STADIUMS
Saputo Stadium Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OPENING 2012
Saputo Stadium in Quebec will reopen in early 2012, following a complete redevel- opment to increase the venue's capacity to 20,300. The expansion managed by Mon- treal-based Broccolini Construction will include 21 new corporate boxes and a par- tial roof above some of the grandstands. The stadium will be the home venue of the Mon- treal Impact Football Club, the Major Soccer League's 19th franchise club. Details:
www.montrealmls2012.com
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Al-Menaa Stadium Bashra, Iraq
OPENING 2012
The 30,000-capacity football stadium in Iraq, designed by 360 Architecture, will also include extensive training facilities. Details:
www.360architects.com
State Athletics Centre Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OPENING 2012
The transformation of the old Lake- side Oval into a modern athletics venue at Albert Park will be completed during 2012. Work will see it being converted from a rectangular stadium into Victoria's main athletics venue. Features will include a new IAAF-approved synthetic eight- lane running track with a 10-lane, 110m straight, 50m indoor running track and FIFA-sized natural grass pitch. Details:
www.majorprojects.vic.gov.au
Rotherham United Stadium Rotherham, UK
OPENING 2012
Houston Dynamo Stadium Houston, Texas, US
OPENING 2012
The Populous-designed stadium will become one of the first 'soccer-specific' Major League Soccer venues when Houston Dynamo team moves into its new purpose-
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built stadium during 2012. The venue will also be used for Texas Southern University's football, concerts and boxing events. Spec- tators will benefit from unobstructed views from both the upper and lower tiers, with catering and toilet facilities complemented by integrated broadcast facilities. Details:
www.houstondynamo.com
The new 12,000-seat stadium will provide a new home for Rotherham United Football Club (RUFC). Designed by S&P Architects, the venue will be delivered on the site of the South Yorkshire town's former Guest and Chrimes foundry site, by GMI Con- struction. Gleeds is project managing the scheme, which will see the north and south stands boasting a polycarbonate edge to the roof to enable light to reach the pitch. The site's ground level will also be raised by 2m as part the project's flood alleviation plans. Details:
www.themillers.co.uk
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