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Soccer booming in the US as record crowd watches Man Utd beat Real Madrid
A pre-season game between English Premier League team Manchester United and Spanish giants Real Madrid attracted a crowd of 109,318 to Michigan Stadium in August, leading to calls that soccer had finally “arrived” in the United States. The game in Michigan – for which tick- ets cost between US$45 and US$189 – came just three weeks after the FIFA World Cup final set a US television record with 26.5 million viewers and is the lat- est sign that there is increasing interest in soccer in a country that is dominated by the Americans’ own version of football. Each of Team US’ games in the World Cup attracted larger than usual TV audi- ences, with the side’s closely-fought match against Portugal being viewed by a total of around 24.7 million people.
Stars such as David Beckham (left) and Thierry Henry have played in the MLS in recent years
Meanwhile, the average attendance fig- ure for Major League Soccer (MLS) games has increased in recent years and reached 18,807 for the 2013 season – surpassing two of the country’s other major sports,
basketball (NBA) and ice hockey (NHL). The MLS is keen to capitalise on the soccer boom and plans to expand the number of teams from the current 19 to 24 by 2020. Read more:
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Tottenham Hotspur gets go-ahead for stadium plans
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has received final approval for plans to build a 58,000-capacity stadium in north London. UK communities minister Eric Pickles has now approved a compulsory pur- chase order – made by London Borough of Haringey – which will enable the £400m (US$645m, E499m) Northumberland Development Project (NDP) to continue to proceed. The club hopes to have its new stadium and surrounding leisure complex ready for the start of the 2017-18 season. Read more:
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The LED court can produce any graphic
Nike creates world’s first LED basketball court
An artist’s impression of Spurs’ new home Perth’s AU$820m multi-sport stadium designs revealed
Final designs have been revealed for the planned new 60,000-capacity sports sta- dium in Perth, Western Australia. The bid to design the venue was
The 60,000-capacity stadium will have five tiers
won by a team featuring architects Cox Architecture, Hassell and HKS Sports and Entertainment Group. The U$820m (US$770m, E570m, £450m) multi-purpose stadium will be the new home to Aussie rules clubs Fremantle and West Coast Eagles, plus the Western Force rugby union team and will also host a range of events. Read more:
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Nike has unveiled the world’s first LED basketball court in Shanghai, China, a facility created for basket- ball star Kobe Bryant to help train young players in Shanghai as part of Nike’s RISE campaign. The court – dubbed the ‘House of Mamba’ – features all over LED flooring; bringing graphics, video and real-time player tracking to training. Using motion sensors to enable tracking and interactive vis- ualisations, players will be trained and challenged using circuits set by Bryant and the innovative new tech- nology. The LEDs can also display personal performance statistics. Read more:
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