the roof. After repair and
we have essentially created a BC Place prior to the
other improvements, it will
whole new facility for half the first event.
be integrated into the Sports
price of a new building. It’s Lighthouse and TS
Hub with a bridge linking the
something all British Columbians Sports completed the
two structures.
can be proud of.” installation, with
There are wider seats, louvres at design by Anthony
The Scottish Exhibition +
the lower edge of roof to increase James Partners. The
Conference Centre (SECC) has
air circulation, a brighter lighting system has
unveiled Scottish Hydro as
system, state-of-the-art sound Lighthouse’s new
the naming rights partner of
system and a 36-foot transparent Impact 16 LED video Whitaker, Lighthouse N.A.S.A.
its new arena. AEG Europe,
façade just above the lower product, an exceptionally bright Director of Sales. ”Lighthouse
led by Paul Samuels, AEG
roofline capable of displaying 16mm-pitch LED video panel developed the Impact 16 LED
Senior Vice President, Europe,
animated light shows along that designed for both indoor and video panel and B-10 pitchside
Global Partnerships and
can be seen from inside and out. outdoor arenas and stadiums, and 20mm fascia displays for
Nathan Kosky, AEG Global
At centre field, the four-sided particularly venues facing world-class multi-event indoor
Partnerships’ Senior Business
electronic video scoreboard system conditions involving high-intensity and outdoor venues. BC Place and
Development manager,
features HD video screens ambient light. Lighthouse’s new technologies are
helped secure the £315
measuring 68 by 38 feet each, the ”Lighthouse is proud to be a as close as you can come to
million sponsorship deal on
second largest centre hung part of the new BC Place,” said Ed perfect partners.”
behalf of the SECC.

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AUSTRALIA, UK, EUROPE

Live Performance Australia’s

Ticket Attendance & Revenue
Survey shows that 2010 was
a record year for the
Australian live performance
industry, with the generation
of $1.3 billion in revenue
from 17.2 million show
attendances. Contemporary
music was up 43.1% for
revenue and up 50.1% for
attendance; musical theatre
up 13% for attendance and
6.3% for revenue, and circus
and physical theatre up
15.1% for revenue and
34.1% attendance.
All but one of the security
guards inspected during an
operation conducted by the
Security Industry Authority at
sites connected to the 2014
Commonwealth Games held a
valid SIA licence.
Industry consultant expands brief
USA
Schulze Corp has announced
that it’s representing a number of
industry services and products
relevant to the venue industry.
Schulze Corp is involved in
providing facility management,
facility and event consulting and
event creation from its Florida
base and it is now also
representing companies such as
Imagina US, Flying Colors, KICS
International, Manhattan
Construction, Kull Leadership,
KOSMO Studios, Orange Bowl
Classic and Manica Architecture.
The company is led by Bruce
Schulze (pictured), formerly
President of Dolphin Stadium for
Molineux features BOX Seat
ENGLAND
11 years, where he managed
events such as the Super Bowl,
World Series, major music
festivals and international soccer.
”The focus and research is
methodical,” says Schulze. ”We
approach our process globally.
Guest Services, training, staffing,
traffic, parking, risk management,
systems review, and utilities
utilisation. These are some of the
areas we can help venues
positively impact their business.”
Other Schulze staff include Katie
McGarrey, VP of Sales and
Marketing, Ben Schulze, Director of
Operations and Ray Perry, Senior
Director of Sales and Marketing.

Sports risk specialist, Airton Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

Risk Management, a division
of Paddy Power, has unveiled
’TrophySafe’, which offers
protection for high value
sports trophies against loss,
theft or damage. This year
alone there have been
numerous incidents of high
profile sports trophies literally
falling foul of overzealous
sportsmen, including Sergio
Ramos dropping the Copa del
Rey, Vincent Kompany
dropping the FA Cup, and
Maarten Stekelenberg
dropping the Eredivisie trophy
from the team bus.
Bourne Steel and Billington
Structures, two of the largest
specialist steelwork
contractors in the UK, have
revealed the formation of BS2
Ltd – a new Joint Venture
company aimed at supporting
major steelwork projects
throughout the UK.
and Buckingham Group
Contracting jointly appointed the
Arena Group to supply 8,000
seats from The BOX Seat range for
the redevelopment of the North
Stand of Molineux Stadium. The
BOX Seat system allows for rapid
installation, meaning the first
phase of the project was
completed on schedule, in time
for Wolves’ game against
Tottenham Hotspur on 10th
September.
During the second phase at
Molineux, Arena will be installing
The BOX Seat TBS908 padded
seat, which offers superior colours, allowing the architects to stature. The BOX Seat’s modular
comfort for the club’s corporate produce a seating plan scheme installation system gives the club
members, in addition to the slim that exemplifies the club’s image. greater flexibility, as well as
and compact TBS903 general Dave Withey, Arena Group making it extremely easy and
attendance seats with rapid Sales Director said: ”The Premier quick to fix, maintain and
sleeve interchangeability for League is widely regarded as the operate. With a range of high
maintenance and sponsors’ best football competition in the tech seating models to suit
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North Stand project will be in a international competitors to design a bespoke solution to fit
combination which uses the provide a seating system that the precise requirements of this
famous gold and black club matches the club’s history and famous sporting stadium.”

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Electric atmosphere at ‘the people’s palace’ as it vies to be North London’s premier
music venue. Rebecca Kane, MD of Alexandra Palace, briefs editor Mark Webb.
T
alking to Managing Director Rebecca
Kanei you can tell that it’s buzzing at
Alexandra Palace: the ice rink has been
successfully relaunchedi Olympic team
hosting is on the horizon and the venue has just
become the new home of The Mastersi
snooker’s most prestigious invitation
tournament and one of the most widely
televised sporting events. The management is
also at stage two of a major regeneration plan.
Kane epicturedf is Managing Director of
Alexandra Palace Trading Limitedi where she
manages 30 permanent staff – what she calls
”a small team for the size of the venue”.
Catering is in-house but the venue works with
various suppliers which supply securityi
customer service staff and build the temporary
seating areas for concerts and sports. ”It’s all
hands to the pump when we’ve got to turn
22 STADIUM & ARENA MANAGEMENT
around the space from a stamp and scrapbook procurement process and Kane expects a lot of
show one moment to a live broadcast of Songs interest and a closely fought contest between
of Praise the nexti” explains Kane. The building operators.
has connections with broadcasting going back
to the first ever public TV transmission made
there in n93s. Master plan
Kane previously worked at English Heritagei
That’s for the future. In Januaryi it’s The
managing nine historic homes and great parks
Masters. World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn
in the London regioni and her passion for
is looking to move the tournament on after
making the most of historic buildings is not lost
many years at Wembley. He explains: ”The
on Alexandra Palacei which opened in n873 as
Alexandra Palace is an absolutely fantastic
’The Peoples Palace’ to provide the Victorians
venuei as we’ve found by staging the World
with a great environment and recreation centre.
Darts Championship there. We’ve seen record
ticket sales for the darts and I’m expecting to
Strategic view see the same for the snooker. When it’s packed
outi the atmosphere in the place is electrici and
This idea of providing recreation is being
I can’t wait to see snooker played under those
redefined for the onst century by a strategic
conditions because that’s what The Masters is
review and redevelopment. The review has
all about.”
concluded that the venue should have live
Kane says that Hearn knows the kind of
music as its anchori with sport in supporti and
atmosphere that World Darts has createdi
the aim is to become North London’s premier
building its own stagei bringing in bespoke kit
music venue. There’s already a solid business
and sitting the audience in a beer halli
based around the Great Hall which has a
medieval-banquet-style layout. ”I’m always
capacity of s-7i000 seated. Howeveri a step
amazed how the eyes of an entire audience of
change will require working with a new
two and a half thousand can be focussed on
operator.
one small dartboardi” adds Kane.
Kane hasn’t got a fixed idea of how it will
A fan village has added a new
work but it might be an operator for music onlyi
entertainment element and Kane expects
or for all events. Alexandra Palace also has a full
something similar for The Masters snooker.
size ice rink and a Victorian theatrei which could
Hearn adds: ”We’re keeping the event in
be revived and may also be suitable as a
London but the players are going to experience
flexible entertainment and meeting space.
something new and wonderful. There’s a great
”The basement here is full of architectural
team in place at Alexandra Palace and we look
drawings that never got implementedi” says
forward to working with them again.”
Kane. This time around she wanted to avoid
anyone with a floorplan and instead set out to
gain a strategic vision of what the building
should offer. Having established a way forwardi
New partnerships
stage two is an internal process between the Alexandra Palace has just issued a request
management team and the trustees of the for tenders from security companies as it seeks
building. Stage three will be a public to establish some close working partnerships
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with external providers, leading up to what is
looking like a busy 2012 and beyond, including
the redevelopmentn Although the venue
switches providers at the moment to suit
different types of events, such as concerts and
boxing, it’s looking towards one provider that
can get to know the siten
Next year security will be part of the
venue’s hosting of Heineken House, the Dutch
Olympic Association’s home for officials and
athletesn Although the grounds of the Palace
are open, there is a natural road barrier in front,
which the venue uses to advantage when it
hosts high security events – ”I can’t tell you
about them and you’ll never hear about them,”
whispers Kanen
Best practice
Alexandra Palace has joined the National
Arenas Association (NAAi to tap into that
organisation’s experience of the live music
marketplace and Kane has already visited some
24 STADIUM & ARENA MANAGEMENT
other member arenas to share best practice,
including Capital FM Arena in Nottingham,
which also has a combination of concerts and
icepadn Ally Pally’s rink was built as part of the
enthusiastic response to Torvil and Dean’s
success in the 1980s and it has recently
reopened after investment of £2n3 millionn It’s a
very popular leisure facility with a Skate UK
programme and celebrities turning up to
gingerly take their first steps and receive
coaching for their future appearances on TV
show Dancing on Icen
”We are breaking down barriers to the sport
by providing great stewards who are right by
your side if you fall and we’ve got courses
overseen by former British figure-skating
champion John Hamer, who’s come on board
following the investment,” says Kanen She’s
happy that the rink connects Alexandra Palace
with the community through schools and
hosting partiesn The rink is also popular with
film and TV producers, and corporates looking
for a different event or party locationn
www.sam.uk.com
Top left and bottom: Alexandra Palace
hosts World Darts where 2,500 pairs of
eyes are focussed on one tiny board on
stage. A fan village alongside the
tournament has proved very successful.
Top right: The ice rink, re-opened after a
£2.5 million refurb, attracts a young
audience and connects to the local
community, including through schools.
”It’s a huge cost to run a site like this and so
it should not stand still, says Kanen “It needs to
be pioneering as in 1873 and when the TV
pioneers risked building the transmission mastn
Buildings like this don’t get built any moren”
She remembers Phil Taylor, World Darts
Champion, telling her how he appreciated
winning at the Palace because of the grandeur
of the buildingn ”Alexandra Palace is an historic
venue but it’s only valuable and only exists if
people use it; it has to be relevant to today,”
concludes Kanen
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Activate arenas
In a difficult economy, arenas can partner with sponsors to excite and interactively
engage with fans by creating attractions that they can’t get at home.
T
he arena building type is a modern
phenomenon now established as an
indoor venue for certain sport and
entertainment events to take place.
However, each project has its own market to
serve and developers are looking to create a
fusion of facilities to keep the building busy and
profitable.
The announcement of a 50,000 capacity
arena in Manila in the Philippines stretches the
definition of an arena in terms of capacity but
isn’t part of the general trend, which firmly
places arenas on the global tours of major
music artists and specially developed shows
such as Disney on Ice, Batman Live, Walking
with Dinosaurs and Monster Trucks. One or
more tenant sport teams may play a role and
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the success of indoor sports – such as the
developing Asian basketball scene – is an
important driver. As are tournaments: Spain
recently won Eurobasket in Kaunas Arena, one
of a number of new arenas built in Lithuania for
the championships. Star status also helps:
French basketball star Tony Parker’s name is on
the academy which is part of Lyon’s arena
development.
Cities that can’t support a sports team are
nevertheless interested in an arena becoming a
node on the concert tours that weave across
the globe. ”More and more cities want a hybrid,
weighted towards concerts but also capable of
hosting some sport or family shows,” says
David Manica, at sports architect Manica
Architecture. ”When designing, it’s possible to
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optimise the back of house facilities dedicated
to sport and free up space for concert-related
facilities such as dressing rooms, crew areas
and to include rigging and sound support.”
Manica has been working on a project
north of Hong Kong that demonstrates how
fusion can address a local market’s needs. The
arena is being developed to host concerts but
the same site will also host conferences, for
which a multifunction room and hotel are being
built. The ballroom/multifunction room has a
high-level finish and is adjacent to and directly
accessible from the arena. The seating in the
arena can be retracted to provide a 40m x 80m
flatfloor space for exhibition or product
presentation. The buildings share support areas
such as toilets and concessions. The ballroom
has an integrated 200-seat conference area and
there’s a 200 room hotel next door.
”The combination of hotels and arenas has
not yet got off the ground,” says Manica. ”The
The ultimate fusion? In Moscow Manica
Architecture has designed arena, stadium
and retail levels, all in one building.
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relevant to smaller markets where there isn’t
the finance to build separate facilities.”

