STADIUMS OPENING TBC
Baseball stadium Mesa, AZ, USA
Chicago Cubs and the City of Mesa have held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction work on a new baseball stadium and spring training facility in the state of Arizona, US. Populous are behind the plans for the US$99m (£61.2m, 75.6m) scheme, which was given the unanimous backing of Mesa voters in 2010 and includes a refurbished Riverview Park.
The 15,000-seat stadium will contain a video board, shaded seats and luxury suites, while the training facility will have seven full-size practice fi elds and one infi eld-only natural turf fi eld. The reconfi guration of the park will fea-
ture a new playground, grass/shaded areas and a lake serving as an urban fi shing loca- tion and irrigation for the entire site.
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The stadium will have a training facility with seven practice fields
OPENING TBC
Nottingham Forest stadium Nottingham, UK
A new stadium or the redevelopment of Nottingham’s existing City Ground could be on the cards for Nottingham Forest Foot- ball Club (NFFC) after the Al Hasawi family acquired the club.
ily of former owner Nigel Doughty and are aiming for the club to gain promotion to the Premier League. According to the BBC, Al Hasawi revealed that the development of a new ground is a long-term ambition, and that the current focus is on the City Ground. NFFC had announced plans for a new sta- dium three years ago, with a venue to form part of Nottingham’s bid to be included as an English host city for the 2018 World Cup, but England was not selected by FIFA.
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Redevelopment plans are in progress
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