The Donbass Arena is the new home of FC Shakhtar Donetsk and was the first stadium in Eastern Europe with a UEFA elite status. It has a capacity of 51,504 seats, among which 45 corporate boxes that can accommodate 830 people. Since 1936 FC Shakhtar had been playing its matches [...]
The Metalist Stadium is the home stadium of FC Metalist Kharkiv and will be one of the playing venues during Euro 2012. The stadium has a capacity of 38,633 seats, including 506 VIP seats. Construction of the Metalist Stadium started in 1925 and finished with its official opening on the [...]
The National Sports Complex Olimpiyskiy is the Ukrainian national stadium, and host to the upcoming Euro 2012 final. The stadium has a capacity of 70,050 seats. The Olimpiyskiy Stadium, then still called Republic Stadium MS Krushchov, was originally planned to open on the 22nd of June 1941. It had been [...]
The PGE Arena is the recently built home stadium of Lechia Gdańsk, and one of the playing venues during Euro 2012. The stadium has a capacity of 42,105 seats. The PGE Arena was built with the perspective of being one of the host stadiums during Euro 2012. Construction of the [...]
Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie (National Stadium Warsaw) is Poland’s recently built national stadium. It has a capacity of 58,145 seats. Though plans had existed before to build a new Polish national stadium, these were accelerated with Poland being granted the Euro 2012 Championships as a co-host. The stadium was built [...]
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 [...]