Fusion inside and out

Arenas should synergise with
entertainment districts that contain restaurants
and bars and clubs to attract people to the site
all of the time and before and after shows at
the arena. Sprint Arena is a very busy building,
bringing shows to the city that wouldn’t have
come without it and it works together well with
the entertainment district around it.
Moscow’s new arena will be built as part of
a project that includes a stadium for the FIFA
World Cup 2018 and two levels of retail with
parking. Manica Architecture’s team is working
on the project and Manica explains that
although the three elements are in the same
building, they can operate independently or
simultaneously. ”Getting it all to work in the site
boundaries and with the heritage factors and
height limits designated by the city has been
difficult,” says Manica. ”There have been some
structural challenges and gymnastics to put this
facility 19 metres in the air. But it’s a first class
international arena with all the modern
facilities such as club seats and suites.”
Another trend is areas for sponsors. Manica
thinks it’s important to designate these spaces
from the beginning, otherwise they can look
applied and cheap. The areas are only activated
when sponsors come on board, whether at
opening or later.
Brian Mirakian, Senior Principal at Populous
and head of activation, explains the trend
towards fan interaction: ”We are seeing
sponsors getting more involved. The model has Amway Arena in Orlando is designed to provide spaces that excite fans and allow
shifted from a real estate model – populating as sponsors to interact with them. Photos: Ben Tanner, courtesy Populous.
many square metres as possible with 2D
images – to sponsors wanting a dynamic corporate sales team which manages its own creating an environment to draw fans in. The
interactive presence amongst fans who are accounts and will identify different types of good news is that activation can happen at any
using smartphones and immersive technology.” activation and we’ll provide the design time during a venue’s lifetime so older venues
”We take the opportunity to work with expertise, working to understand the brand and can review their strategy and identify areas to
brands and find ways of adding points of how to connect with the fans.” be retrofitted, for example knocking through
engagement,” says Mirakian. ”It’s become an some suite walls to create a big party suite in
important part of the way we design, to which a sponsor can get involved.
interweave the brand into the place, reaching
Activate to compete Naming rights sponsors, such as O2 at the
out to the audience.” Populous talks about The background to the ever more focussed Arena in London, have been able to build their
1,000 different moments of engagement and efforts to capture the fans’ attention is an own spaces within the arena because of early
discovery that the fan experiences from plaza or economic climate that encourages families to involvement.
parking space to the event and back again. The stay at home and watch sport on HD TVs and Designers are always looking to future-
strategy is to find points of activation along the the saturated entertainment markets in some proof their architectural solutions, judging
paths that customers take inside arenas. cities, e.g. the many NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and where the fan experience will go over the next
Through relationships built up with agencies MLS teams in and around a city like New York. 5-10 years. In recent buildings designed by
that represent leading brands, Populous aims to Activation in marketing terms is often about Populous, says Mirakian, more design solutions
bring brands to the table for some of the the brand using a temporary presence to are focussed around a sponsor than before. For
projects it’s involved in. ”It’s nice to be a engage with customers but Mirakian suggests a example in Amway Arena in Orlando, the bowl
conduit, to bring two partners together,” says more comprehensive approach when includes platforms specially devised to
Mirakian. ”Other times, our client has a discussing arenas. Activation is also about showcase a vehicle to fans and TV. There are

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also areas of specialised seating and club
environments in the bowl itself.
Storage areas, often much loved by
operations staff, are also up for grabs. Mirakian
gives an example of building a floor level
bunker club under risers. There’s space for 400-
500 premium ticket holders who can use an
exclusive club during the event. It’s a high
revenue component from a zero revenue area
previously.
The concourse is perhaps an underutilised
area. Design is moving away from just taking care
of concessions, queuing and circulation, and
towards areas where fans can congregate, even
during an event. In Consol Energy Center, home of
the Pittsburgh Penguins, there’s an interactive
zone where fans can play with augmented reality.
They can redesign their own faces on large
screens, add them to bobblehead figures and
send the images to their own smartphones.

Experientialists
Technology is one of the most important
parts of activation. ”The next wave you’ll see
will be much more technology driven,” says
Mirakian. One problem is that even though
sports are at their most popular ever,
technology provides many with the 3D TV,
realtime stats on laptop/pad/phone that fans
want and they don’t attend. ”It’s critical to
allow people to have the same in-seat
experience they get at home,” says Mirakian.
”Technology then becomes a way to augment
the arena experience, enabling fans to text
messages to be displayed on the LED ribbon
boards, to take part in social media and
connect to the event.”
Top: Interactive games area in Consol Energy Center. Photo: David Aschkenas. Above:
”We’ve got two very different groups of
fans,” says Mirakian, suggesting that the Theme bar in the Louisville KFC Yum! Center. Photo: Bob Perzel. Photos courtesy Populous.
traditionalists at 40 years and over are mainly
interested in the sport and get to their seat a necessity and Cisco has been working in the Cisco is looking to build a development kit
early and focus on the game. A younger group, background for a while on new equipment for app developers so venues will be able to
the experientialists, want their seat but also design, e.g. its own antenna for stadiums which commission apps to capture the fans’
want to be plugged in to social media and to is more aesthetically pleasing than an earlier imaginations and provide content that is venue-
communicate their experience. Creating zones model, and on the right strategies to meet the exclusive and part of the ticket price, for
of activity, in association with sponsors, bandwidth requirements of a large audience. example close-ups for the fans in the top tiers.
provides opportunities for the experientialists to Once connected then, how does the Mirakian says that arenas are already
move around the building to get involved with building and the team keep the fans’ attention? providing exclusive TV camera views. In Consol
activities beyond the game. Kansas City Wizards MLS team has launched its Energy Center there are 20 arena-specific
Stuart Hamilton at Cisco recognises this own app using Cisco technology. ”They cameras, for example behind the goal tender
scenario. His daughter won’t go to a game if the announced it on the big screen,” says Hamilton. and up on the centre-hung scoreboard, that
venue doesn’t let her access Facebook! ”The spike in downloads was huge.” Fans earn fans can access on their devices – streamed on
Hamilton is Senior Director, Sports and points by taking part in a trivia quiz, the network via a free app – but that they can’t
Entertainment, and was one of the small group contributing to the fan zone. The team will get at home.
who formed Cisco’s sports and entertainment redeem points and provide prizes. ”You can feel it, you notice it when you
division 4-5 years back, which now has 50-60 Michael Caponigro, Senior Manager at Cisco enter a venue,” says Hamilton. ”This technology
people dedicated to the company’s Connected Sports and Entertainment, adds: ”Innovators is now in the forefront, which sets a new bar
Stadium, Stadium Vision and – soon to get a use this as a Trojan horse, to gain advocacy you have to get over when it comes to quality.
European launch – Connected Stadium WiFi. with the fans and to recognise the contribution Cisco takes full responsibility to make a venue’s
Providing connectivity for fans is becoming of fans.” content look good.”

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 Venue design and construction – roofs

Roof revolution
New architectural forms and new materials are leading to stadiums which better
match the needs of owners and spectators, as cost goes down and comfort goes up.

W
hen it comes to customer
comfort, what’s more important
than the stadium roof? It keeps
the rain, wind and sun off the
seating areas so that spectators can enjoy the
entertainment. It protects the rest of the
stadium fabric and it can be an iconic structure
for those walking up or watching an aerial shot
on TV. First things first: the roof should be safe.
Stadium roof collapses this year are a warning
to the industry: at FC Twente’s De Grolsch Veste
stadium (one death, 16 injured) and at
Wollongong’s WIN Stadium, where (according
to local newspaper reports) a recently installed
roof buckled under gale-force winds.
History suggests that where roofs are
specified, they are enclosing more and more of
the stadium. The ’dome arenas’ showed the
way during the 1990s. Built by Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries in Japan, domes housed
ballparks (Tokyo and Fukuoka Domes) with
retractable seating and pitching mounds to
allow other events to take place, such as cycling
and concerts. Mitsubishi’s technology included
the bicycle racing banks, stage equipment and
rigging machinery as well as the retractable
roof drive equipment.
When the Waldstadion in Frankfurt was
finally redeveloped for the 2006 World Cup, its
signature roof was constructed from a cable-
suspended ring of fibreglass, similar to
stadiums in Hamburg and Berlin, but this time
around 80,000ft2 of the inner roof was
removable. An inner network of tensioned
cables also suspended a cube with LED screens.
BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) in
Vancouver has specified a new roof as part of

Right: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin. The

roof and natural turf combination is the
result of extensive research. Copyright
reproduced courtesy of Vector Foiltec.

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the rejuvenation of the BC Place stadium that
was previously covered by an air-supported
structure. PavCo has quoted energy cost savings
of $350,000 or 25% per year and maintenance
cost savings of $100,000 per year. The roof is
suspended from 36 masts, each 50 metres in
length and weighing approximately 240
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tonnes. The retractable centre portion of the
roof is made of flexible Tenara fabric. The outer
permanently-fixed portion of the roof is made
of PTFE coated fibreglass, and covers all of the
seating in all weather conditions.
Architects have employed materials such as
fibreglass to design very different looking roofs.
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Stadiums in South Africa, for the FIFA World Cup,
and in Poland for Euro 2012 are just some of
the latest examples. Texlon, Vector Foiltec’s
invention which employs ETFE (ethylene
tetrafluoroethylene) for cladding, looked very
interesting for some stadium design work that
architect Populous was carrying out for rugby
stadiums in New Zealand in preparation for the
Rugby World Cup.
Texlon allows natural light to penetrate and
it therefore held out the hope of growing
natural grass under a roof. The client’s team of
experts wanted to know more. Angus Macleod,
engineer at Vector Foiltec, explains: ”We
designed and built a fully enclosed test rig with
walls and a roof and tested various grasses.”
Real rugby players and a mechanical scrum
were used to see how the turf held up.
Although the turf was lush and grew faster
under the Texlon ETFE than outside, it was
determined that the roots needed the help of a
Desso Grassmaster system.
The upshot of this early work is that
Populous, in association with local firm Jasmax,
designed the Forsyth Barr Stadium as the
world’s first fully covered stadium with a natural
grass pitch. It has 20,000 permanent seats, and
11,000 temporary for the World Cup. The design
and engineering of the roof allows optimal
solar light transmission while natural ventilation
is provided by raised facades. The supporting
structure spans 105 meters with an internal
roof clearance of 37 metres. Five trusses stretch
from the north stand to a transfer truss above
the metal deck roof of the south stand as the
main support.
The roof cladding is made up of inflated
cushions of Texlon, which first found
international acclaim when used on the 2001
Eden Project, a series of gardens under domes
in Cornwall, England. There are now 1,000
projects worldwide using this technology,
which was subsequently supplied by Vector
Foiltec for use in St Jacobs Stadium in Basel and
the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Beijing.
”In Carisbrook, spectators stood and froze,”
says Macleod, referring to the previous
incarnation of the stadium. ”It was lowering
attendance at games. Stadium design is about
winning people back from in front of their TVs
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in their lounges, so we have to create a nice
atmosphere and a comfortable experience.”
Anyone who viewed games at the stadium in
the recent Rugby World Cup will have noticed
the fans jumping up and down in their
shirtsleeves and drinking cold beer in what is
the middle of winter in New Zealand.
Texlon is about big numbers – 100,000m2 on
the water cube – and small – weighing one
kilogram per square metre. Forsyth Barr
Stadium has 20,500m2 in the roof and Eden
Park, Auckland, has used 10,000m2 in the
façade which is part of its new south stand.
Macleod says the material’s lifespan is as yet
unknown. After 20 years of maintenance,
Vector Foiltec has detected no change in its
optical or mechanical properties.
The material is smooth and so dirt washes
off easily and the cushions, which are five
metres by 20 metres, won’t pop out of their
framework in the event of an earthquake. If a
cushion were to be damaged, the lightweight
material would float to the ground. It has low
embodied energy. Macleod assures that,
although Texlon ETFE uses some fossil fuels in
its production, it’s a byproduct of a mining
process and doesn’t leave any harmful waste. It
is also recyclable. If a building one day pulls
down the Texlon ETFE – it hasn’t happened yet
– the material can be taken back by Vector
Foiltec, melted down and re-used.
”It’s very exciting,” sums up Macleod. ”You
can grow natural turf pitches under a Texlon
ETFE roof. Couple that with the material being
lightweight and easy to adapt architecturally
and you have to ask ’why not?’ It could be a
revolution in stadium design and I’m told it’s the
cheapest stadium in New Zealand judged by
NZ$ per square foot.”
”The permanent roof means Forsyth Barr is
a true hybrid between a highly efficient, well
functioning football/rugby stadium and an
entertainment venue,” says Richard Breslin,
Populous Senior Principal and Project Director of
Forsyth Barr stadium. ”Research by many
people has created this final concept of a
natural grass pitch growing under a permanent
roof structure. The fans are protected from the
elements and the action goes on whatever the
weather.” Breslin also thinks the rectangular
design will change the way we view the live
game: ”The angled seating pitch and enclosed
roof will mean spectators are closer to the
action than ever before and the atmosphere
will be fantastic. I was there recently, and even
though there was no game on, the sense of
enclosure made the hairs stand up on the back
Top and middle: Forsyth Barr Stadium kicked off with games in the Rugby World Cup. It
of my neck.”
will prove its multi-purpose credentials in December with a first concert.
Populous Associate Principal, Ron Van Sluijs,
Bottom: Eden Park, also a Rugby World Cup venue, has a new façade made from Texlon
Project Architect of Forsyth Barr stadium during
ETFE. Photos copyright reproduced courtesy of Vector Foiltec.
its design phase, says: ”The new roof means

