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National Stadium Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A design team has been appointed to work on the construction of a new national stadium for football and ath- letics on a 60 hectare (148 acre) site in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Designsport and the Laboratory for
Visionary Architecture (LAVA) have been appointed to design the 60,000- seat venue in conjunction with Ethiopia-based JDAW Consulting. Construction work is due to start in 2014, with the development com- prising an athletics track; indoor and outdoor aquatic centres; outdoor pitches, sports halls and arenas; a residential village and sports arenas alongside the main stadium. The contract was awarded to the design team by the Federal Sport Commission, following a global com- petition. The stadium will be designed to FIFA and Olympic standards. It will provide a high-perform- ance training centre for elite athletes, major international sporting events and for the local community.
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Ageas Bowl cricket stadium Southampton, UK
The national stadium will cover 60 hectares 12
Eastleigh Borough Council (EBC), UK, has announced that all outstanding issues sur- rounding a proposed development at Southampton’s Ageas Bowl cricket stadium, UK, have fi nally been resolved.
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DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana, USA
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, US, has received a US$5m (£3.1m, 3.8m) donation to support improvements to its sports fi elds. These will be undertaken as part of a new athletics and recreation mas- terplan for the university.
The private donor investment will allow for the construction of a new multi-purpose stadium for DePauw’s men’s and women’s
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varsity soccer and lacrosse teams. The stadium will serve as the southern anchor of the University’s athletics campus. The new multi-purpose complex will pro- vide a competition fi eld, four varsity locker rooms and stadium seating for 750 fans. Additional funds will be raised for an adja- cent fi eld for practices and training. The masterplan, developed with the assistance of athletics facilities architec- tural fi rm Hasting+Chivetta, also calls for a number of enhancements to softball, tennis, fi eld hockey, golf and baseball facilities.
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With the fi nancial and legal conditions now satisfi ed, the local authority will pro- ceed with the acquisition of the 167 acre (68 hectare) site on which the venue stands. The land purchase – fi rst approved in 2011 – will allow for the development of a new hotel and conference centre, which will be worth £55m (67.5m, US$88.6m) a year to the local economy.
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