Opened in 2008 as a 13,034 seat venue, Stade Saputo in Montreal is currently undergoing expansion to 20,341 seats as Impact de Montréal (Montreal Impact) prepare to enter Major League Soccer in 2012. Continue reading
In Moscow’s Petrovsky Park, one of Russia’s largest development projects is set to begin construction early in 2012 on a possible 2018 World Cup venue, known as VTB Stadium and Arena. Continue reading
Fulham Football Club recently announced they would be staying at their historic home, Archibald Leitch’s Craven Cottage, and today released plans for expansion at the stadium with a major development to the Riverside Stand that would increase the Cottage’s capacity by a little over 4,000 seats to 30,000. Continue reading
This week the design for Atlético Madrid’s new home was unveiled. Continue reading
It’s been a little while since we revisited our lost stadium plans series, but prompted by a query from @BundesligaUK on Twitter, we couldn’t resist dusting off a relatively recently dreamt up design concept for one of the world’s most famous stadiums: Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Continue reading
The opening game of Euro 2012 will take place at Warsaw’s new 58,000 capacity National Stadium, now almost completed. It will also host two other group matches, a quarter-final and a semi-final. Continue reading
With the assistance of Chinese funding and construction, Zambia is about ready to unveil its newest stadium in Ndola, the southern African country’s third largest city. Continue reading
You would think this superb new stadium being quickly constructed in Porto Alegre would be one of the host stadiums for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. You would think wrong. Continue reading
Signed, sealed and now to be delivered: Bordeaux is the latest French city to finalize its plans for a new stadium that will be a Euro 2016 host venue. Continue reading
Continuing our tour of 2014 World Cup stadia, we head today to São Paulo, and look at the stadium in which the World Cup will kick-off in Brazil. It will be known as São Paulo Arena for the World Cup, with naming rights otherwise still to be determined. Continue reading
Arena Pantanal in Cuiabá, the capital city of Brazilian state Mato Grosso, will host four games at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, all in the group stage. Continue reading
FIFA announced last week that Arena Pernambuco, a new 46,154 capacity stadium under construction in the city of Recife, Brazil, will host five games at the 2014 World Cup - four group stage games and one round of 16 matchup. Continue reading
In Odessa, Ukraine, FC Chernomorets Odessa will soon have a new 34,858 capacity stadium, though it will, perhaps surprisingly given the quality of the construction, not be a venue for Euro 2012. Continue reading
In Baku, the capital of oil-rich Azerbaijan, a 65,000 stadium is under construction that will be the home for the nation’s football team. It’s known as the Baku Olympic Stadium, due to the country’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Continue reading
In northern France, one of the country’s largest football stadiums is rising in Lille, a 50,157 capacity home for Lille OSC – Grand Stade Lille Métropole. It is expected to be a Euro 2016 stadium. Continue reading