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The updated version of the Stadiaworld special about advertising and signage can now be downloaded for free. The guidebook gives a survey: banners, flags, sheets, counters, displays of any kind and materials for branding are presented in detail. Read more

More than 22.000 new stadium seats for the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam have been supplied by the Spanish enterprise Daplast S.A. The seats are part of a major development programme for the famous sports venue. The project is estimated to be completed in 2012. Read more

With the English edition of the special Sports Turf 2010/11 Stadiaworld offers clubs, associations, public or private investors and facility managers a comprehensive guide covering about all the aspects of natural and artificial turf as well as care, maintenance and machinery. Read more

Thapar University in the city of Patiala in India is the scene for the first of its kind IAAF certified synthetic running track in one of the world’s biggest countries. The facility has been made possible using the Herculan SR Sprint technology from Meerkerk, the Netherlands. Read more

On May 28 and 29 Europe’s top four handball-teams will struggle for the cup of the Handball Champions League 2011. Just like last year, Elements Entertainment GmbH from Bielefeld will undertake the technical realisation of all showparts framing the event. Read more

In an all-new, 38 pages thick company brochure Arena One GmbH presents itself and its business units. The Munich-based company especially points out its main business as a full-service enterprise and as a complete hospitality partner for renowned sports events. Read more

Turner Construction is confident of completing construction work on LIVESTRONG SPORTING PARK, new home of the club Sporting Kansas City. The new Stadium will not only be hosting Major League Soccer matches but also other sporting events and concerts. Read more

Founded in 1976, the Belgian family-owned company DCM has become a partner of many international sports field managers. Due to many years of experience and research, DCM is able to offer a complete product range for turf care like fertilisers and soil improvers. Read more

Thanks to the concept for ice rinks and the experience gathered with the installation of a couple of ice rinks in shopping centres, the persons responsible contracted AST from Tirol, Austria to deliver an ice rink for their shopping mall in Changchun, northern China. Read more

Green 4 Solutions, established in January 2006, from Kimcote, Leicestershire is a leading supplier of Customer-Relationship-Management (CRM) and customer interaction solutions. Over 70 professional sports and leisure operations in the United Kingdom are using Green 4 CRM now. Read more

In August 2010, Darklight Technology Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of LED displays from Shenzhen, China has finished the project of a PH20 LED display panel for the Elwood Park in Blackburn together with its partner in the United Kingdom. The panels have a size of 137 square meters. Read more

The Stadiaworld special on perimeter boards provides information about advertising boards for stadiums, arenas, ice and sports halls and events. Readers get a complete overview of systems of classical riding and roll boards and video boards. Read more

AURES Technologies, manufacturer of the POSLIGNE range of EPOS systems and terminals, announces that the group has to date deployed over 50 EPOS in Twickenham Stadium, the home of England Rugby, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and moreover, the biggest rugby stadium worldwide. Read more

At the Stadia Design & Technology Expo in May 2011, booth 2100, SABIC Innovative Plastics presents its latest polycarbonate (PC) sheet technology for stadium roofing: New Ultra-Stiff Lexan Thermoclear sheets with the ability to withstand high winds and heavy snow loads. Read more

The sports equipment special will be releasead in April and provides information about the complete equipment of a football pitch, track and field facility and sports hall. Readers get useful informations about the planning of a sports field or a sport venue. Read more

The special Seats and Seating informs about all aspects of the seating for sports and event venues, starting with stadium seats, planning principles and regulations up to the issue of ergonomics, design and costs. The English version can now be downloaded for free. Read more

In 2010, Italian company Zucchetti automated eight sports facilities in the emirate of Qatar. Five of them hosted the 2011 AFC Asia Cup - the football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) which was held in January and was won by Japan over Australia. Read more

Baoshan International Sport Center in Shanghai was designed from 2007 to 2009 by Pöyry from Vantaa, Finland, as a showcase multi-purpose arena for Chinas growing professional sport market. It is now rapidly nearing completion for the plan opening in the summer of 2011. Read more

The special by Stadiaworld explains all aspects of lighting that apply to sports and entertainment venues – floodlight, light for a building and its surroundings and lighting design. Attached to the editorial part of the guidebook, an index presents leading lighting companies. Read more

The Richmond Olympic Oval, home to long-track speed skating during the 2010 Winter Games, and winner of the Institution of Structural Engineers top award for Sports or Leisure Structures, was converted to a continuous sports floor, co-designed and equipped with Pulastic from Descol. Read more

The VTB Stadium and Arena includes the redevelopment of Dynamo Moscow stadium, designed by MANICA Architecture. The project is thought to be one of the largest projects that will be developed in Russia in the coming years. It will be a venue for the FIFA 2018 World Cup. Read more

The English SIS Support in Sport (Manufactoring) Co. Ltd. has designed, manufactured and built sports surfaces throughout the world including some of Europe's leading football clubs like Real Madrid and Manchester United. For the Spanish Athletic Club Bilbao they have installed a new turf pitch in January. Read more

Security Solutions Ltd., installers of perimeter security equipment from Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, successfully secured a project to provide all stadia access pods at the recently constructed Doncaster Lakeside Stadium. Read more

Mirpur National Stadium in the Mirpur Thana district of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was the location for the opening game of the Cricket World Cup 2011 between India and Bangladesh. The match on 19th February was lit using floodlighting from the company Abacus. Read more

As the venue for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup, the Lusail Iconic Stadium will provide an ambitious football facility for 86,250 spectators during the opening ceremony, group games and final. Designed by Foster + Partner, the stadium reflects Doha’s culture and heritage. Read more

The English edition of the special 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 special helps clubs, promoters, operators and event agencies. Read more

Only a few months after the opening of Usain Bolt’s new training track at Mona Campus (University of the West Indies UWI), the German race track specialist Berleburger Schaumstoffwerke GmbH (BSW) has just completed another athletic track project in Jamaica. Read more

In september, the first polish stadium of the UEFA EURO 2012 opened its gates. Stadion Miejski has been rebuilt and expanded. Polish company AK-BUD was responsible for construction works, the polish designer Modern Construction System the design responsible while German company Mehler Texnologies was responsible for delivering of the roofing material. Read more

DüsseldorfCongress has just added a new event location to its portfolio. On 8th of March, management responsibility for BURG-WÄCHTER CASTELLO in Düsseldorf-Reisholz was turned over to DüsseldorfCongress, a subsidiary of the City of Düsseldorf and Messe Düsseldorf GmbH Read more

The Sportboulevard Dordrecht is a new three-in-one sport complex in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The Spanish producer of stadium seats daplast S.A. provided the seats for the different sport venues like an ice hockey rink, a swimming pool and a sports hall. Read more