We hope you'll enjoy what we've done, which basically means a complete overhaul of the site. Because the old one looked like 2002, and had not been updated for way too long of a time. So, to get started, let's sum the basic changes [...]
Brighton & Hove Albion FC have stated their intention to file for permission to increase The Amex’s capacity to about 30,000 seats. Plans also include a new training ground at New Monks Farm. The Amex, also called Falmer Stadium, was only completed [...]
Before leaving on his winter vacation last week, Olympique Lyonnais President Jean-Michel Aulas stated his wish for Lyon to host the opening match of the Euro 2016 championships. In an interview with French newspaper Le Progrès the President furthermore noted his good hopes [...]
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club's president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
While doing some research on Feyenoord's home stadium De Kuip, I bumped into an old article from 1999 which discussed why De Kuip had just been awarded the Euro 2000 final in favour of the recently completed, more modern, and slightly [...]
Hearts FC experienced a setback in their plans to move to a new stadium last week when the Edinburgh City Council announced not to participate in any future deal. The club and Council had recently been in talks to discuss the possibilities [...]
Chelsea FC has taken another step in their plans to build a new stadium at the Battersea Power Station site. After the club announced last month to have brought in a developer to investigate the possibilities for a move, the club has now announced to have hired architect Viñoly. Chelsea [...]
KAA Gent will have to wait one more year before it will be able to play in its new home. This announced the local city government of Gent on Monday. Gent had previously hoped to occupy the Arteveldestadion, which will be able to seat 20,000 fans, at the start of [...]
Tottenham Hotspur has further committed itself to the execution of the Northumberland Development project which it presented three years ago. The project entails the construction of a 55,000-seater stadium, built adjacent to Tottenham’s current ground White Hart Lane, along with a [...]
Browsing through some old emails I was reminded of Barcelona’s spectacular plans to redevelop Camp Nou that were presented about five years ago. The stadium was to be completely remodelled, with a new outer facade and roof consisting of coloured tiles and glass panels, giving the stadium a complete new [...]
The Houston Memorial Examiner recently published an interesting article about the rise of soccer-specific stadiums in the American Major League Soccer. Whereas at the start of the MLS practically all teams rented the stadium of their local American Football team, in the meantime 19 out of 22 franchises have built [...]
Today’s draw for Euro 2012 is a first in a series of events that will slowly warm us up for the tournament. It also offers us a first peek at the different venues, and, which makes it more concrete, we now know who is going to play where. We already [...]
With our new design live in a few days, let’s have a look at the current status of our database. So far we’ve entered the details of a total of 109 stadiums. Of these, 94 fall into the present stadiums category. England is the country with the most entries, 18 [...]
We have tentatively set the date of going live with our new site design to the 6th of January 2011. Without any major problems between now and then you will be able to fully use the site as of the morning of the 7th. In the meantime: happy holidays!
We’ve been working really, really, hard lately on the design of the new Stadium Guide and on getting our database filled with sufficient stadiums. We currently have the entries of 66 stadiums and have our eyes set on completing a hundred before going live. For those of you seeing this [...]
The Amex, officially called the American Express Community Stadium, or colloquially Falmer Stadium, is the home of Brighton & Hove Albion FC. The stadium has a capacity of 22,500 seats. The Amex officially opened on the 30th of July 2011 with a friendly match between Brighton and Tottenham Hotspur (2-3). [...]
Parken is the largest football stadium in Denmark, the home of F.C. København (also FCK or FC Copenhagen), and the standard playing venue of the Danish national team. The stadium has a capacity of 38,065 seats. Parken was built on the site of Denmark’s previous national stadium, Idrætspark, which had [...]
The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, and the third largest stadium in Britain. It has a capacity of 74,500 seats. The stadium was built to host the final at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, and replaced Wales’ previous national stadium, the Cardiff Arms Park, which by that [...]
Valencia Stadium Works Resumed in 2012
Works on the Nuevo Mestalla stadium will resume at the beginning of 2012, according to an announcement of the mayor of Valencia and the club’s president last Tuesday. Construction of the stadium, which began in August 2007, was halted early 2009 with little indication during the last [...]
Queens Park Rangers have confirmed that they are currently looking at sites in west London for a possible new stadium. Any plans are still in a very premature state, but with the rise of the club to the Premier League, and finding itself limited with the smallest ground in the league and few expansion possibilities, the [...]
Newcastle United Announce Stadium Name Change
Newcastle United FC announced today that St James’ Park will change its name into Sports Direct Arena as per direct. The name change is part of a decision to licence the full naming rights of the stadium as part of a sponsorship deal. The name change to Sports Direct Arena, Sports Direct being the company of [...]
Chelsea Looking into Battersea Stadium Move
Chelsea FC have appointed a developer to investigate the possibilities of a move to the site of the Battersea power station. The move is pre-emptive, as no concrete decisions have been made yet about moving to a different site and Chelsea will first need to buy back a freehold fans have over the land Stamford Bridge [...]
Spurs Pushing Ahead with NDP Stadium Project
Tottenham Hotspur has further committed itself to the execution of the Northumberland Development project which it presented three years ago. The project entails the construction of a 55,000-seater stadium, built adjacent to Tottenham’s current ground White Hart Lane, along with a [...]
Fulham Advances with Craven Cottage Development Plans
Fulham FC has revealed further information about their plans to develop Craven Cottage, including some new drawings of the proposed Riverside Stand. The club has a long-standing desire to increase capacity and modernise 105-year-old Craven Cottage and has in the past even [...]
Atlético Madrid Presents New Stadium Plans
Last Monday Atlético Madrid unveiled their plans to build a new stadium in the east of Madrid. The stadium will have a capacity of 67,500 seats, about 12,000 more than fit in the current Estadio Vicente Calderón. Atlético had been looking for a move from the Vicente Calderón for several years, as [...]
