Lusail Iconic Stadium – FIFA World Cup Qatar
As the venue for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid, the Lusail Iconic Stadium will provide a world-class football facility for 86,250 spectators during the opening ceremony, group games and final.
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Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park Sports Venue
Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park building – Cox Architecture design winning entry for a new arena on the site of current Allianz stadium.
New Moore Park Stadium in Sydney, NSW
Australian architects Bates Smart reveal bold plan to build new Sydney stadium suspended above Central station. The NSW State Government is proposing to demolish the main stadium and replace it on the same site.
Maracanã Stadium Rio 2016 Venue
Design: Fernandes/Arquitetos Associados. Legendary Maracanã Stadium building stages the Rio 2016 opening ceremony. Construction of this famous Brazilian arena was completed in 1950.
Russian World Cup Stadiums 2018
Stadium buildings, among the host cities are: Moscow, being the only city with two stadiums selected, Saint Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Saransk, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don and Yekaterinburg.
Arena Corinthians Stadium São Paulo
Design: Aníbal Coutinho. Architectural solutions for energy efficiency, the use of alternative energies, improvement of interior environmental quality and efficient water consumption have been implemented in this stadium building.
Stade de France Building in Paris
The Stade de France is the national stadium of France, situated just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 81,338 makes it the fifth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium is used by both the France national football team and French rugby union team for international competition.
Optus Stadium Perth Building
Designed by Cox Architecture, construction of the new multi-purpose, 60,000 seat Optus Stadium in Western Australia has now been completed by Multiplex on behalf of Weststadium for the West Australian Government.
Rostov Stadium Russian World Cup Venue
Populous, architects of the London 2012 Olympic stadium, Sochi 2014 Olympic stadium and Soccer City 2010 World Cup stadium, are designers of the new Rostov Stadium. This will be the fourth 2018 World Cup stadium in Russia the architects have designed, alongside Kazan, Saransk, Sochi.
CSKA Sofia Stadium: Bulgaria sports arena
CSKA Sofia Stadium building design: remodeling project of the club stadium of the Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia to meet Category four of UEFA stadium standards.
Stadion Energa in Gdansk: Stadium Poland
Design: RKW Architektur. The Stadion Energa Gdańsk is an effortlessly curved symbol of modern architecture. It is an important landmark and a bold statement for both locals and visitors in Gdańsk
Yas Arena in Abu Dhabi events
The Yas Arena building designed by HOK Architects to be the first multipurpose built arena in the city designed to accommodate a wide variety of sport and entertainment events. The arena in Abu Dhabi will have a capacity of 18,000.
Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility
Design: k20 Architecture. Located in the regional setting of Ballarat, Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility has been designed to provide leading edge sporting and social facilities for elite A level as well as international level games.
Port Melbourne Football Club Sports Facility
Design: k20 Architecture. The club required a new 900 square-metre facility to provide a new administration hub, conference and catering facilities however expectations were tempered by the limited available budget, a symptom of Government funding grants.
Stamford Bridge Stadium London: Chelsea Ground
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron employed to work alongside London Architects firm Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands for revamp designed to hold 60,000 spectators at Stamford Bridge.
L.A. Stadium at Hollywood Park
Design: HKS, Architects. The venue will include 70,000 fixed seats, with the flexibility to expand to host more than 100,000 fans. The building will be the NFL’s newest home and the host for Super Bowl LV in 2021.
Al Rayyan Stadium Qatar, World Cup Venue
Al Rayyan Stadium and Precinct are designed to showcase Qatar’s culture. The new, 40,000-seat stadium building is a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.