DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
STADIUMS
Cluj Arena Cluj, Romania
OPENING 2012
The new 30,596-capacity stadium in Romania is being built by the local gov- ernment. Primarily designed for football, the venue will also boast an eight-lane running track capable of hosting national and international athletics meetings. Cor- porate amenities at the e36m (£30.8m, US$48.7m) venue will comprise 948 VIP boxes as well as a restaurant. Details:
www.universitateacluj.ro
Amakhosi Stadium Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
Amon G Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas, US
OPENING 2012
The stadium, which first opened in 1930, is undergoing the largest redevelopment in its history and will reopen as a 50,000-ca- pacity venue following a US$175m (£111m,
St Helens Rugby Stadium St Helens, UK
OPENING 2012
The 18,000-capacity stadium will be deliv- ered by developer Langtree. It is anticipated that the first St Helens match will take place at the ground in late January, before a series of structured events are held to allow fans and residents to expereince the stadium. Langtree appointed Barr Construction to build the venue, which has taken 14 months to complete. Arcadis UK acted as project manager on the development. Details:
www.saintsrlfc.com
18 SPORTS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 2012
e129.5m) investment. The old venue was demolished in 2010 and the new stadium complex is scheduled to open in time for the 2012 football season. Located on the Texas Christian University (TCU) campus, Amon is the home stadium of the TCU Horned Frogs football team. Details:
gofrogs.cstv.com
OPENING 2012
The stadium will be the new home of South Africa's most successful football team, Kaizer Chiefs. Located oughly 40km (25 miles) from the city centre of Johannesburg, the 35,000-capacitystadium will cost an
estimated R700m (£55m, US$88m, e64m). It will be part of a large sports precinct being developed in Krugersdorp, Gauteng. The opening of Amakhosi Stadium will bring to an end a long- term nomadic existence for the Chiefs. So far, the club has played at nine dif- ferent stadiums within the greater Johannesburg area. Amakhosi Stadium is the first facility it will own in its own right. The venue – also known as Bob van Reenen stadium – will form one part of a larger sporting and leisure com- plex, which will include cricket and rugby stadiums, as well as an as yet unnamed sports-branded hotel and a retail shop- ping centre. Details:
www.kaizerchiefs.com
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