Tag: stadium
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Camp Nou contractor to build Luton Town’s new stadium
Gary Sweet, chief executive of Luton Town FC, said: “This is a transformative opportunity for the club, helping us realise our ambitions to be a Premier League club again one day. We are united with the supporters on the need for a new stadium to move our Luton Town forward and we are delighted to…
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NFL’s Commanders ink $4B stadium deal
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The NFL’s Washington Commanders have inked a blockbuster $4 billion deal with the D.C. government to return to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium campus, the franchise announced on April 28. The Commanders will relocate…
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In pictures | Leeds United’s new Elland Road Stadium design
Leeds United Football Club has published images of the design for the revamp of its Elland Road stadium. Last September, the club outlined plans to modernise its home ground and increase capacity from 37,645 to up to 56,500. (Image: Leeds United) The estimated final capacity of the design in progress is approximately 53,000. Leeds City…
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Gilbane/Turner JV tops out $2.1B Buffalo Bills stadium
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Twenty months after breaking ground, the $2.1 billion New Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, has topped out, according to a release from Gov. Kathy Hochul. Project stakeholders, Hochul, other politicians and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell…
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Yankee Stadium subway station escalator completed ahead of Opening Day
With the 2025 opening day in the books, Forte Construction Corp., a leading general contracting firm involved in significant transit and public works projects throughout downstate New York, successfully replaced two vital escalators that serve as the only free and accessible connection between the underground B/D trains and the elevated 4 train at the historic…
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Rays exit $1.3B stadium deal
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: With opening day two weeks away, Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays are pulling out of a $1.3 billion stadium deal with the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, according to a statement posted on X,…
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From Taylor Swift to Manchester United: how stadium design is changing
Football grounds increasingly host non-sporting events such as concerts, and Manchester United’s planned new stadium will be no different. This means different challenges for designers and constructors, explains Wojciech Markowski. Nonetheless, it may be difficult to achieve a satisfactory level of structural response for the entire grandstand without significant structural modifications, which may lead to…
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In pictures: Manchester United’s new ‘world’s best stadium’
Manchester United has released sophisticated computer-generated images showing how its planned £2bn 100,000-seat stadium in the Old Trafford area of the city would look. The stadium is part of a wider regeneration project which the club says could deliver £7.3bn a year to the UK economy. The CGIs have been created by Foster and Partners,…
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Barton Malow-AECOM Hunt chosen for $400M Orlando stadium reno
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Stadium renovationValue: $400 millionLocation: Orlando, FloridaClient: City of Orlando The Orlando City Council voted Feb.24 to execute a contract with a Barton Malow-AECOM Hunt joint venture for $400 million in renovations to Camping World Stadium over…
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Turner kicks off $780M dedicated soccer stadium, NYC’s first
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Turner Construction has kicked off construction of New York City’s first soccer-specific stadium. The contractor has turned dirt on the $780 million Etihad Park, financed by and future home of Major League Soccer’s New York City Football…