The new state-of-the-art Antel Arena opened its doors this week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Read more
The new state-of-the-art Antel Arena opened its doors this week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Read more
Architects HKS have been chosen to design a new football stadium and accompanying entertainment district development for Liga MX side Léon in Guanajuato, Mexico. Read more
Alexis Arguello Sports Complex has become Nicaragua’s second brand new sports venue complex enhanced with Colosseo technology for the upcoming 11th Central American Games. Read more
Work to stage the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru is ramping up with just 20 months to go until the event kicks off in the summer of 2019. Read more
Sports infrastructure opportunities have arisen following the signing of a UK-Peru inter-governmental deal for the UK to assist Peru with the organisation and delivery of the Pan American Games to be held in Lima in 2019. Read more
The UK has struck an agreement with the organisers of the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima, to become the lead partner in helping deliver the fourth largest sporting event in the world. Read more
The 2017 edition of the Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific conference and exhibition will be the biggest ever following on from the success of this year’s event in Japan. Read more
Nearly 2,000 visitors flocked to the Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific 2016 conference and exhibition held last week in Yokohama, Japan. Read more
AECOM has designed the first indoor sports venue to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Read more
The Olympics or World Cup could take place entirely in temporary venues in the foreseeable future, delegates at the Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific 2016 conference and exhibition in Yokohama have been told. Read more
Community loudspeakers have been installed in the three adjoining Carioca Arenas, newly built for the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, and located in the heart of the Barra Olympic Park. Read more
The Arenas Cariocas, the largest venue at the Rio Olympics, is currently hosting exciting sports including fencing and judo, and will soon hold a number of Paralympic competitions. Read more
The Olympic Sevens tournament is now well underway and marks another leap forward in the evolution of rugby. Read more
The ‘best ever’ Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific Preliminary Conference Program has been unveiled this week, with a stunning array of industry-elite speakers to share their invaluable insights during the 2.5 day event.
During the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Future Arena will host the handball games and be packed with 12,000 spectators. When the Games are over, its structure will be dismantled and used in the construction of four state schools, thus leaving a lasting legacy to the city of Rio de Janeiro. Three schools will be constructed in Barra da Tijuca and one in Maracanã – each accommodating 500 students – as part of a 178 million reais (GB£48m/US$77m/€57m) legacy project.
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have announced the Tokyo 2020 Live Site Programme ‘Rio to Tokyo’ that will take place during the Rio 2016 Olympic & Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and across Japan, as a foretaste of the next summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in Tokyo in 2020.
Rio’s ambitions to stage the world’s “best value” Olympics hinge, in part, on applying many of the legacy planning strategies of the London 2012 Games. With just two months to go until the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Rio is “on the cusp” of reaping the same legacy benefits enjoyed by London, according to AECOM, the company behind both cities’ Olympic masterplans.
Calling all stadia, arenas and venue operators…
With a total area of 8,000sqm and a capacity of 17,000, Yokohama Arena is one of the largest multipurpose indoor arenas in Japan. It can hold music concerts, sporting events, shows, exhibitions, and a variety of other events. Yokohama Arena utilises such state-of-the-art equipment as 11,000 computer-controlled movable seats, a large four-screen projection system and a ceiling capable of suspending more than 100 tons.
The City of Yokohama is Japan’s 2nd most populated city and a great tourist destination. Why not combine your participation in the Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific event with a visit to the colourful Shin-yokohama precinct, Cosmo World, the seaside Minato Mirai district with its 296m Landmark Tower, or even plan a tour to the magnificent Mount Fuji (Fuji-san) – Japan’s largest peak at 3,776m?
NB: You can read a comprehensive post-show review of our Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific 2015 event in the latest Showcase Special edition of PanStadia & Arena Management and you can also watch a video online at: www.saevents.uk.com
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Work on venues at Barra and Deodoro Olympic Parks is almost complete. At Barra, the three Carioca Arenas are more than 95 per cent complete, the Future Arena is 100 per cent, the Olympic Aquatics Stadium is 96 per cent and International Broadcast Centre is 100 per cent complete.
At Deodoro, the completed canoe slalom course will host the sport’s test event 29 November, and the finished BMX track hosted its test event last month. The nearby mountain bike course is also ready.
The hockey field held a test event beginning 24 November – eight teams featuring 144 players and 230 employees from 25 organising committee departments assisted by 166 volunteers at the five-day event.
Rio 2016 hockey manager Eduardo dos Santos Leonardo said:
Competition operations, results and medical services will be among the main areas tested.
The field of play, technology, sport presentation and results will be in full operation in Deodoro, working in the same way that they will during the Olympic Games.
The Rio golf course was unveiled on 22 November. The sport returns after a 112-year absence (St Louis 1904). Designed by American Gil Hanse, the 970,000m² course will have capacity for 15,000 fans during the Games and afterwards will help increase public participation in the sport in Brazil.
The 280m canoe slalom course will host its test event, the Aquece Rio International Canoe Slalom, 24-29 November. The Olympic and Paralympic Village is now 97 per cent complete.