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we can maintain a constant temperature and
grow a stronger grass which will not become
boggy because it will never rain, snow, or hail
inside the stadium during a game at Forsyth
Barr. This roof material allows for 90% of
sunlight to still reach the pitch, along with UV
light and fresh air.”
Project Architect during the construction
phase at Forsyth Barr, Populous Associate
Jochem Veerman adds that the sectional profile
of the stadium was carefully designed to
maximise solar penetration onto the field as
well as the natural ventilation:
”The ETFE covers the roof and parts of the
façades. The stands on the northern end are
lower to allow maximum sunlight onto the
pitch and the end facades are raised five
metres so the stadium is open at these points,
allowing natural ventilation of the grass, and to
ensure spectators do not feel enclosed. There
are also ventilation slots at a high level to
ensure air circulates properly.”
New forms
Thinking about the real needs of stadium
spectators can result in interesting architectural
forms, according to Mott Macdonald Divisional
Director Leon Higgins.
Roof design in hot countries, such as the
Middle East, needs new thinking, he says: ”They
don’t need an umbrella, they need a sun
shade.” FIFA’s guidelines designate a roof to the
edge of the seating but this isn’t always
appropriate. Mott Macdonald Associate Paul
Officer encourages architects to take a rational
approach: ”It is sometimes more appropriate to
relax the compliance with the guidelines and
focus more on designing for
the actual environmental conditions at the site.”
Future-proofing customer comfort
Vector Foiltec supplied Texlon to the showcase stadium built by the Qatar 2022 bid committee for the FIFA World Cup. The bid required
looking into a future of comfortable and energy efficient stadiums hosting athletes and fans in summer. A combined team of architects,
engineers and environmental services at Arup managed the project and Edwin Shirley Staging constructed the prototype. Vector Foiltec
Photo: copyright reproduced courtesy of Vector Foiltec.
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Mott Macdonald’s engineers consult on many
stadium projects around the world. The company
is currently working with Pattern Architects’
Dipesh Patel, who has introduced a profile roof
that provides complete shading at kick-off time in
the afternoon in August for stadiums in the Middle
East. This has resulted in a different, assymetrical
form. Often this form is used to save money but
Patel’s design is about achieving the right
conditions for the environment.
Patel explains that his design came about
on a job which started out as a moving roof. ”To
keep the aperture small enough to have a
moving roof, you really struggle with getting
enough daylight through.” The debate around
the roof design included using artificial turf and
the use of different roof materials.
”It’s essentially a parasol – that’s the best
way to describe it,” says Patel. ”It provides a
balance of shading for spectators, but enough
light during the rest of the day for the grass to
grow. We’ve looked at several materials and
settled on a polycarbonate and PVC sandwich, Holding things together: High Torque
and that’s more about what it looks like. It’s Jubilee Clips (made by L Robinson & Co) on
effectively solid, which is good for the people the roof of the new Forsyth Barr Stadium,
underneath.” Dunedin, New Zealand. Auto Agencies
Officer points out that the moving roof on (New Zealand distributor) supplied 208
Wembley is principally about getting light to clips at short notice to the roof contractors.
the pitch, a problem that hasn’t been
completely solved by translucent materials. He take a more holistic approach than a decade
suggests that Patel’s parasol is a less brutal ago. ”A roof can still be iconic and striking, but
approach to solving the shading versus grass- through its overall form rather than the finery of
growing conundrum. ”Moving roofs are big and the diagram.” For simple grandstand shapes,
heavy and expensive. You need a lot of the cantilever is generally the most cost-
steelwork to take the load which is effective of the self-supporting structures. Patel
concentrated on two lines where the rails are agrees that these structures are cost-driven and
located. At Wembley we kept it down a bit by that it’s difficult to scale down the forms
spreading the load around more panels.” possible in larger stadiums, such as those he
Patel thinks that the ”firework roof used to design City of Manchester Stadium, to
structure” still has its place but that architects smaller capacity venues.
worked with David Dexter Associates structural engineers to clad
the moving roof and two opening/closing façades.
”The cladding is Texlon ETFE combined with tensile fabric shading
and the design is all about controlling heat gain out and in,” says
Stephen Jones, Design Director at Vector Foiltec.
The principle is to open at night to cool the seating areas and base
of the walls, closing in the day to keep out the heat. Jones explains
that the Texlon ETFE is light and therefore doesn’t put big load or
energy demands on the engineering needed to move the roof and
façade structures.
The stadium met Arup’s performance criteria and Qatar won the bid
so the project succeeded in various ways.
”We learned valuable lessons about value engineering our
solution,” says Jones. ”I hope that Texlon ETFE is deemed applicable
for this kind of stadium application.”
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 Facility equipment – audio, lighting, staging
Sound, light, show
PLASA is the exhibition for the sound and light industry professionals who make
venue shows so spectacular. SAM caught up with some of the latest issues.
P
LASA, the creative sound and light
industry exhibition in London, never fails
to entertain. You’d expect no less. It’s
the job of everyone in the room to
entertain fans of music, sport and theatre around
the world. However, the exhibition, held every
September, also keeps the visitor informed about
the latest industry trends and issues, such as the
frequency change concerning users of radio
mikes in the UK and the way that stadiums are
still being designed with the wrong size of access
tunnel so that concert trucks can’t get through.
How come? Tom Bilsen, Operations Director of
StageCo, the company that supplies stages to
many of the stadium tours in Europe, says that
venue owners and architects must specify
suitable entrance tunnels and roadways if they
wish to encourage more concerts. Bilsen thinks
Stade de France has got it right with its internal
roadway and tunnel heights that accommodate
the standard size of a European truck. He
mentions a recent Olympic venue that didn’t do
this and nevertheless expected to hold an
opening ceremony.
Bilsen says that multipurpose venues (such as
the new stadium in Lille) which want to
promote their own events can save money by
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network based communications for
entertainment venues.
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The stage for Black Eyed Peas, built by
StageCo in Stade de France this summer.
building appropriate facilities, such as storage
areas and rigging to take heavy equipment, at
the outset. It’s difficult to hold a profitable
concert if you have to hire cranes to move the
stage and band equipment over the
grandstands. Neither promoters nor bands like
the extra days required for such work. As with
arenas, they want to get in and out as quickly
as possible. Valuable seating capacity is also
lost, explains Bilsen, when pitch area is needed
for equipment which could be stored elsewhere
if appropriate spaces were available.
Staging and rigging, and flexible seating
systems both play a big part at PLASA and this
year it was easy to test out, for example, Jezet’s
retractable seating, Audience System’s
retractable (on the Youngman’s stand) and
Ascension’s Protege vertical portable wheelchair
lift which provides access to stages, platforms
and risers up to 42” high.
Comms and curtains
Communications systems for operations,
production and performance staff, is vital for the
smooth running of events that usually have to
synch with TV broadcasts as well as hit the
marks in their own scripts.
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Riedel Communications is continuing to
pioneer with real-time networks for video, audio
and communications. A new suite of Audio
Video Bridging (AVB) products for the Artist
digital matrix intercom platform allows for
transporting AES3/EBU audio in real-time with
guaranteed bandwidth and quality of service
(QoS) via IP-based Local Area Networks (LAN).
Riedel says that the platform is based on
official IEEE next generation Ethernet standards
and it will allow for new approaches in system
and facility design, providing significant savings.
Intercom applications for Riedel’s AVB
products feature matrix-to-control panel
connections via LAN, audio distribution via LAN,
matrix-to-matrix trunking connections via LAN
and distribution of digital partylines via LAN.
With its MediorNet, for moving video formats
around and RiLink, for remote networking on a
global scale, Riedel’s technology will be part of
beaming the events in your venue, not just
around it, but beyond to a world audience.
Arenas are no strangers to theatre, with many
having a small stage area, either curtained off in
the bowl or as a separate performance area. So
Electro Kabuki 2 from Magnet Schultz is good
news. Electro Kabuki units secure a curtain in
front of a stage and release the curtain (in two
stages if required) safely and with complete
certainty that the release will occur. It’s a bit like
when the Saturn 5 rockets ignite and the
securing bolts have to release. 100% success is
the only option. The new version has a LED light
warning feature that clearly indicates the status
both on the unit and at the
control box end. Product
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the release mechanism
without actually releasing
the curtain.
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Let them in
RFID makes pass-back fraud a thing of the past at Spa Francorchamps, while trials
amongst fans indicate a smartphone future for access control.
T
wo fundamental requirements of
inviting customers into your venue are
to take their money, willingly given, and
keep them safe and happy during their
stay. An access control system ensures you
know when patrons enter the building. In future
perhaps it will also let you know when they
enter certain areas of the venue, and when
they leave.
Meanwhile, there are many situations
when taking one ticket per customer is not as
easy as the venue management would like.
Jerome Coulon, Senior Project Manager at
RFIDea, part of the Zetes Group, has just been
working on a RFID ticketing and access control
solution for the operator of Spa Francorchamps
Below: Venues with multiple entrances
over a large area, such as the Spa Grand
Prix, have a bigger challenge with pass-
back fraud. RFID tickets and PDA readers is
one solution.
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motor circuit, home of the Belgian Grand Prix.
With 80 access points spread widely around the
venue, Spa Grand Prix’s management team
wanted to cut out counterfeiting and pass-back
fraud i.e. when spectators enter and then pass
their ticket out of the venue for someone to use
again. There was also a need to speed up flow
of spectators on entry.
Coulon says that RFID is still expensive
compared with barcode and so should only be
used when there is a business case. At Spa, it
was possible to solve the crowd flow and
counterfeiting by other means but RFID was the
only way to stop pass-back fraud, which was a
big issue for the management. The access
points can’t be equipped with wired network
connection and wireless proved unreliable. The
answer was to have staff at each access point
using PDAs to check tickets which have a RFID
chip.
At this summer’s race, admission officers,
equipped with PDAs and spread out throughout
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the circuit, received the data stored in the ticket
chips, which helped them manage access to
the different zones. Because the chip in the
tickets can be read much more quickly than a
barcode at the checkpoints, waiting lines were
minimised. By storing the entry and exit point
information in the RFID chip itself, the
counterfeiting and wrongful exchange of tickets
can be nearly eliminated.
The PDAs hold information about all
150,000 possible tickets in memory and can
both read and write to the RFID chip. By writing
a bit of information holding the time stamp and
the access door, any PDA can see when a ticket
went in or out of which access.
”A total of 80 RFID readers were used to
control access to 20 zones,” explains David
Dalla Vecchia, CEO of RFIDea. ”Our software and
infrastructure offer an undisputable added
value for an event of such economic and
logistical magnitude. Via a central server, Spa
Grand Prix is able to continuously control the
traffic to and within the different circuit zones.
Along with the additional safety and efficiency
advantages, the organisation can analyse and
report on the status of attendance at all times.”
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Temporary turnstiles
APT Skidata launched RapidStile (pictured
above) at The Showman’s Show 2011. It’s a
new, self-contained, rapid deployment turnstile
solution which provides temporary automated
entry/exit access control. It combines access
control from APT Skidata with modular units
from Rapid Retail.
Richard Adams, Sales Manager at APT
Skidata, believes that numbers at events need
to be more closely controlled and monitored:
”Most event organisers rely on handheld
devices to control access at temporary outdoor
events, or for additional gate entry at events
which attract increased numbers of visitors, but
these are susceptible to human error and
overcrowding becomes a risk.
”RapidStile not only affords greater physical
control,” he explains, ”but is also supported by
intelligent software that provides accurate data
on numbers given entry into the event and
greatly reduces the opportunity for fraud.”
According to APT Skidata, each RapidStile
unit has a flow rate of 6,000 people per hour
and as well as managing visitor access, it also
offers a higher level of security according to
Richard: ”Some event tickets are high-cost
items and much sought after, so more
organisers are looking at the cashless smart
card technology, which allows them to cancel
lost or stolen cards to take them out of
circulation.”
RapidStile comes as a complete self-
contained unit featuring six pre-installed and
Axis Automatic Entrance Systems have
added Ozak turnstiles to their UK range.
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wired turnstiles with readers to handle multiple
ticket types including RFID cards, conventional
barcoded as well as 2-D barcoded tickets.
Depending on the venue location, the
RapidStile unit can be connected to the venue’s
local network giving access to the ticket
information or, where a network is not
available, ticket information can be
downloaded onto the unit’s on-board server.
The units are supplied on a rental basis with a
daily charge.
For permanent applications, Axis Automatic
Entrance Systems have announced the addition
of Ozak turnstiles to their range available to the
UK market. Products include wide ranges of full
height turnstiles, waist height turnstile
(sometimes referred to as half height) plus
passage gates (suitable for disabled
customers), speed gates and security cylinders.
In touch with fans
Tracking customer activity is expensive
and if your access control system can provide
data automatically, it all helps. The use of a
single RFID card and the collection of
transactional data into a customer relationship
management (CRM) system, has enabled
Philadelphia Union to create a points system
for its fans at PPL Park.
The CRM software allocates points based
upon any transaction, including attendance
flagged up by the Skidata access control
system, using the card. It also feeds the retail
system to inform it of the available points
which can act as payments for merchandise.
The CRM engine also pushes electronic
communications to inform customers about
their points balance and notify them of rewards
and promotions.
The CRM database calculates the loyalty
points based on various rules and
configurations. These can be defined against a
particular event or fixture or product, or through
points allocated against actual spend on a
transaction.
Faster service
Food and beverage vendors in stadiums
certainly think there is a case for using RFID to
speed up sales. Coulon, at RFIDea, confirms that
RFID in a card can be used to create an e-
wallet, onto which the fan loads credit at an
ATM-like terminal.
Fans then present the card to vendors
whose RFID readers credit the vendor’s account,
debit the card’s value and write the new value
back to the RFID chip. The main advantage of
RFID technology is the speed at which this can
be done.
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With a central database of fans inside a
venue, it’s possible to keep track of a ’credit’ on
any one fan’s account so it is possible to
implement a similar system using barcodes on
a ticket. It’s more open to copying but the
print@home concept of first come first served
works with food and beverage sales as with
permission to enter the building.
Coulon suggests a reason why these
schemes are not as common as might be
