Football Ground Map
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Wednesday 18th December 2019
The MLS is growing fast and has just announced its 30th expansion team: Charlotte, based in North Carolina.
The team will join the league for the start of the 2021 season and will play their home matches at the 67,000 capacity Bank of America stadium (home to the Carolina Panthers NFL team).
Whilst the announcement may come as a surprise to some, Charlotte is actually the 16th biggest city in the US with more inhabitants than Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami and Las Vegas. The city has previously hosted 2 European pre-season games, attracting crowds of over 60,000 for both Liverpool v AC Milan (in 2014) and PSG vs Chelsea (in 2015).
The MLS East club will be built from the ground up - currently the only thing we know is the stadium. The team's colours, crest and even name will all be announced in due course.
The next couple of years are a busy time for the league with 5 new teams joining in the next 3 seasons:
It is possible that the league will expand further with franchises rumoured for Las Vegas, Phoenix, Indianapolis and Raleigh, North Carolina.
Saturday 14th December 2019
The second largest stadium in Honduras has been closed due to safety fears. The decision comes after videos showed significant movement in the stands during a recent match, leading to fears that it could collapse.
The Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino in Tegucigalpa was built in 1947 and is home to CD Olimpia, FC Motagua and UPNFM. The 34,000 capacity venue is the 2nd largest in Honduras and had hosted many Honduran national team games before the construction of the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano in 1998.
The Honduran season resumes in January.
Wednesday 11th December 2019
AZ Alkmaar have played their first game back their home stadium after part of the roof collapsed earlier this season.
The Dutch Eredivisie side had been playing their home games at ADO Den Haag's Cars Jeans Stadion whilst work was carried out to make the ground safe again.
With the roof removed, the AFAS Stadion re-opened with AZ's 1-0 victory over league leaders Ajax.
Tuesday 10th December 2019
The opening of the Education City Stadium has been delayed until "early 2020".
The new 40,000 seater stadium was due to open in time for the Club World Cup in December, hosting the final, 3rd place play-off match and a semi final.
The building of the stadium has been completed, but delays in getting the required certification has forced FIFA to move all matches to the Khalifa International Stadium.
Liverpool had been due to play the opening game at the new stadium. Education City Stadium is one of 8 venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Friday 6th December 2019
Cambridge United have shown off some designs for a potential new 12,000 capacity stadium.
The League Two club has been looking for a new home for a number of years and abandoned plans to redevelop part of their current Abbey Stadium earlier this year.
Plans are still at a very early stage with no funding yet in place and planning permission not applied for. If it goes ahead, the new ground would be built on a greenbelt site just off junction 35 of the A14 - around 3 miles east of their current Abbey Stadium home.
The stadium is expected to cost around £25m.
Wednesday 4th December 2019
Coventry City are exploring the possibility of building a new ground after leaving the Ricoh Arena for the 2nd time in the last 6 years.
The League 1 club are playing at Birmingham's St Andrews this season, but have confirmed that they are scouring the local area in order to find a suitable site for a new stadium.
18 new locations have been identified with the club working on drawing up a shortlist, if a return to the Ricoh cannot be agreed with Wasps rugby club.
It's very early days yet, but hopefully some positive news for Coventry fans soon.
Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Norwich City have purchased 2 patches of land adjacent to Carrow Road which could be used to expand the stadium.
The club play at one of the smallest grounds in the Premier League, with a capacity of just 27,300. The expansion is needed at the Canaries regularly sell out, averaging over 99% full so far this season.
No plans have yet been released by the club, who may be looking to secure Premier League survival before investing off the field.
Saturday 30th November 2019
Liverpool have unveiled plans to increase the capacity of Anfield to 61,000.
The Premier League leaders and last season's Champions League winners plan to rebuild the Anfield Road Stand. This new 16,000-seater structure will add an extra 7,000 seats, making Anfield the 3rd largest stadium club stadium in England after Old Trafford and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
It's the second time that the ground has been expanded in recent years, after the main stand was rebuilt in 2016.
The club are currently at the planning phase, but are expected to spend around £60m on the project.
Tuesday 19th November 2019
Albania have officially opened their new national stadium with a 2-0 defeat against France.
The new stadium in the capital Tirana will be referred to as the Arena Kombetare (National Arena) and is built on the site of the old Stadiumi Qemal Stafa.
The new ground holds 22,000 fans and cost €75m to build. It will be the home of Albania's national football team we as hosting national cup finals and non-sporting events.
The stadium also includes a 100 metre tall tower which will be home to a new Marriott hotel.
Things didn't go quite to plan at the initial opening though - a sprinkler malfunctioned, leaving hundreds of fans soaked through:
Tonight is the 1st ever match in Albania’s new stadium in Tirana. It’s fair to say that there are still some wrinkles to iron out. pic.twitter.com/gwTIr7UpZw
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) November 17, 2019
Sunday 17th November 2019
Standard Liege have revealed plans to increase the capacity of the Stade Maurice Dufrasne from 27,500 to 32,000.
The Belgian top flight side have filed for a building permit which they expect to be granted in January, allowing work to commence sometime towards the end of 2020. Work will include the demolition and rebuilding of the ground's oldest stand which will increase capacity by around 4,500 seats.
The work is expected to cost around €80m. The club's average attendance is currently around 23,000. Liege have won the Belgian league 10 times in their history, the last time being back in 2008/2009.
Sunday 17th November 2019
Hungary's new national stadium, the Puskas Arena has officially opened. The first game in the 68,000 seater stadium saw the hosts lose 2-1 to Uruguay in front of a sell out crowd.
Named after the country's most famous player the Puskas Arena has been built on the same site as the old Ferenc Puskas Stadium in the capital, Budapest.
The new stadium cost around €600m to build and is a host venue for next year's Euro 2020. As well as football, the stadium will also be used as a concert venue.
Thursday 14th November 2019
Fiorentina are moving closer to building a new stadium after local architects revealed their vision of how the ground might look.
The Serie A side have been considering a move away from the aging Stadio Artemo Franchi. Last month, Florence city council made an area of land available for sale in the north east of the city, which has been earmarked for the new stadium.
The design under consideration would see a new 40,000 seater stadium built at a cost of around €150m. If given the green light, it would take 2 years to build. The development would also include a two-storey shopping center and restaurant.
