Archive for the 'Stadiums' Category

February 10th, 2012
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Video :: Houston Dynamo & BBVA Compass Stadium – Sod / Seat Installation

Houston Dynamo's new home, The BBVA Compass Stadium, is starting to get some of its finishing major touches as the installation of the sod began on Wednesday, February 8, while the seats began installation the Saturday before. When it opens in 2012, the 22,000-seat stadium will be the first soccer-specific stadium in Major League Soccer located in a ...
January 20th, 2012
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FIFA + Brazil present the stadiums for the 2014 World Cup [Pics]

from FIFA.com: A dozen stadiums throughout the country will play their part in hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. From the Arena Amazonia in Manaus in the far northwest of the country to the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre in the south, all 12 will have a share in hosting the 64 matches that will make up the 20th edition of football's ...
January 20th, 2012
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FIFA wants Brazil to change the law so they can sell beers inside World Cup Stadiums

image source In 2003, alcohol was banned at Brazilian football matches as part of attempts to tackle violence between rival football fans - Brewer Budweiser is a big Fifa sponsor - and the country's health minister, Alexandre Padilha, has urged Congress to maintain the ban in the new law. This is a problem. Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke is ...
January 5th, 2012
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Houston Dynamo x Sunbelt bank BBVA Compass :: BBVA Compass Stadium “Building a Better Houston”

from HoustonDynamoVideos on youtube: "The Houston Dynamo and BBVA Compass have teamed up to help build a better Houston, and with that new partnership, the naming rights have become official: BBVA Compass Stadium." Check out the video after the jump.... (more...)
December 20th, 2011

Video :: Chelsea FC’s Fans Day at Stamford Bridge

from the chelseaFC on youtube page: "On Monday, Stamford Bridge opened it's gates to the fans for the chance to watch the first team in a full training session. From here the players joined some lucky children at the Bridge Kids Christmas party. And then it was onto Chelsea and Westminster hospital to meet some less fortunate children during the ...
December 14th, 2011

Houston Dynamo Reach Multi-Year Deal For Downtown Stadium Naming Rights With BBVA Compass

via HoustonDynamo The Houston Dynamo and Sunbelt bank BBVA Compass announced they are entering into a multi-year naming rights agreement for the Major League Soccer (MLS) team’s new downtown Houston stadium currently under construction. BBVA Compass Stadium is set to open May 12. “We have always believed that Houston was one of the most ...
December 7th, 2011

Video :: Atlético Madrid unveil plans for their new stadium in 3D rendering

Work on the new stadium, that will have a capacity of about 70,000, an increase of its current seating of about 55,000, began months ago and is scheduled to be finished in time for the 2015-16 season. Atletico president Enrique Cerezo says: ''Madrid will have one of the best stadiums in the world that can hold the final of the Champions League, ...
December 6th, 2011

Arsenal legends Thierry Henry, Tony Adams, and Herbert Chapman to get statues for 125th anniversary celebration

images 1 : 2 : 3 Arsenal will mark their 125th anniversary this weekend by unveiling statues of Thierry Henry, Tony Adams, and Herbert Chapman outside the Emirates Stadium via arsenal.com "We are delighted to announce that in the forthcoming weeks, statues will be unveiled to commemorate three legends in the history of Arsenal Football ...