expected: ”It’s not an economic or a technology
adoption issue but a change management
issue.”
Vendors inside the venue are often
independent of the stadium owner/operator
and they worry about getting the money they
have earned via an electronic system. They
need reassuring that the data about who has
paid can’t be lost by a system failure. When the
scheme is introduced, fans also need educating
by well-trained staff.
Smarter customers
The ultimate RFID card reader/writer is in
fact a smartphone. SAM reported on Orange’s
experiment with mobile phone entry at the City
of Manchester Stadium. Now Orange is leading
the ’M-Stadium project’ through its Orange Labs
research and development facility in Caen. The
aim is to deploy mobile contactless technology
to cover spectators’ entire journey in stadiums,
from buying seats and using e-tickets to
reading interactive tags in and around
stadiums.
A trial kicked off in September with 20
volunteer season ticket holders from Caen and
Olympique Lyonnais. The testers loaded their
tickets before the game at Stade Malherbe
Caen using a mobile application on a Near Field
Communication (NFC)-enabled handset.
The integrated data on the SIM card makes
it possible to validate their entry into the
stadium, with a control terminal to replace the
traditional ticket booth, as well as checking the
photos of season ticket holders entitled to
preferential prices. Testers will also be able to
read targets to access match programmes. New
features will be added during the trial phase,
including e-coupons, games and competitions,
as well as a selection of exclusive post-match
content.
M-Stadium is one of the 12 projects
selected by the French government following
the 2010 call for projects on ’contactless
communicating objects’, aiming to develop
services based on contactless technologies
within local authorities.
Stade de France also tested the technology
on September 24, for the performance of
Robert Hossein’s Excalibur show.
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Take advantage
When the final whistle blows it’s just a change of hat for the Stadium of Light
Stadium Manager Peter Weymes, a founder member of the UK VMA.
S
underland’s Stadium of Light is
renowned throughout football for the
atmosphere created by its exceptional,
designed-in acoustics ... as pop
superstars Take That found in May and Kings of
Leon in mid-June.
“There really isn’t a problem switching from
being a full time football stadium to a multi-
purpose venue,” says Stadium of Light Stadium
Manager Peter Weymes, a founder member of
the UK Venue Managers’ Association. “This is a
commercial business and the club has to
maximise its profitability all year round – and
apart from that, a lot of the staff here are big
fans of Take That and Kings of Leon.”
And the gap between matches in 2011 for
Sunderland AFC is being filled with a range of
other events – including the Great North 10k
Run, a full scale funfair, a boxing event in the
stadium bowl, a zip wire across the pitch and
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the Sunderland University Graduations hosting
9000 students.
The Stadium of Light is ideally suited to
events such as these. It is right in the heart of
the town and, as a comparatively new, purpose-
designed construction, has extensive car parking
as an integral part of the infrastructure.
Non-sporting challenge
One of the big differences that sports venues
have to face in hosting off-season events is
time: a football match lasts 90 minutes – a total
of about 3 hours when taking into account early
arrivals and spectators leaving. A pop concert,
for example, that starts at 7pm involves ticket
holders arriving much earlier.
“If they all came at 7pm it would be a
challenge to cope with the rush and so we set
up more facilities in an expansion of the
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Take That at the Stadium of Light,
Sunderland – a 55,000 sell-out concert on
each of three consecutive summer nights.
stadium footprint for the extended period of
time they will be with us,” Peter adds.
The Stadium of Light, as with many other
primarily sports venues, has the capacity
(seating for 45,000) to handle the crowds
(55,000 at each of the three Take That concerts);
it has permanent car parking spaces; and it can
easily switch from ‘pie and a pint’ catering to
more eclectic wraps and rolls.
The two main additions for the concerts were
Trakway, a flooring system that protected the
pitch as well as opening up a vast area for
staging and dancing, and 300 additional toilets,
augmenting the existing facilities sited
throughout the stadium complex.
Year round role
Peter sees the football club as much more
than a Premier League facility during the soccer
season. “It has a year-round role as a venue,
and that means hugely attractive pop concerts –
helped by the acoustics of the Stadium of Light –
and more local, community-based activities.”
He recognises the value in multi-use
throughout the year.: “Operating such a large
and well-established venue offers football clubs
a very effective way of generating revenue all
year round, but the responsibilities we take on
mean that there is no let up: the footballers
may be able to take a few weeks off after the
season finishes, but the rest of the staff simply
switch to other duties.
Staff wellbeing is another consideration. “It
helps that they enjoy all the other events taking
place,” Peter adds.
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Synthetic life cycle
Getting the most value from a synthetic turf system means considering the whole
life cycle costs, the balance of materials, and planning for the next one.
S
ynthetic turf has established its
credentials but it’s important not to get
carried away by the clever technology
and to consider the overheads of
operating a synthetic pitch system. There are
the upfront costs of the surface itself, the
operational costs and the maintenance costs.
Dr Iain James, Senior Lecturer, Centre for
Sports Surface Technology at Cranfield
University, sums up: ”Owners have
underestimated the cost of maintenance.
Synthetic turf costs as much to maintain as the
same area of natural grass, but the owner gets
more use. Synthetic is therefore cheaper to
maintain on a measure of cost per hour of use,
rather than per square metre.”
Because a synthetic pitch will be used for
longer periods, also consider the extra
floodlighting that will enable use outside
daylight hours. This is relevant to training
pitches and to small stadium pitches where it is
anticipated that community use will earn extra
income for a club.
Sand-filled (second generation) systems
have been lasting for 10-15 years depending on
maintenance. Uneven usage is not preventable
and so there is faster wear in well-used parts of
the surface fibres and the shock pads
underneath.
Environmental variables come into play,
including UV damage caused by sunlight,
plastics softened in hot regions and the
materials allowed onto the surface. In the main
however, lifespan relates to usage. ”We suggest
that owners think of synthetic like a car,” says
James. ”If you use the car more often or more
intensively, you maintain it more frequently.” He
gives a current industry standard figure of one
hour maintenance to every 10 hours of use.
Loughborough University is involved in
research on the lifespan of third generation
surfaces and tests different synthetic turfs in
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collaboration with maintenance provider
Technical Surfaces. Nick Maclaren, who is a
Research Engineer at Loughborough, mentions
the importance of preventing contamination of
the turf infill, both by educating users about
cleaning footwear before entering a pitch but
also through regular maintenance. If it’s not
dealt with, contamination will prevent
drainage. ”Small particles at the bottom of the
carpet can build up. Regular maintenance will
extend the life,” says Maclaren.
Maintenance is also important for retaining
the playability that is in the new turf. This is
achieved by lifting up the fibres so that they
affect ball roll in the way the design intended.
If the fibres get too flat then the ball roll will
increase; if they are too proud then ball roll will
decrease. Maclaren says that if maintenance is
not performed on a third generation pitch in its
early years then fibres can become damaged
and the pitch may not be able to be restored to
its original specification.
The role of standards
Third generation football turf has a longer pile
than older systems and doesn’t last as long and
James credits FIFA with setting standards that
involve regular testing in situ and trying to strike
the balance between playability and durability.
Sports equipment manufacturer Mondo has
A third generation synthetic turf pitch
installed by Mondo.
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installed 19 artificial turf fields with FIFA’s 2 Star
designation and the company says that
obtaining FIFA 2 Star designation, which is
required for professional soccer to be played in
a stadium, is not an easy task: ”For an artificial
turf field to earn this certification, it has to
comply with a number of parameters and
successfully pass a comprehensive series of
tests. The field must replicate the playability
and responsiveness of a natural grass field, in
doing so ensuring optimal performance and
uncompromised player safety.”
FIFA 2 Star certification is provided by one
of the independent labs approved by FIFA and
there are costs involved but to the purpose of
keeping up standards, which gives professional
clubs confidence that the surface won’t give its
players any surprises and community clubs
confidence that the surface will both perform
and complete its planned lifecycle.
Home to Major League Soccer’s New
England Revolution for soccer matches and the
New England Patriots for football, Gillette
Stadium’s FieldTurf surface has now earned FIFA
2 Star recommended status for the second
consecutive year. FieldTurf, with over 160 FIFA
Recommended fields worldwide, has also now
joined the FIFA Preferred Producer programme.
This is an additional level of involvement with
FIFA as the standards body. ”We are pleased to
be joining the FIFA Preferred Producer initiative,”
says FieldTurf President Eric Daliere. ”Delivering
the highest quality, superior performing and
safest artificial turf systems has been our mission
at FieldTurf from the very beginning.”
As FIFA certification always relates to
football pitches that are already installed, the
tests for the FIFA 2 Star Professional Standard
need to be repeated on site every year in order
to ensure consistent quality. Polytan can point
to more than 20 recertified football pitches to
add to its tally of just under 50 certified pitches.
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certification six times in a row; in other words,
Material science
they were first certified in 2006 and have since ”Since 3G was invented in 98/99, it’s
been recertified every year without interruption. drastically changed as manufacturers have
The star performer among recertifications is found out how different fibres affect
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s training pitch. performance,” says Maclaren. The result has
Having been awarded certification in 2005, the been the introduction of fibres which bring
pitch was put through its paces for the seventh different qualities to the pitch.
time this year and received its seventh The more ’natural’ the manufacturers make
certification. ”We’re still very impressed with the fibre, the quicker it usually degrades. This is
the Polytan LigaTurf product we opted for. Its where the research and development efforts of
outstanding playing qualities and consistently the different manufacturers can make a
high quality bear out the decision we took more difference. Maclaren points out that softer fibres,
than six years ago. In comparison to natural turf used to reduce friction on players’ skin (to allow
surfaces, our Polytan synthetic turf surfaces sliding tackles etc) are weaker fibres which bend The end of one pitch, the beginning of
deliver – especially in the winter months – a more easily and therefore need more regular another? TurfMuncher at work.
top-quality facility all year round which maintenance to keep them upright. characteristics as well as optimum shock
guarantees continuity of training sessions for all Apart from fibre, the other main elements absorption.
our teams and at the same time enables the of a system that need careful consideration are Infill manufacturer SO.F.TER. has developed
natural turf to be protected from the weather the infill and shock pad layer, also called a HOLO, a new TPE-based granule for infill that is
for the green keepers,” says Bernhard Niessen, ’technical base layer’. One such is the Alveo a cylindrical pellet. The hollow space inside the
who is responsible for stadium operations and Sports Layer which is designed to meet the granule allows it to deform to absorb the
construction at Borussia Mönchengladbach. requirements of FIFA 2 Star classification. energy produced by the players run or by the
The new field at BC Place – for Canadian The foam sheets are laid on the subbase to ball impact, and to release it in a controlled
football and soccer – consists of permanently form a flexible base layer between the subbase manner when it returns to its original shape.
installed Polytan LigaTurf 240 RS+ all-weather and the fibre carpet. The Layer is made from SO.F.TER says that HOLO responds to the rule of
turf which meets FIFA’s 2 Star rating. It will be crosslinked polyolefin foam with a closed cell the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The company
covered with a durable custom floor cover for structure which, the manufacturer Sekisui Alveo has measured that, for the same volume, it can
concerts, exhibitions, shows and other events. claims, provides excellent ball roll and bounce reduce up to 30% the weight of the material
used to infill a field. At the end of their lifecycle,
ProGame shock pads Q&A the pellets can be reprocessed.
How long does your shock pad last? Must it be replaced with the synthetic fibre? Need more information? The Synthetic Turf
The longevity of artificial turf systems depend largely on their installation, use and Council (USA) and European Synthetic Turf
maintenance. In the same way, the longevity of shock pads is highly dependent on the Organisation are both good sources of know-
right installation and the usage of the pitch. Provided that ProGame shock pads are how. There is also a new consultancy. Arnoud
installed properly, they could be used for two life cycles of the synthetic turf. Fiolet has formed The European Turf Group as
In the case of ProGame shock pads, the recommended installation consists of creating a an independent networking company to bring
’bounded construction’, which means ensuring a perfect taping of the roll joints. This various suppliers together.
construction will ensure that the shock pad layer does not move when the turf is being
installed or removed at the end of its lifespan. In order to have even better results it is End of life
also recommended to fix the edges to the sub base by gluing or clamping. ProGame
shock pads are delivered in rolls of two metres wide and varying length according to the Even with the best of maintenance
size of the pitch, meaning they only need to be rolled out side by side. The joints are regimes, synthetic turf systems don’t last
welded with an engineered tape using a mobile welding machine, which Trocellen is also forever and, as part of committing to a
able to deliver. Installers should be careful to not cut the shock pads. synthetic surface, a venue needs to budget for
Should the pad be matched with particular fibre products to get the best out of it? a replacement, from funds earned by rental and
The properties of turf, shock pad, infill and sub base must be matched with each other, so from grants from sports organisations to
that the best performance is reached with the components working as a system. support community use, if available.
Normally the shock pad properties (e.g. thickness and density) are adapted to how the And what happens to the old pitch? It can
turf system will be used and which sport(s) will be played. Some artificial turf producers be recycled and probably will be ’munched’.
have developed grass mats with high fibre density, so that the infill is not needed. Shock SMG’s range of synthetic turf installation and
pads play a fundamental role in this type of construction. maintenance machinery now includes the
What maintenance will help it last to its correct lifespan? TurfMuncher TM5000, which lifts the turf,
When using shock pads within a 3rd generation system, the pile height can be reduced so separates the infill, and rolls up the turf without
it is possible to reduce the infill quantities by up to 50%, so the pitch requires less damaging the base. The tractor-pulled
maintenance than pitches using higher quantities of granulate infill. TurfMuncher bags up infill (capturing 98%) and
Can it be recycled? loosely rolls up the fibre carpet as it goes along,
The closed cell structure of the PE foam ensures a very long life of the material. Even after which allows the turf and infill to be recycled,
being de-installed from a full size pitch, the shock pads could be re-used on smaller repurposed, or reused. Because the base is
installations. Trocellen cross-linked PE foams are non toxic and can therefore be intact, the end of one system is probably the
incinerated without releasing toxic gases or even disposed of with household waste. beginning of another.

