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Qatar Public Works Authority, Ashghal, Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, Qatar Olympic Committee, ASPIRE Academy for Sporting Excellence and CH2m Hill were among the VIP attendees at the opening of the industry led summit, being held at the Sheraton Hotel Doha. Read more

The Stadiaworld Special Issue “Facility Management” was published now. It offers an introduction into all relevant themes of facility management to commune, associations as well as private and public stadia, arena and sports facilities operators. Read more

Daktronics provided an integrated LED super system including video, scoring and advertising displays for Arena Ciudad de México. A large area display wraps the facade, two ribbon board displays circle the inside of the arena and a large display is located in the center. Read more

The new National Stadium in Warsaw is the stage for the opening game of the UEFA EURO on 8th June 2012. So the pitch becomes the center of interest. In Warsaw it has been decided to use an irrigation system of PERROT, the German professionals for turf irrigation. Read more

The winners of TheStadiumBusiness Awards were announced in association with KPMG, a worldwide network of accounting and advice companies, on 16th May. Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky (RKW) won the Architecture & Design Award. The Awards recognise achievements from the stadium industry. Read more

PM ENGINEERING has built a new hall construction in Baku, Azerbaijan. The whole project has been carried out in 180 days. The sports hall should be predominantly used for wrestling fights and indoor sport games, like football. Wrestling is the Azerbaijan national sports. Read more

The new e-magazine “Tents“ by Stadiaworld was published. The adviser offers all-embracing information about tents, planning of events in temporary construction and reveals new case studies. Read more

The Stadiaworld E-magazine about sports flooring provides a comprehensive introduction to flooring systems for gymnasiums, multifunctional arenas and outdoor installations. It explains which standards have to be met and which products are suitable for which purposes. Read more

The Spanish company daplast S.A. equipped the Stadium Ramón de Carranza in Spain with new seats. The home stadium of Cadiz CF was built in 1955 and has been renovated and restored in the last years in several steps. The stadium has room for 22.000 visitors. Read more

The BSW GmbH, a supplier of sports and leisure surfaces, built a blue tartan track on the campus of the University in Kingston (Jamaica) one year ago. Sprint star Usain Bolt and his team colleagues did their daily training sessions on this tartan track. Read more

The Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland is one of Germany’s fastest and most spectacular one make cup. Since 1990, the series inspires fans and motorsport enthusiasts all around Europe. WIGE MEDIA records the races for the highlights of the international TV programs. Read more

Hollo-Bolt®-connectings from Lindapter were distinguished with CE-labelling. These are the only attachments for on the back not accessible devices which got this labelling. Engineers can design Hollo-Bolt® using the Eurocode 3 standard and the characteristic values of tensile. Read more

With the 2-1 in the back, Bayern reached the final of the UEFA Champions League in the return match on April 25 in Madrid. One German participant would have been part of the final in Munich for sure: Peiffer Fertigrasen, because the company delivers some fresh green for the final. Read more

Sadar Vuga, a Slovenian design and planning company, builds a new multi-pupose hall in Sports park Portoval in Novo Mesto (Slovenia). The arena will be build till mid of the year 2013 when Slovenia will host the EuroBasket Championship and will have new specials inside. Read more

The NÜSSLI Group, a leading supplier for temporary structures, is handling the construction of a ring-shaped grandstand for the ATP tennis tournament in Barcelona. Beside the stands on the centre court, the already existing stands on the courts one and two will be expanded Read more

S[quadrat] GmbH of Schwanstetten, Germany which is an expert company for video walls for indoor and outdoor usage was awarded the INNOVATIONSPREIS-IT and received the official title BEST OF 2012 for the especially created LED-Displays with NT-Technology und SX-Controlling. Read more

The South African Ruben Reddy Architects were appointed to design the concept for the Ice Hockey Arena for Russia’s successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Bolshaya Ledovaya Arena has a capacity of 12,000 seats and will be a multi-purpose facility. Read more

The nominations for third TheStadiumBusiness Awards, in association with KPMG, have shortly been announced and ESSMA has been shortlisted as a finalist in the safety and security award category. The awards recognise a whole spectrum of achievements from across the global stadium industry. Read more

In Stuttgart’s SCHARRena informations about the sport event are prospectively shown on a LEUROCOM video display. The LED specialist delivered a 15 square metres sized „V10 all-in-one“ SMD video display. Advertising and scoring details can be shown with a special sports software. Read more

The updated English edition of the E-magazine video walls and scoreboards is now available. Readers get an introduction to the technologies and criteria for purchase or rental, a list of prices and an extensive supplier directory. The E-magazine helps clubs, promoters, operators and event agencies. Read more

Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) LED displays and Visiconn® control solutions were involved in an interactive marketing campaign that stretched over seven different Westfield Malls in Australia. Unilever ran a campaign titled “Love Story” to promote their new fragrance line. Read more

The refurbished Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz was officiall re-opened on 9 April with a basketball match of Caja Laboral versus Real Madrid. Daplast, S.A. installed the stadium seat model CR-4 with riser bracket made of polipropilene and fibre glass in the arena. Read more

The industry directory presented by Stadiaworld gives you the view. Over 1.000 companies, which deal with planning and construction, the equipment and the operating of sport and event venues are listed and support the company approach. Read more

A few days ago, the specialist company RICHTER LAWN has laid a new natural turf lawn in the Bucharest-based Nationala Arena. Utilizing a RR STADIUM TURF SR moved to the final of the Champions League on 9 May be equipped with an appropriate turf to. Read more

In Salford City Stadium, home of the rugby team Salford Reds new Raycam line markers from Campey Turf Care Systems are used because it’s opening its doors to the Sale Sharks. The markers only mark the leaf and not the soil so existing colour can be removed and re-lined easier. Read more

Triple gold medallist of the Olympic Games in Peking 2008 Evan O’Hanlon, who starts at the handicapped class T38, set a new 100-meters race world record of 10.88 seconds on the new Lakeside Stadium synthetic track Rekortan M99 at the Australian Olympic Trails. Read more

Trilo introduced the VCU 240 Verticut unit for sports fields, flat areas and parks. According to the company, it delievers a solution for all thatch problems. The growth rate of grass slows down when a thatch of leaves, old grass clippings, dead roots and moss has built up. Read more

DOMO® SPORTS GRASS is introducing an environmentally friendly artificial grass infill onto the market. Naturafill is a natural product based on specially selected cork. The cultivation and processing of the cork is carried out in harmony with nature from start to finish. Read more

The SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH introduced a new rear-mount accessory for compact tractors for cleaning and deep cleaning of artificial turf with sand and/or rubber infilling: the brush and vacuum system TurfKing TK1502 for clean sports surfaces and good playing conditions. Read more

Bringing together its renowned journalists and leading industry figures, the International Herald Tribune Sports Business Summit in Istanbul is an exclusive forum for sports leaders and investors to discuss critical developments in the global sports industry. Read more