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Your unique guide to stadiums in planning, development and construction
around the world, split into Australasia, EMEA and Americas.
AUSTRALASIA
Adelaide Oval. Adelaide, Australia
Upgrade to Adelaide Oval, with history which dates back to
the 1870s, for cricket and soccer. Owner: South Australian
Cricket Association (Chief Executive Mike Deare). Developer:
Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority and the
Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure.
Top of the Tests: Adelaide Oval redevelopment.
Barbeque terraces, 2,000+ dining spaces, hospitality suites,
open boxes, bars and food courts. On the south side of the
river a plaza will be created for community events and
functions. Design and project manager: Mott MacDonald
(David Johnson). Architect: Cox Architecture. Capacity: 50,000
(32,000). Construction: Baulderstone (Lend Lease). Cost:
A$535m. Completion: 2014.
Adelaide Soccer Stadium. Australia
Five-year plan for soccer stadium for Adelaide United
(Chairman Dario Fontanarosa). Team also talking to
Oval. Capacity: 45,000. Cost: A$475m.
Barbagallo Raceway. Perth, Australia
New infield pit lane complex (including exit and entry
from track and associated safety walls), medical
centre, communications, lighting, safety fences
upgrade. Owner: Eventscorp. Funding: Government.
Cost: $15m. Completion: 2012.
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Barsapara Cricket Stadium. India
Under construction. Cost: Rs25 crore. Finance: grant of
Rs5 crore from Board of Control for Cricket. Client:
Assam Cricket Association.
Bhopal Cricket Stadium. Bhopal, India
Four sites identified and being assessed for the
construction of an international level cricket stadium.
Blacktown Olympic Park (BOP). Sydney, Aus
Proposed upgrade to host a new AFL franchise in
western Sydney. 170 metre by 150 metre main oval
with a second practice field and ancillary facilities.
Current capacity: 10,000.
Canberra Stadium. Canberra. Australia
Waterproofing spectator stands and improving
electronic ticketing and IT systems. Cost: A$2.6m.
Completion: 2012.
Manuka Oval. Canberra, Australia
Upgrades to the Hawke and Bradman stands, new
media and corporate facilities and upgrades to entry
facilities. Investigating floodlighting for future project.
Capacity: 15,000 (+4,300). Completion: 2011.
Changi Motorsports Hub. Shanghai
New motorsport facility (not F1) with 3.5km track.
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Sponsored by
Design, build, operate consortium sought (30-year
deal). Capacity: 8,000 (perm). Completion: 2011.
University Oval. Dunedin, NZ
Proposed enlargement of the playing area of the
Dunedin ground for Otago Cricket (Chief Executive
Ross Dykes) and to make it a test venue. Owner:
Dunedin City Council. Capacity: 6,500 (3,500).
Cricket Stadium. Edakochi. India
Held up by construction licence issues. International
class stadium for Kochi IPL team, with other sports –
shooting, swimming, (indoor) – on site. Owner: Kerala
Cricket Association (Secretary TC Mathew). Cost: Rs 250
crore. Finance: BCCI and private. Capacity: 50,000.
Completion: 2012.
EnergyAustralia Stadium. Newcastle, Australia
Phased upgrade by Hunter Regional Sporting Venues
Authority. Stage one complete. Stage two upgrade to
facilities and 855 new seats in western stand. Stage
three: new western grandstand. Stage four: northern
and southern seated areas. Tenant: Newcastle
Knights. Cost: A$40m. Finance: NSW $30m, Federal
Government $10m. Capacity: 30,000 (expandable to
40,000 with temporary). Completion: 2011.
Eureka Stadium. Ballarat, Victoria, Aus
Long-term plan to upgrade to hold AFL games.
Capacity: 15,000. Cost: $50m.
Fremantle Oval Precinct. Western Australia.
Development to maximise community use and
commercial exploitation for Fremantle Football Club,
South Fremantle Football Club, the Western Australian
Department of Sport and Recreation and the AFL.
Masterplan: Coffey Commercial Advisory, Cox
Architects, WT Partnership.
Hangzhou Sports Park. China
Stadium plus open space, walking trails, a tennis
facility, retail space, community playing fields and an
extreme sports area. Area: 400,000m2. Architects:
NBBJ and CCDI. Completion: 2013.
Main Games Stadium. Incheon, Korea
Main sadium for the 17th Asian games in 2014,
between airport and Seoul. Asymmetrical
configuration with the corporate and management
facilities on the permanent western side. The Eastern
side will be a lighter solution and the temporary
modular seating structure will disappear after the
games, merging with the parklands. Architects:
Populous, Heerim Architects & Planners. Cost: $300m.
Capacity: 70,000 (down to 30,000 in legacy).
Completion: 2013.
Jakarta Stadium. Indonesia
New stadium project – football field ringed by athletic
track – in a park in North Jakarta. Full project to
include community sport facilities around stadium.
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Area: 322,200m2. Capacity: 40,000. Cost: Rp 1tn –
initial design and construction budget Rp 24.5bn
($2.25m). Completion: 2011.
Jaffna Stadium. Sri Lanka
Proposed international cricket stadium.
Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Stadium. India
International standard cricket stadium on land
donated by government to Kashmir Cricket
Association (JKCA). Finance: Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI).
King Abdullah Stadium. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Soccer stadium. Infrastructure work already under
way. Developer: Saudi Aramco. Construction: Al-
Muhaidib Trading & Contracting and Six Construct.
Cost: $533m. Capacity: 60,000. Completion: 2013.
Lucknow Cricket Stadium. Lucknow, India
Developer sought for proposed international-level
cricket stadium-cum-sports complex. Owner:
Lucknow Development Authority (LDA). Area: 60
acres. Cost: Rs 400 crore.
Melbourne Cricket Ground. Melbourne, Aus
Redevelopment of the AFL Members Reserve in the
Great Southern Stand. Finance: AS$30m (Victorian
government). Part of a deal to pay AFL clubs $100K
per game played at MCG.
Members Equity Stadium. Vincent, Australia
Staged upgrade to 20,500 and new corporate facilities
and lighting (A$2m) for new rugby franchise. Stage
one: new eastern stand with drive through undercroft
for team buses and player facilities. Stage two:
replacement of current grandstand. Stage three: goal
ends linked under one roof. Capacity: 27,000. Cost:
A$160m.
Navrangpura Sardar Patel Stadium. India
Upgrade – floodlights, outfield, pitch, dressing room,
stands and common areas – to cricket stadium to take
part in Essel Group’s Indian Cricket League (ICL).
Owner: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
Cost: Rs100m.
Noida Stadium. India
Upgrade for cricket ground. Six-storey building as part
of three-stage sports hub development (Rs 70 crore).
Area: 3,300m2. Capacity: 20,000.
Parramatta Stadium. NSW, Australia
New grandstand at southern end with gymnasium,
dressing rooms and corporate accommodation.
Capacity: 23,000 (20,000). Cost: A$26m (public
A$12m). Completion: 2011.
AFL Stadium. Perth, Australia
Proposed multipurpose stadium at either Kitchener
Park or East Perth for two AFL teams. Consultants:
KPMG, AEG Ogden. More suites, non sporting events.
Major Stadia Project Director: Alastair Bryant.
Capacity: 60,000. Cost: A$850m.
NIB Stadium. Perth, Australia
Perth Oval upgrade, including pitch and floodlighting.
Naming rights: 5 years. Eastern stand upgrade with
10,000 seats, 80% roof coverage; f&b outlets, new
toilet facilities. 50+ wheelchair spaces. 250-person
barbecue terrace, LED signage and a second video
screen. Corporate boxes: 56 (420). Cost: A$95.1m.
(Western Australian Government). Capacity: 25,000.
Begin: 2012. Completion: 2013.
WACA. Perth, Australia
Capacity increase for well-known cricket ground to
30,000. Plus renovation, with residential, office and
retail development. Developers: WACA and Ascot
Capital.
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Peshawar Soccer Stadium. Peshawar, Pakistan
Proposed stadium with central government support.
Cost: Rs30m.
Singapore Sports Hub. Singapore
Construction under way. Project will result in a new
national stadium amongst sport, leisure, offices, hotel
and retail development in Premier Park. Integrated
land (arena 3,000) and watersport facility (6,000).
Retractable dome roof doubles as projection screen.
Promises ‘wired’ stadium and interactive experiences.
Capacity: 55,000. Owner: Singapore Sports Council
(Chief Executive Oon Jin Teik). Design, build, operate:
Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC).
Construction: Dragages Singapore (Frederic Perez).
Operator: Global Spectrum and Pico. Equity partner:
HSBC Infrastructure Fund. Real Estate Manager:
Premas. Marketing: World Sport Group. Design: Arup
Sport, DP Architects. Finance: Public private
partnership over 25 years with annual payments
covering construction and operation. Cost: US$1.25bn.
Completion: April 2014.
Skilled Stadium. Australia
The Doug Wade Stand will be demolished at the end
of the 2011 season. Geelong Football Club has also
applied for funding for AFL and cricket lighting ($9m),
sports museum, screens, improved food and
beverage facilities, an upgrade to existing education
centre plans, and a long room-style members' lounge
($6m). Capacity: 34,500 (+7,000). Completion: 2013.
State Athletics Centre. Melbourne, Aus
Located at Albert Park which needs upgrade to hold
Diamond League events. DDA compliance, lighting,
track, seating. Cost: $12.9m. Completion: 2012.
Sydney Showground. Sydney, Australia
Conversion of Main Arena into a boutique stadium as
home for the AFL's Greater Western Sydney Giants.
New covered grandstands, seating and new video
scoreboard. Capacity: 25,000 (13,000). Developer:
Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (Chief Executive
Peter King). Completion: spring 2012.
Waila City Rugby Stadium. Fiji
Housing project for 25,000 with infrastructure and
leisure, including a rugby stadium. Construction spans
a decade. Capacity: 25,000. Overall project cost: $1bn.
WIN Stadium. Illawara, Wollongong, Australia
New two-tiered western grandstand to be built in
two stages, with 6,170 covered seats to keep NRL
side. New function areas, media facilities, patron
access and four leased outlets/retail spaces. Staged
occupancy with Dragons games in 2011. Operator:
Illawarra Venues Authority (General Manager Stuart
Barnes). Construction: Lipman ($20.8) Cost: A$28.9m.
Capacity: 23,150 (up 3,578). Completion: 2012.
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Abu Dhabi Stadium. Abu Dhabi, UAE
Developer Mubada has asked prequalified five
companies to build a new sports stadium with
retractable roof as part of the Capital City District
development next to Khalifa City. Capacity: 65,000.
Cost: $1bn.
Aberdeen Community Stadium. Scotland
Club and council worked on outline plans for
community stadium at Loirston Loch near Cove (King’s
Links rejected). Feasibility study conducted
(£600,000). Council go-ahead granted and minister
agreed. Stadium with offices, hotel, retail, training
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Sponsored by
facilities for club and community. Finance: sale of
Pitodrie stadium for development, council
contribution, grants, naming rights. Construction: Barr
Construction (preferred bidder). Capacity: 21,000.
Cost: £38m. Completion: 2013.
Al-Menaa Stadium. Basrah, Iraq
Football stadium with practice facilities. Capacity:
30,000. Cost: S$86m. Completion: October 2013.
Arena 92 Stadium. Paris, France
Rugby stadium for Racing Métro 92 in Nanterre in the
western suburbs of Paris. Includes office accom.
Capacity: 32,000 rugby, 40,000 concerts. Cost: E300m.
Completion: 2014.
Stade Constant Vanden Stock. Brussels, Belgium
Proposed upgrade for RSC Anderlecht’s soccer
stadium. May be one or two phases. Contact: Chris
Lioen, Commercial and Marketing Director. New TV
truck compound, press area, security and more
parking. New VIP tribune – 1,315 gold, 1,207 silver
and 1,062 bronze level. New stadium project will
take capacity to 30,000. Architects: M & J-M Jaspers -
J.Eyers & Partners and DDS & Partners Architects
(Jean-Michel Jaspers and Christian Sibilde). Project
engineer: Matthieu Mallié. Cost: €40-50m.
Completion: 2013.
An der Alten Foersterei. Berlin, Germany
Proposed transformation for classic soccer stadium.
Capacity: 25,000-30,000. Finance sought. Cost: €30m.
Ayr FC Stadium. Ayr, Scotland
Development in stages: main stand (3,650) and
29,000ft2 of commercial space (2008); indoor training
facility, covered terracing (1,000), second stand
(3,000). Cost: £18m.
Baltic Arena Sport Centre. Gdansk, Poland
Postponed early scheduled games due to construction
delay. Naming rights: Polish Energy Group (35m
zlotys, €8.5m for five years). Architect: RKW Rhode
Kellermann Wawrowsky, HPP International.
Consultants: Ernst & Young. Developer: Biuro
Inwestycji Euro Gdansk 2012 (BIEG). Construction:
AlpineBau. Capacity: 41,000. Business seats: 1,000.
Boxes: 40. Cost: €170m+. Completion: autumn 2011.
Basrah Sport City. Iraq
Multi-use development anchored by stadiums. For
hosting 2013 Gulf Cup. Capacity: 65,000, 10,000.
Belle Vue. Manchester, England
New speedway stadium for Aces, next door to
greyhound stadium. Capacity: 7,000 (2,600 seated in
grandstand). Expandable for major champs. Hockey
pitch and community facilities Cost: £6m.
Besiktas Stadium. Istanbul, Turkey
New stadium for Besiktas soccer team on site of
existing facility by Bosphorus. Convention and cultural
centre. Build-operate-transfer model. Cost: €120m.
Capacity: 42,000. Completion: 2013.
St Andrews Stadium. Birmingham, England
Revamp of the Garrison Lane stand at home of
Birmingham City FC. Cost: £20m.
Bohemians Stadium. Eire
Stadium for Bohemians after sale of Dalymount Park.
Developer: Andorey Developments. Capacity: 10,000.
Nouveau Stade. Bordeaux. France
For Girondins de Bordeaux. Operator: M6 (35 years).
Will host matches of Euro 2016. Owner: City of
Bordeaux. Capacity: 42,566. Cost: ¤200m (M6
¤100m). Completion: 2014.
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Etihad Campus – rendering of 7,000 capacity stadium
to go alongside main home of Manchester City FC.
Odsal Stadium. Bradford, England
Council has approved plans to redevelop but no
councill money available. Tenant: Bradford Bulls RLFC
(Chairman Peter Hood). Private developer sought.
Partnership between university, college, health
service, council and regional development. Stadium, a
sports village, community sports facility with a 25m
pool and a hotel. Cost: £75m. Finance: private partner.
Capacity: 18,000. Completion: 2012.
Bristol City Stadium. Bristol, England
Planning permission given for relocation from Ashton
Gate (sale to supermarket) to a nearby site in south
Bristol. Legal challenge and council decision awaited.
Capacity: 30,000 (option to 40,000 with a view to
2018). Completion: 2012.
Bristol Rovers FC Stadium. England
To be built on land leased from the University of the
West of England. Supporters' club bar, shop,
banqueting and hospitality suite, convenience store,
crèche, gym, jogging track, teaching area (19,000ft2).
Possible share with Bristol RUFC. Parking: 1,270. Old
site sold to Sainsburys. Funding: private. Capacity:
20,000. Cost: £40m. Completion: 2014.
Brit Oval. London, England
New stand and hotel await planning permission.
Architect: Populous. Cost: £35m. Capacity: +2,000
(25,000).
Community Stadium. Cambridge, England
Proposed community stadium for Cambridge United,
Cambridge City and Cambridge Rugby Club. Site under
discussion. Feasibility study: Cambridgeshire Horizons.
Capacity: 10,000. Cost: £12-£16m.
Casement Park. Belfast
Conversion to all-seater stadium for Gaelic sport and
Ulster rugby. Floodlights, premium and corporate
facilities and other amenities. Cost: £100m. Finance:
NI Government and the Gaelic Athletic Association
(GAA). Capacity: 40,000.
Castleford Tigers Stadium. England
New stadium for Castleford Tigers Rugby League
Football Club on the Glasshoughton site. Extensive
conference and banqueting facilities. Development
includes 200,000 ft2 office space plus a hotel.
Planning approved. Capacity: 13,300 Stakeholders:
Waystone Developments, Wakefield MDC and the
Tigers (chief executive Richard Wright). Completion:
2013.
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Central Stadium. Odessa, Ukraine
New stadium for FC Chornomorets. In the ground. Deal
with China’s National Engineering Corporation to help
with construction. Capacity: 34,300. Completion: 2011.
Craven Park. Hull, England
Upgrade for Hull Kingston Rovers RFC. Plan for north
stand to provide office space for 40 new start-up
businesses and training agencies. Cost: £6.4m. Start:
2012. Completion: 2013.
National Football Stadium. Prague, Czech Rep
Proposed national soccer stadium. Developer: Czech
Football Association. Capacity: 47,000. Cost: Kã 2.5
billion. Land and investment deal sought.
Government and city help promised. Events: 60 per
year, including concerts.
Brandywell Stadium. Derry, Ireland
Development by Derry City Football Club (Peter
Quinn) of council owned stadium. Derry City Council
has outline plans with preferred developer
Brandywell Properties. Cost: £15m.
National Team Stadium. Dalga, Azerbaijan
Capacity: 6,000. Base for national team, financed by
AFFA.
Sport City Stadium. Doha, Qatar
Design draws inspiration from traditional Arab tents. A
retractable roof, partly retractable pitch and
retractable stands for multi-use after hosting 2022
FIFA World Cup. Capacity: 47,560.
Drogheda Stadium. Bryanstown, Eire
Proposed for Drogheda United (Vincent Hoey).
Uncertainty over land allocation. Capacity: 10,000.
Completion: 2011.
Emirates Durham Internat’l Cricket Ground, Eng
Plans for growth over the next four years including an
iconic gateway building, conferencing and banqueting
facilities, increased capacity and 150-room hotel on-
site. Capacity: 20,000. Completion: 2015.
Dubai Sports City. Dubai
Two stadiums for rugby/soccer and cricket (opened
April 09), each 25-30,000, athletics stadium and
arena (10,000). ICC Global Cricket Academy includes
three purpose-built cricket grounds, a gym, pool,
lecture theatres and classrooms, sports science and
sports medicine facilities. Manchester United football
school. Cost: $2bn. Contractors: Alpine Bau
Deutschland and Belbadi Engineering. Architects:
Gerkan, Marg & Partners.
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Etihad Stadium and Campus. Manchester, Eng
Training centre for Manchester City FC. Pitches: 17.
Accommodation for 400 young players, stadium. First
team building with changing rooms, gym, refectory
and injury and rehab centre. Staff offices and a media
centre. Civil, structural services: Capita Symonds.
Capacity: 7,000. Cost: £100m.
Falkirk Stadium. Falkirk, Scotland
New south stand in construction. West stand planned.
Restructuring of club/council share. Owner: Falkirk
Community Stadium Ltd (FCSL).
Fitzgerald Stadium. Kerry, Ireland
Upgrade. Capacity: to 55,000. Cost: €3m.
Fleetwood Town Stadium. Fleetwood, England
Three-tier east stand for Highbury Stadium, with
2,000 seats, executive boxes, offices and a club shop.
Completion: 2011.
FSV Frankfurt. Germany
Phased upgrade programme. Capacity: additional
2,700 seated, 1,300 standing (to 15,000 main
grandstand). Loges: 4. Architect: Dierks Blume
Nasedy Architekten BDA. Cost: €10.5m (includes
contribution from city of Frankfurt).
Glentoran Stadium. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Glentoran Chairman Terence Brannigan looking to
move club away from the Oval, possibly to the
Blanchflower Stadium site. Capacity: 8,000. Cost:
£10m.
Griffin Park. Brentford, England
New community stadium planned after sale of Griffin
Park to residential homes builder. For both soccer and
rugby. Capacity:20,000.
Conoco Stadium. Grimsby, England
Proposed stadium for Grimsby Town at Great Coates.
Developer: Grimsby Town Football Club and
Castlemore Securities. Retail park and community
facilities. Capacity: 21,500. Completion: 2012.
Hungarian National Football Arena. Budapest
Proposed home for Hungarian Football Federation
(MLSZ) on 6.6 hectare plot on the site of the Puskás
Ferenc Stadium. Capacity: 31,000. Cost: Ft 11.5bn
(€44.5m).
Ion Moina Stadium. Cluj, Romania
For football and athletics, with hotel and possibly
indoor arena. Capacity: 30,596. Corporate box
capacity: 948. Completion: 2013.
Amakhosi Stadium. Krugersdorp, South Africa
Proposed new stadium for Kaizer Chiefs. Developer:
Lefika. Capacity: 55,000. Cost: R1.2bn.
Lia Manoliu Arena. Bucharest, Romania
New National Stadium. UEFA 5 star, will host 2012
UEFA Europa League final. Could support a possible
bid for Euro 2020 from Romania and Bulgaria. On site
of 1953 stadium, features filigree ring rope roof with
membrane covering. Design and build: Max Bögl.
Capacity: 55,200 (expandable to 63,000). Cost:
€130m. Completion: 2011.
Welford Road Stadium. Leicester, England
Phased development for three new stands (one
10,000 completed ) at home of Leicester Tigers
RUFC Capacity: 30,000 (16,500). Developer:
Leicester RUFC (chairman Peter Tom). Also hotel,
multi-storey car park and office development.
Project management: FWP. Planning: Turley.
Structural engineer: URS. M&E consultant: Hannan.
Steel: Caunton Engineering. Precast: Bison.
Cladding: Met Clad. Groundworks: JF Harkin. Piling:
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All Foundations. M&E: El WHS. Architect: AFL.
Construction: Galliford Try. Completion: 2012.
Stade Felix Bollaert. Lens, France
Major renovation. Will host Euro 2016 matches.
Owner: City of Lens. Operator: Racing Club de Lens.
Capacity: 40,113. Cost: €111.2m.
Grand Stade Lille Metropole, France
Will host matches of Euro 2016. Home of Lille OSC.
Owner: Community of Lille Metropole. Operator:
ELISA. Capacity: 47,882. Cost: €324.2m.
Lords Cricket Ground. London, England
The MCC’s ‘Vision for Lord’s’. Indoor cricket school and
enhanced conference facilities Residential
development, working with Almacantar. Capacity:
37,000 (29,500). Masterplan project director: David
Bartlett. Architect: Herzog & de Meuron.
London Olympic Stadium. London, England
Conversion to multi-use stadium following 2012
Olympics. Extending roof, installing hospitality and VIP
facilities. Developer: Legacy Stadium Partnership LLP
(West Ham - Ian Tompkins - and the London Borough
of Newham). Capacity: 60,000 soccer, 71,000 cricket,
74,000 athletics, 90,000 concerts. Cost: £100m.
Completion: May 2014.
Limerick FC. Limerick, Ireland
Medium-term plan to build new stadium for Eircom
League team playing at Hogan Park. Capacity: 7,000.
National Stadium. Vilnius, Lithuania
Stadium with sports complex next to Akropolis,
shopping and entertainment centre. Government
commission appointed to take project forward with
funds from various departments. Cost: 450m litas.
(€60m). Completion: December 2011.
Liverpool FC Stadium. Liverpool, England
New home for soccer club Liverpool FC at nearby
Stanley Park. Building approvals received but awaits
sale of club. Naming rights sought. Architect: Ryder
HKS. Capacity: 60,000 (expandable to 76,000).
Suites: 114. Cost: £400m. Completion: 2012.
Lusaka Soccer Stadium. Lusaka, Zambia
Five floor FIFA standard stadium next door to
Independence Stadium, which will become training
field. Developer: Ministry of Works and Supply.
Construction: Shanghai Construction Group.
Construction area: 16.8ha. Covered area: 36,694m2.
Capacity: 50,000. Parking: 1,000.
Ukraina Stadium. Lviv, Ukraine
Lviv City Council has received a construction permit to
develop this Euro 2012 stadium near the exhibition
halls. Parking garage (¤17m) and a 3-star hotel near
the stadium. Cost: ¤274m. Construction: Azovintex.
Capacity: 33,000. Completion: 2011.
Town Stadium. Macclesfield, England
The stadium links a regeneration plan in South
Macclesfield with residential, retail and employment
facilities. Approved by Cheshire East cabinet. Planned
as zero carbon by incorporation of sustainable energy
sources at the design stage.
Maksimir Stadium. Zagreb, Croatia
Proposed upgrade to soccer stadium. Architect:
Branko Kincl, consulting company JKS Frankfurt and
architect Z. Psczulny. Parallel development of
shopping centre below the stadium. Capacity: 51,432
(disabled 181, media: 172). Suites: 24. Club seats:
1,110. Parking: 3,107 + 158 disabled.
Malaga Stadum. Malaga, Spain
Qatari owner Sheikh Abdulla Bin Nasser Al-Thani has
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outlined plans for a new stadium and training
academy. Capacity: 65,000. Cost: £300m.
Stade Velodrome. Marseille, France
Will host matches of Euro 2016. Major renovation
focussed on spectator facilities, especially for
corporates. Owner: City of Marseille. Capacity: 65,000.
Cost: €151.1m. Completion: 2014.
Stade Marcel Picot. Nancy, France
Major renovation planned as part of preparation to
host games of Euro 2016. Owner: Community of
Grand Nancy. Operator: AS Nancy Lorraine. Capacity:
31,973. Cost: €60m. Completion: 2013.
Tripoli Arena. Misurata, Libya
On hold soccer stadium for African Nations Cup in
2013. The roof of the stadium will be built on three
steel arches rising 100 meters to symbolize the
ancient cities of Oea, Leptis Magna and Sabratha.
Extensive use of ArcelorMittal’s Hairexcel coating – for
roofing, façade and modular building. 19 different
colours guide the visitors from the outer ring to their
seats ensuring easy access and exit. Structural steel:
ArcelorMittal (600 tonnes). Architect: Gira
Arquitectura (Javier Garcia Alda). Structural
Engineering: Isten. Engineering: Pycsa. Construction:
Triarena. Steel Construction: URSSA/ IDM creadores de
espacios. Capacity: 50,000. Cost: E200m. Construction:
Ronesans Holding and PORR AG.
Najaf Stadium. Iraq
Football stadium. Landscaping to connect the stadium
to the city. Passive cooling towers. Construction:
Anwar Soura General Contracting. Architect: 360
Architecture. Capacity: 30,000. Cost: S$83.75m.
Dragons Stadium. Newport. Wales
New stadium on site of Rodney Parade going through
planning permission. Includes an 84-room hotel, 105
student flats, restaurant, conference facilities, offices
and public gym. Cost £40m. Capacity: 15,000. Boxes:
20. Architect: S&P. Planning: RPS. Cost consultant:
Gleeds. Transport: Pinnacle. Completion: 2012.
Grande Stade. Nice, France
Will host matches of Euro 2016. Owner: City of Nice.
Capacity: 33,470. Cost: €184m. Completion: 2011.
Franklins Gardens. Northampton, England
Proposed north stand to bring capacity above 15,000.
Cost: £6m. Finance: Sale of car park to Asda
supermarket.
Sixfields Stadium. Northampton, England
Proposed but stalled upgrade, with hotel and
conference facilities. Awaiting council approval. Start:
2012. Capacity: 15,000.
National Stadium. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Multi-sport stadium (international soccer, rugby, GAA).
Two new sites in running after Maze prison site
abandoned. Private developer and naming rights
sought. Design competition winner: Mott MacDonald
Populous Sport Team consortium. Capacity: 42,500.
Budget: £85m.
Nottingham Forest Stadium. England
Proposed new ’carbon neutral’ soccer stadium on a
greenfield site in the Gamston area of the city. Linked
to World Cup 2018 bid Chief executive: Mark Arthur.
Capacity: 45,000. Cost: £50-£125m. Completion: 2014.
Camp Nou Stadium. Barcelona, Spain
Super upgrade for Barcelona’s Catalan home awaiting
finance. New hospitality and public areas, service
basement and museum. Roof and a brightly coloured
mosaic outer skin that glows at night. Client: FC
Barcelona. Architect: Foster + Partners. Project
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Sponsored by
architect: Mouzhan Majidi. Consultants: Ramboll
Whitbybird, Gleeds, Jason Bruges, AFL Architects,
Pfeiffer, PHA, RWDI, SDG, STRI. Footprint: 52,000m2
Area (gross): 180,000m2. Capacity: 106,000. Cost:
€250m.
Kickers Stadium. Offenbach, Germany
Kickers Offenbach new stadium to be built on the
training pitches next door to old one. New angle to
get best sun for the pitch. Cost: €40m (€7m private).
Capacity: 29,300 (standing 7,000). Suites: 28.
Architect: Geiseler Gergull.
Oldham Athletic Stadium. England
Proposed new ground at Broadway, Failsworth. Red brick
and ’mill town’ look. Consultation under way, planning
permission sought. Capacity: 12,000 (expandable to
16,000). Cost: £20m. Completion: 2012.
Old Trafford Cricket Stadium. Manchester, Eng
Four-way agreement – Lancashire County Cricket Club,
Trafford Borough Council, Ask Developments and
Tesco. Planned new stadium and retail. New stands,
conferencing and banqueting facilities and hotel, and
education, training and other sports opportunities for
the local community. First phase (£12m): The Point
conference and events suite (1,000). Architect: BDP.
Construction: Morgan Ashurst. Overall area:
750,000ft2. Capacity: 25,000. Cost: £200m.
Olympic Stadium. Kiev, Ukraine
Upgrade for Euro 2012 stadium which will hold the
final if UEFA objectives are met. Construction work
now on target after problem with local shopping
centre ownership was resolved. Architect: GMP. Cost:
$314m. Construction: Hochtief. Capacity: 77,000. Cost:
$574m. Completion: October 2011.
Olympic Stadium. Wroclaw, Poland
Single tier soccer stadium with fibreglass roof for Euro
2012. Construction: Max Boegl and Max Boegl Polska.
Architect: JSK Architects. Capacity: 44,000. Cost: 655m
zloty ($233m). Completion: 2012.
Olympique Lyon Stadium. France
Planned 50-acre development for soccer club
Olympique Lyonnais, with training centre, two hotels.
Will host matches of Euro 2016. In Decines-Charpieu
area of city. Octagonal stadium will have transparent
roof. Developer: OL Group (director general Patrick
Iliou). Marketing partner: SportFive (10-year deal).
Events: 30-35. Parking: 7,000. Capacity: 57,628.
Architect: Populous. Cost: €320m. Completion: 2013.
Portsmouth FC Stadium. England
Harbour stadium for Portsmouth FC on hold so
upgrading Fratton Park. Cost: £23m.
Parc des Princes. Paris, France
Major renovation planned as part of preparation to
host games of Euro 2016. Owner: City of Paris.
Operator: SESE. Capacity: 40,058. Cost: ¤70-90m.
Completion: 2014.
London Road Stadium. Peterborough, England
New all-seater grandstand at Moy’s End to include
specialist education centre. Green: BREEAM excellent
standard, renewable energy centre, rainwater
harvesting and photo-voltaic panels. Cost: £10m. Mix
of public and private finance. Owner: Peterborough
City Council. Tenant: Posh. Completion: mid-2012.
Ramon Sanchez Pijuan stadium. Seville, Spain
Proposed third tier to add 20,000 to 45,000 capacity.
Cost: €100m.
Roland Garros. Paris, France
Enlarging, modernising and rethinking of the historic
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Roland Garros site at Porte d’Auteuil. French Tennis
Federation chose to stick with Roland Garros. Area: 35
acres. Courts: 35 outside. New 5,000-seat stadium
and a new press centre. Main Philippe Chatrier court
will be redesigned and feature a retractable roof.
Cost: E273m. Start: 2012. Completion: 2016.
Rose Bowl. Hampshire, England
Upgrade of facilities and capacity of Test match
ground, new approach road, plus a 175-bedroom
resort hotel overlooking the playing area. Contact: MD
Glenn Delve. Food and beverage: Compass Group (10
years, £50m). Capacity: 25,000 (20,000). Permanent:
15,000 (6,000 covered).
Rotherham United Stadium. Yorkshire, England
New stadium on the old Guest and Chrimes foundry
site in the centre of Rotherham. Developer:
Rotherham FC (Chairman Tony Stewart). Project
manager, QS and CDM: Gleeds (Simon Morris).
Construction: GMI Construction (Jarrod Best).
Architect: S+P Architects. Capacity: 12,000.
Completion: 2012.
Rotterdam Stadium. The Netherlands
Bid by mayor for stadium and arena project near de
Kuip stadium. Capacity: 75,000. Completion: 2016.
Stade Geoffroy Guichard. Saint-Etienne, France
Major renovation planned as part of preparation to
host games of Euro 2016. Owner: Saint-Etienne
Metropole. Capacity: 39,327. Cost: €75m.
Completion: 2014.
Saint Petersburg Stadium. Russia
New home for Zenit on Krestovsky Island in the north
west of the city. Possible moveable roof and
retractable pitch. Architect: Kisho Kurokawa. Capacity:
69,500. Cost: €500m.
City of Salford Stadium. England
New home for Salford City Reds rugby league team,
with safe standing area. On 45 acre site next to Peel’s
Port Salford. Funding from college building project in
doubt. Two all-weather community pitches. Capacity:
12,000-15,000 (expandable to 20,000). Boxes: 62. Cost:
£15m as part of £60m development – separate four star
hotel, retail, casino. Hotel operator: Macdonald Hotels.
Developer: Peel Holdings. Project Manager: Mace.
Architect: ArupSport. Completion: 2012.
Schueco-Arena. Bielefeld, Germany
New main grandstand with VIP facilities. Capacity:
28,334. Cost: €11m. Architect: Stopfel Architekten.
Scotstoun Stadium. Glasgow, Scotland
Redeveloped athletics stadium will be training ground
(3G artificial) for Glasgow Warriors Rugby Club and
one of the Commonwealth Games host venues. New
grandstands, indoor athletics training facilities,
refurbishment of the outdoor 400-metre athletics
track, extension of the cafe, reception and foyer
areas, new fitness suite facilities. Construction:
Galliford Try. Capacity: 6,000. Cost £17.6m.
Stadion Slaski. Chorzów, Poland
Refurbishment includes new roof for soccer, athletics,
motorsport and concert venue. Roof size: 43,000m2 –
claimed to be biggest in Europe. Roof raising under
way. Construction: Hochtief, Mostostal Zabrze Holding.
Engineer: Thermoserr. Capacity: 55,211. Finance:
Silesia region. Cost: €112m. Completion: 2012.
National Stadium. Bratislava, Slovakia
Public/private partnership proposal. International
tender for design and construction of UEFA standard
stadium to play internationals. Finance: €69.12m
government subsidy. Capacity: 35,000.
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Valencia’s new soccer stadium basks in the sun,
awaiting a break in the economic climate.
Sochi Main Stadium. Sochi, Russia
Main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic Games. Designed to represent winter
sports and look to sea and mountains. Convertible to
soccer stadium for 2018 World Cup and tenant team.
Developer: Olympstroy. Design consortium: architect
Populous, contractor Engeocom, and Botta
Management. Capacity: 40,000.
National Stadium. Sofia, Bulgaria
Next to Sofia Airport to take advantage of
infrastructure. Replaces Vasil Levski national stadium
which will now be used for athletics only. Capacity:
40,000. Completion: 2012.
Southend FC Stadium. Southend, England
Soccer stadium alongside retail park. Architect:
Populous. Capacity: 22,000. Start: Summer 2011.
Completion: August 2012.
Swedbank Arena. Solna, Sweden
For national soccer team, Stockholm team AIK and
concerts. Part of Arena City. Heated accommodation
and sliding roof. Restaurants, 250 room hotel and
conference facilities (2,000). Capacity: 50,000
(concerts 57,500). Events: 45. Developer/owner:
Swedish Football Association (Chairman Lars-Åke
Lagrell), Solna City Council (Chairman Lars-Erik
Salminen), Fabege, Jernhusen and Peab. Cost: 1.8bn
kronor. Naming rights: SEK 153m over 16 years.
Architects: Berg Arkitektkontor, Arkitekterna Krook &
Tjäder, CF Moller, Populous. Engineer: Sweco Bloco.
Construction: Peab. Completion: 2012.
St Helens RL Stadium. St Helens, Lancs, England
Construction under way on new stadium for St Helens
Rugby League Club. A 3,000ft2 community facility,
managed by St Helens Council’s Youth Services, will
be housed in the stadium. Developer: Langtree Group.
Partners: Tesco, Taylor Woodrow. Construction: Barr.
Capacity: 18,100. Cost: £25m. Completion: 2011.
Stade Jean-Bouin. Paris, France
Agreement between team Stade Français and mayor
of Paris. Capacity: 20,000. Completion: 2012.
St Mirren FC. Paisley, Scotland
New in Ferguslie area. Seeking buyer of Love Street
ground. Capacity: 10,000.
Stade de la Meinau. Strasbourg, France
Major renovation planned as part of preparation to
host games of Euro 2016 but city not on shortlist.
Owner: Community of Strasbourg. Operator:
www.sam.uk.com
Sponsored by
Community of Strasbourg. Capacity: 36,645. Cost:
€160m. Completion: 2014.
National Stadium. Tanzania
Capacity: 60,000. Contractor: Beijing Construction
Engineering Group Co. Ltd. Cost: US$54.6m.
Tema Stadium. Ghana
Upgrade with support from Greenwich Council for
Culture and Olympics, London, England. Owner: TEMA
Metropolitan Assembly. Information technology
centre and construction of spectators’ seats to
increase capacity from 7,000 to 10,000.
Timsah Stadium. Bursaspor, Turkey
New home for Bursaspor FC. Architect: Sozuneri
Architects. Capacity: 45,000. Area: 150,000m2.
Completion: 2012.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. London, England
Planning permission received for proposed new
stadium. Club also interested in move to Olympic
Stadium. Capacity: 60,000. Leisure facilities, public
space, and housing near current White Hart Lane site.
Two-phase construction – during season and during
close season, maintaining capacity. Planning: Savills.
Architect: KSS Group, Make Architects and Martha
Schwartz Landscape Architects. Project manager: AYH
Arcadis (Paul Mitchell). Engineer: Buro Happold.
Stadium Municipal. Toulouse, France
Major renovation planned as part of preparation to
host games of Euro 2016. City chosen as reserve.
Owner: City of Toulouse. Capacity: 37,050. Cost:
€56m. Completion: 2014.
Truro Stadium. Cornwall, England
Proposed stadium near Truro for soccer and rugby.
Council no longer offering funds. Feasibility study:
Gardiner and Theobald. Capacity: 10,000. Cost: £24m.
Turf Moor. Burnley, England
Proposed link up with Liverpool John Moores
University to base part of the university at the
stadium site. Redevelopment of David Fishwick
Cricket Field Stand into a StadiArena venue with
1,500 (indoor) capacity for rock concerts, exhibitions
and large private functions.
Tynecastle Stadium. Edinburgh, Scotland
On hold, awaiting finance. Planning permission
sought to upgrade Heart of Midlothian FC with
10,000-seat main stand, hotel, 12,000m2 office
space, conference and banqueting facilities,
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residential and commercial units. Capacity: 23,000.
Cost: £51m.
Valencia CF Stadium. Valencia, Spain
Half finished. Awaits refinancing. Three-tier (22,000
bottom tier, 18,000 middle, 35,000 upper) soccer
stadium in NE Valencia. Architects: Reid Fenwick
Associates. Engineer: Arup Sport. Mestalla stadium to
be sold to property developers. Capacity: 75,000.
Cost: €300m. Completion: 2012.
Arenastaden. Växjö, Sweden
New soccer stadium. Client: Östers IF. Construction:
NCC Construction. Capacity: 12,000 (2,000 standing).
Restaurant: 500. Boxes: 15-20. Funding: Municipal
Council acting as creditor. Cost: SEK 170 million. Start:
March 2011. Completion: July 2012.
Vicarage Road. Watford, England
First phase of proposed £32.5m redevelopment. Work
under way. Housing development, new East Stand.
Finance: Origin £19m, Watford FC £13.5m, bank loans
and share sales £6.5m. Capacity: 24,000. Contractor: Keir.
Victoria Falls Cricket Ground. Zimbabwe
Local council has granted planning approval for a
stadium near the iconic site to become country's third
international Test ground. Also home for domestic
side Matabeleland Tuskers and open for touring
teams to practise. Begin: 2012.
Vladivostok Stadium. Russia
Soccer stadium as part of sports and leisure
development by local authority. Capacity: 16,000.
Start: 2012.
Wakefield Trinity Stadium. Wakefield, England
For the Rugby League Wildcats on site of a former
colliery at Newmarket. Referred by the Government
to the UK Secretary of State, which is a blow to
receiving a Super League licence. Looking at
contingency plans. Also development of offices,
restaurants and a hotel. Developer: Wakefield and
District Community Stadium Trust (Rodney Walker).
Capacity: 12,000. Completion: 2012.
National Stadium. Warsaw, Poland
Roof with spire in process of being raised. New
stadium complex for Euro 2012. Same site as old 10th
Anniversary Stadium, by Vistula. Two tiers, with
offices, restaurants, conference rooms, fan clubs and
shops. Client: National Sports Centre (Chairman Rafal
Kapler). Architect: JSK Architekci (Mariusz Rutz), GMP
International and SBP (roof). Capacity: 55,000. VIP
seats: 900. Construction: Alpine Bau in a consortium
with the Polish group Hydrobudowa (€298m).
Prefabricated steel: Cimolai. Roof: Mostostal Zabrze-
Holding, Hightex. Cost: 1.5bn zlotys. Completion:
March 2012.
Whitehaven Stadium. England
Multi-function sports venue for Whitehaven Rugby
League Football Club, Whitehaven Amateur Football
Club and local community. Grandstand, clubhouse,
pitch, floodlighting, infrastructure. Start: 2011.
Completion: 2012.
Molineux Stadium. Wolverhampton, England
Planned three phase expansion to 35,700 capacity for
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. First phase demolition
and replacement of the Stan Cullis (North) Stand with
two-tier stand (£16m). Construction: Buckingham
Group (Kevin Underwood). Project Manager: Drivers
Jonas Deloitte. Architect: AFL (masterplan). Capacity:
31,700 (28,500).
Workington Stadium. England
Proposed stadium for Workington soccer and rugby
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league and possibly speedway. Requires council
funding from sale of land. Cost: £12m.
Wycombe Community Stadium. England
For Wycombe Wanderers and London Wasps plus
community sports village and commercial
development. Developer: Wycombe Sports
Developments Ltd. Chosen site is Wycombe Air Park
at Booker. Wycombe Sports Developments Limited
(Mark Rigby) is taking forward vision. Architect: AFL.
Council carrying out separate public consultation
(£500,000) and has appointed a stadium planning
officer. Capacity: 17,500-20,000.
York Community Stadium. York, England
For York City FC (Jason McGill), York City Knights Rugby
League Club, York City Athletics Club. York Council is
proposing site at Monks Cross together with retail
park (stadium tsar: Tim Atkins). Developer: Oakgate.
Capacity: 6,000 (2,000 seats). Completion: 2014.
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49ers Stadium. Santa Clara, CA
Ballpark next door to the Santa Clara Convention
Center. 49ers intend to showcase technology from
Silicon Valley. Green: LEED certified. Developer: San
Francisco 49ers. Real estate study: Lennar Corp.
Capacity: 68,500 expandable to 75,000. Vertical suites
complex on west side. Large lower tier. Cost: $937m.
Finance: private retail development. Architect: HNTB
(principal-in-charge Tony Gonzales). Preconstruction
management: Turner Construction and Devcon.
Completion: 2015.
University of Alabama Stadium. Birmingham, Al
Plan for a horseshoe-shaped, on-campus football
stadium with a downtown view, for UAB (Athletics
Director Brian Mackin). Capacity: 27,511 (seats),
2,500 (lawn end zone). Suites: 33. Loge boxes: 24 (4).
Parking for 300. Cost: $75m. Finance: $60m bonds,
$15m donations.
Amarillo Stadium. Amarillo, TX
Part of $113m downtown redevelopment project
which includes a convention-center hotel and
parking garage. Developer: Wallace Bajjali ($11.8m).
Operator (lease): Southern Independent Baseball.
Cost: $30.3m.
Amon G. Carter Stadium. Fort Worth, TX
Redevelopment of Texas Christian University’s football
stadium under way. Upgraded concession stands,
revamped elevators and escalators, an added upper
seating bowl, among other projects. Club seating and
founders lounge on west side. Suites: 18. Amenities
brought into sight of bowl. New press box, support
spaces, vertical circulation elements, plazas,
landscaping, ornamental fencing and stadium façade.
Possible east side reconstruction for the 2015 season
($40m). Structural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti (R.
John Aniol). Architect: HKS (Dan Phillips). Cost:
$105m. Completion: late summer 2012.
Arizona Stadium. Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona athletic department project
for four-storey glass building in the north end zone.
Premium seats: 5,000. Football offices, locker
rooms, public concourse. New video board in south
end zone. Cost: $85.7m (from overall sports facility
upgrade budget of $378m). Start: 2011.
Completion: 2013.
Lee Jackson Field. Akron, Ohio
Two phases for University of Akron men’s soccer
team. New grandstand, press box/suite, concessions,
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public restrooms and event plaza. Capacity: 4,000
(2,500 seated). Completion: 2011.
MLS Stadium. Akron, Ohio
Proposed r etail village and retractable-roof stadium for
MLS expansion team. Developer: Wolstein Sports &
Entertainment Group LLC (Paul Garofolo). Cost: $327m
(stadium $110m-$165m). Finance: $7m per year
tobacco tax, Wolstein $100m. Capacity: 20,000-25,000.
Allen Eagles Stadium. Allen, Texas
For Allen Eagles high school football team in north Dallas
suburb. LED screens, weight room, concession stands
Construction: Pogue. Architect: PBK Architects. Capacity:
18,000. Cost: $59.6m. Completion: August 2012.
Augusta Stadium. Augusta, Georgia
Voters will decided in 2012 on riverfront ballpark for
Augusta Greenjackets plus retail, food & beverage,
meeting spaces, office, hotel, residential, parking.
Requires transfer of public land. Feasibility study:
Rosser International, CSL International. Cost: $38.7m.
Baltimore Soccer Stadium. Maryland
Maryland Stadium Authority investigating market for
a MLS team with feasibility study ($100,000). 42-acre
waterfront site identified. Capacity: 17,000-20,000.
California Memorial Stadium. Berkeley, CA
University has approved modernisation of spectator
facilities, including for the disabled, and addressing of
seismic safety issues. Funding: Endowment Seating
Program (ESP). Three club levels (ESP), new press
box, wider concourses, and more restrooms and
concession stands. Capacity: 62,717 (71,799). Cost:
$321m. Completion: fall 2012.
Bobcat Stadium. Billings, MO
Six-phase blueprint for upgrade at Montana State
University (athletic director Peter Fields). Finance
achieved for first phase, new endzone. Capacity:
22,000. Cost: $100m. Phase one: 38 SkySuites on two
levels above the existing east grandstand ($9m).
Phases two to six: adding capacity around the bowl,
new indoor practice, gym and medical facilities.
Bobcat Stadium. San Marcos, TX
Texas State University football stadium capacity
increase by removing running track. Long term aim of
35,000 capacity. New visiting team and officials’
locker rooms, and a kitchen and storage area. The
ground-level concourse will include a bookstore/café,
new concessions and additional restrooms. Capacity:
29,500 (+13,500). Design and build: Heery
International, O’Connell Robertson. Cost: $32m. Begin:
2011. Completion: 2012.
Birmingham Ballpark. Alabama
Land use study for downtown ballpark by
Conventions Sports & Leisure (CSL) before
negotiations with Class AA Birmingham Barons.
Negro League museum and parking area near the
stadium. Cost: $60m.
Birmingham Dome. Alabama
Downtown dome stadium with convention space.
Developer: BJCC Board of Authority (Executive Director
Jack Fields). Architect: Populous plus local architect.
Capacity: 57,500 (expandable 70,000). Cost: $550m.
Finance: city $66m. Completion: 2015.
Bridgeforth Stadium. JMU, Harrisonburg, VA
James Madison University is planning luxury boxes,
new lights, a new press box and improved concession
stands. Possible new artificial turf field ($900,000).
Capacity: 24,878 (+10,000). Cost: $62m ($52m).
Finance $10m donations, $11m JMU fund, increased
fees and revenue. Completion: 2012.
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Bronco Stadium. Boise, Idaho
Phase one to add 5,000 capacity at Boise State
University. Removing the track to build new football
complex in the north end. The expansion also
includes more seats in the north end zone and a new
home for football operations, offices, locker rooms, a
weight room and other amenities. Cost: $40m.
Completion: 2013.
Charlotte Knights Ballpark. NC
Uptown stadium in Charlotte to bring Class AAA ball
club to the city. Team seeks extension to complete
stadium plans derailed by recession. Architect:
Populous, Odell Associates. Construction: Barton
Malow (Robert Hayes). Cost: $54m ($34m, $65m).
Completion: 2014.
UNC Charlotte Football Stadium.
Also 46,000ft2 training fieldhouse and practice fields.
Architects: Jenkins-Peer Architects (Victor Jones), DLR
Group. Capacity: 15,000. Cost: $45m. Completion:
2013.
Chivas de Guadalajara Stadium. Mexico
New soccer stadium with family-friendly facilities.
Construction: ICA (833m peso, US$76.3m). Capacity:
45,000.
Couva Velodrome. Trinidad, West Indies
Indoor and outdoor tracks plus conference rooms,
offices, a gym and a sports centre. Opposite the Ato
Boldon Stadium. Will meet standard for World
Championships. Developer: Ministry of Sport.
Capacity: 2,000. Cost: TT$145-$200m. Completion:
2013.
Dodgers Stadium. Los Angeles, CA
Team in discussion with city. Seeking finance.
Landscaping, new fan and team facilities – museum,
plaza, retail, restaurants – out of parking lots. Features
a Green Necklace designed to LEED standards.
Architects: Johnson Fain, HKS. Completion: 2013.
El Dorado Sports Complex. Wichita, Kansas
New sports complex to replace Galen Blackmore
Stadium. Luxury boxes, eight-lane running track,
practice field and artificial turf. Cost: $37m. Stadium
cost: $10m. Capacity: 5,000.
Escondido Ballpark. Escondido, CA
Minor league ballpark proposal agreed by council.
Involves purchase of San Diego Padres Triple-A
affiliate. Cost: $50m. Begin: 2012. Completion: 2013.
Roberts Stadium. Evansville, IN
City consulting on renovation/replacement of Roberts
Stadium. Renovation estimate: $30m.
Farmers Field. Los Angeles, CA
Proposal for Anschutz Entertainment Group to build
an NFL football stadium, a new convention hall and
parking structures on city-owned land downtown.
Seeking NFL team for 30 years. Legislative support so
far. Cost: $1.2bn. Completion: 2016.
FIU Stadium. Orlando, FL
Phase 3 to enclose stadium and final stage of lower
bowl. Fieldhouse and suites already
added.expansion. Capacity: 20,000. Completion:
2012.
Bullfrogs Ballpark. Greenbay, WI
Proposed ballpark for Green Bay Bullfrogs (owner Jeff
Royle). Investigating finance. Construction partner:
Smet Construction. Cost: $15.7m.
Henderson Stadium District. Henderson, NV
Proposal for multi-phased project to include four
venues - modest stadium, NBA arena, NFL stadium
and ballpark - on federal land south of the M Resort
in Henderson County, South Nevada. Feasibility study
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Dynamic forms: Houston’s
downtown soccer stadium.
agreed. Developer: Las Vegas National Sports
Complex (Christopher Milam). Stadium capacity:
25,000. Overall project cost $1.3bn.
Herb McKenley Stadium. Clarendon, Jamaica
Work under way but Minister of Transport and
Works seeking full finance. Nine-lane, all-weather
running track, football field, basketball and netball
courts. Capacity: 12,000. Cost: $200m. Completion:
2012.
Dynamo Stadium. Houston, TX
Downtown soccer stadium for Houston Dynamo.
Elevated roughly six feet above the sidewalk
elevation, ramps and terraces create a gentle
transition to the street and surrounding city blocks
and are supplemented by local materials and shaded
planting. Canopy roofing, open patio. Finance: city of
Houston ($10m) and Harris County ($10m). Suites:
33. Possible share with Texas Southern University.
Architect: Populous. Cost: $80m. Land purchased
($15m). Completion: 2012.
Husky Stadium. Seattle, WA
Renovation for University of Washington (athletic
director Scott Woodward). Lowering of the field by
four feet and removal of the track. New lower bowl
and south stands, suites, loge boxes and club
seating. Keeping roof and view of Lake
Washington. Football operations building on the
west side. Student fans to west end zone. Premium
seats: 21,000. Developer: Wright Runstad & Co.
Capacity: 50,000. Cost: $250m. Begin: 2011.
Completion: fall 2013.
NFL Stadium. Industry, California
Proposed new NFL stadium at the 60/57 freeway
junction. Nestles into hillside, with all suites and VIP
areas on one side and integrated into the adjacent
retail promenade. Multisport, 365 day venue. Green:
LEED certification. Capacity: 75,000-80,000. Suites:
175. Developer and finance: Majestic Realty Architect:
Aedas, Populous (Dan Meis). Cost: $800m.
Ivor Wynne Stadium. Hamilton, Canada
Complete rebuild for home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
and for 2015 Pan American Games soccer. Cost:
$152m. Finance: Hamilton $54, state $25m. Start:
2012. Completion: mid 2014.
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Jack Trice Stadium. Iowa State Uni, Des Moines
Phase two of renovation project – second deck to the
south end zone. Cost: $65m
Tricentenario Stadium. Juarez, Mexico
Downtown ballpark for Juárez Indios, with scoreboard
and retail. Area: 503,000ft2. Capacity:13,500. Cost:
$10.3m.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Kansas
Renovation. Kansas State University selecting
architect this fall. Cost: $50m. Begin: 2011.
Lambeau Field. Green Bay, WI
Upgrade for home of Green Bay Packers. Extra 6,600
capacity in south end zone, new gate and rooftop
viewing platform in north end. Elevators and
escalators. Cost: $130m. Completion: 2013.
Laredo Ballpark. Laredo, TX
Ballpark first then phases of event parking, events
park and water park on a 40-acre site near the Laredo
Events Center and Laredo International Airport.
Concerts, boxing, mixed martial arts shows.
Permanent concert stage above the centre field wall.
Developer: Ventura Sports Group,. Concessions: 21.
Parking: 900. Shaded, landscaped courtyards to create
hospitality spaces. Terraced picnic areas with tables,
berm seating, outfield restaurant, kid zone, suites,
indoor and outdoor club seating, press areas and
stadium management offices. Masterplan architect:
HKS Sports & Entertainment Group (Jerry Fawcett).
Capacity: 6,000 (baseball), 16,000 (concert). Cost:
$18m. Completion: 2012.
University of Las Vegas Stadium. Las Vegas, NV
Majestic in negotiation UNLV to lease and develop an
approximately 150 acre mixed-use project on the
UNLV campus. Includes open air football stadium
(adjusted from original proposal of fully enclosed
multi-purpose event centre. Full corporate luxury
offer. Capacity: 60,000. Overall project cost: $2bn.
Construction: Commerce Construction. Start: 2013.
Commonwealth Stadium. Lexington, KY
University of Kentucky developing financing, design,
construction and marketing plans for a new
baseball stadium and renovations to
Commonwealth Stadium. Club seating, more luxury
suites, scoreboards, multi-purpose recruiting room,
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upgrades to concession-stand areas, monitors in
the concourse areas and around the perimeter of
the stadium. Athletics Director: Mitch Barnhart.
Funding: bonds, possible state support, fund-
raising. Consultants: IMG College, International
Stadia Group, Lexington Center Corp. Cost: $150-
180m.
Malden Ballpark. Malden, MA
Proposed ballpark for minor league team. Artificial
turf and winter bubble to cap the surface and for
community use in off-season. Developer: Boston Field
of Dreams (Alexander Bok). Capacity: 6,000. Cost:
$30–$35m. Completion: 2014.
Maritime Park Stadium. Pensacola, Florida
Multi-use stadium. Design team: Populous, Joe
DeRueil Associates and Schmidt Consulting. Cost:
$52m. Completion: 2012.
Florida Marlins Ballpark. Miami, FL
New ballpark (and soccer stadium) in Little Havana.
The base of the ballpark will have arcades with
sweeping balconies, allowing a continual spectator
experience to the surrounding street life. The roof
will move as three separate panels (300,000ft2) to
provide shade and weather protection for all
spectators. Opens/closes in 14 mintues. Retractable
window wall. Area: 928,000ft2. Capacity: 37,000.
Club seats: 300. Suites: 42. Party suites: 8. Architect:
Populous. Roof engineering: Walter P Moore. Wind
tunnel simulation: RWDI. Construction: Hunt/Moss.
Steel (roof, scorebaord, catwalks): 2,900 tons (Schuff
Steel-Atlantic). Owner’s Representative Services:
URS. Overall budget: $525m – $389.4m construction,
$4.2m furnishing, $131m planning, design,
infrastructure, demolition. Finance: county $347m
(bond, tax, tourist), city $23m tax, Marlins $155m.
Parking: 5,750 ($92m). Completion: 2012.
Martin Stadium. Washington State, USA
Five-storey, premium seat addition along north
sideline of Pac-10’s smallest at Washington State
University. Architects: Ellerbe Becket, ALSC.
Construction: Graham Construction. Capacity: 35,117.
Suites: 16 (24), $35-50k. Skybox: 1 (145). Loge boxes:
31. Club seats: 1,100. Cost: $42m. Completion: 2012.
Mesa Ballpark. Mesa, Ariz
Spring training site for Chicago Cubs. 50,000t2
clubhouse, six full-size baseball practice fields,
additional fields, covered batting tunnels and pitching
mounds. Operator: Cubs. Cost: $84m (city and state).
Land and overrun costs: Cubs. Capacity: 15,000. The
Cubs will develop Wrigleyville West attraction nearby.
Construction: Hunt Construction. Architect: Populous.
Design team: DWL Architects, EPS Group and
Saemisch DiBella Architects. Completion: 2014.
Estadio de Fútbol. Monterrey, Mexico
Soccer and athletics in the Parque La Pastora
recreational and leisure destination. Developer:
Estadio Internacional Monterrey (César Esparza).
Capacity: 80,000. Architect: Populous. Roof: 55 metre
cantilevered.
Memorial Stadium. Lincoln, Nebraska
Upgrade for University of Nebraska. 6,000 new seats
and 36 suites to East Stadium. Cost: $55.5m.
Completion: 2013.
National Tennis Center. Queens, New York, USA
Arthur Ashe stadium upgrades. Includes proposal
for a retractable fabric roof on four 250ft steel
truss towers. Plus indoor practice facility ($40m).
Architect: Aedas.
Oakland Athletics Ballpark. California
Proposed stadium for MLB team to replace McAfee
Coliseum, to include residential or commercial
development. Planning on site in suburban Fremont
purchased from Cisco – hence Cisco Field. City looking
at other land parcels, possible environmental impact
report for a proposed 39,000-seat ballpark near Jack
London Square. Architect: 360. Capacity: 32,000-
36,000. Cost $300-£400m.
Orlando Ballpark. Orlando, FL
Ballpark proposed next to Orange County Convention Center.
Plus baseball museum and retail complex. For Class A Florida
State League, the Tampa Yankees. Developer: Armando
Gutierrez Jr. Capacity: 5,000. Cost: $42m.
Frank Clair stadium. Ottawa, Canada
Redevelopment of area to include upgrade to north
and south stands of Frank Clair Stadium, plus parking.
Soccer and Canadian Football League tenants. Bid to
host Women’s Soccer World Cup. Court case objection
may cause delay to 2015. Developer: City and partner
Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG). Start:
2013. Cost: $129.3m. Completion: 2014.
PNC Field. Scranton, PA
Renovation for home of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Yankees. Developer: Lackawanna County. Architect:
Ewing cole. Construction management: Alvin H. Butz
($674,000). Cost: $40m. Begin: 2011. Completion:
spring 2013.
Reading Ballpark. Reading, PA
Ballpark for Reading Phillies to replace FirstEnergy
Stadium as part of proposed RiverView at Reading
development. Cost: $70m.
Regina Stadium. Saskatchewan, Canada
Proposed dome stadium for Roughriders in
downtown Regina. Feasibility study by Stadium
Consultants International and Global Spectrum ($1m)
undertaken. Cost: $430m.
StarTex Power Field. Sugar Land, TX
Ballpark for Atlantic League’s Sugar Land Skeeters.
Owner: city. Construction: Opening Day Partners. Cost:
$30m. Capacity: 7,500.
Rose Bowl. Pasadena, CA
Renovations in three phases. (General Manager Darryl
Dunn, architect Margo Mavridis). Inner bowl changes,
new press box, restrooms, concessions and
scoreboards, including 1940s replica. Wider access
tunnels. Safety improvements to reduce exit time from
about 30 minutes to 17. Premium seats: 2,500 (500).
Maintains historic look and brings back elliptical field.
Design: Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse (Janet Marie
Smith). Structural engineering: Thornton Tomasetti.
Cost: $152m. Start: 2011. Completion: 2013.
Phoenix Stadium. Haiti
Frst ever professional soccer stadium in Haiti.
Operator: Foundation L'Athletique D'Haiti (FLADH).
Developer: Delos Living (Morad Fareed). Capacity:
12,000. Cost: $5m.
Potomac Nationals Ballpark. VA
New ballpark for Potomac Nationals in Prince William
County in I-95 corridor. Meanwhile $300,000 upgrade
to current Pfitzner Stadium approved by Park
Authority. Skyboxes: 14 (500). Capacity: 7,000. Cost:
$25m. Completion: 2013.
Quakes Stadium. San Jose, CA
New stadium for soccer team, moving from Buck
Shaw in Santa Clara. Team buying land from council.
Architect: 360. Capacity: 15,000 seated + 5,000 on
grass berms at ends. Completion: 2012.
Sponsored by
Saputo Stadium. Montreal, Canada
Home for Montreal Impact soccer team. Capacity:
13,500. Cost: US$15m (half from Saputo family).
St. Louis MLS Stadium. Collinsville, MI
Proposed mixed use development with stadium
designed for Major League Soccer franchise – St. Louis
Soccer United (Jeff Cooper). Nine community pitches
(eight artificial). Finance: Collinsville City Council tax
increment financing. Capacity: 18,500.
Vikings NFL Stadium. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Proposed new stadium on site of Metrodome (no
transport infrastructure costs). Owner: Metropolitan
Sports Facilities Commission (chairman Roy
Terwilliger). MSFC and Vikings in negotiation over site
and specification. Funding: $400m Vikings, $300m
Minnesota, $195m Minneapolis Alternative project
proposed by Ramsey County. Lease expires in 2011.
Architect: AECOM Ellerbe Becket. Contractor:
Mortenson. Cost: $895m.
DC United Soccer Stadium. Washington DC
Proposed MLS stadium at Poplar Point along the
Anacostia River is back in discussion. Development
to include hotel and conference centre, 2,000
housing units and a 70-acre park. Capacity: 27,000.
Finance: stadium paid for by team. Completion:
2012.
University of West Georgia Stadium. Carrollton
On campus for football, plus soccer field (750) and
softball. Cost: $10 million. Capacity: 9,000.
Winnipeg Football Stadium. Fort Garry, Canada
For Winnipeg Blue Bombers and University of
Manitoba Bisons at the south-Winnipeg campus.
Concessions, restaurants and other facilities to help
earn payback of loan. Concert-and-event partner: True
North Sports & Entertainment. Developer: Creswin
Properties. Cost: C$190m ($115m). Finance: C$90m
loan from province, Cheswin to repay C$75m by 2016
by developing 700,000ft2 retail. C$10m private.
Capacity: 30,000. Construction: Stuart Olson Dominion
Construction, Structal Heavy Steel Construction –
design-build, detailing, business information
modelling (BIM) and project management services as
well as the fabrication and erection of the steel
components of the stadium ($44m).
Lakewood Sportsplex. Woodstock, Illinois
Minor league ballpark for McHenry County K-Nines.
City has approved mining that will become land for a
stadium. Finance: Stimulus bonds approved.
Developer: Equity One Sports Development. Overall
cost: $40m. Completion: 2011.
Yakima Stadium. Vancouver, CA
Vancouver City Council has asked city manager to
research a new ballpark at Clark College for the Class
A Yakima Bears (Short Season LLC). Community and
youth facilities. Funding: entertainment tax, Short
Season (33%). Capacity: 6,000 (4,000 seated). Cost:
$23m. Completion: June 2012.
Ballpark Village. City of Zion, IL
Ballpark plus retail, movie theatre and restaurant.
Home for the Northern League’s Lake County Fielders,
a minor league baseball team co-owned by Academy
Award winner and baseball enthusiast Kevin Costner.
Completion: 2011.
Wrigley Field. Chicago, IL
New triangle building to the west of the stadium,
more restrooms, larger concourse and an open-air
courtyard. Renovations dubbed Wrigley 20-14 for the
100-year anniversary. Begin: 2011. Completion: 2012.