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New Sports Stadia Developments from around the world

post updated 13 August 2022

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Football Stadium Architecture – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

post updated 7 June 2022
Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Design: Herzog & de Meuron Architects with ArupSport

photo : Ulrich Rossmann-Arup
Munich Stadium Building – Allianz Arena
Dramatic, exciting, and iconic architecture enhances and amplifies everyone’s experience. In the modern world, where image is critical, it can also significantly increase the brand values of a stadium and its sporting team.

22 Feb 2022
Newcastle United Stadium, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK
Design: GT3 Architects

image courtesy of architects practice
Newcastle United Stadium
Sports and leisure specialist GT3 Architects has led an internal design review, reimagining a state-of-the-art training academy and community-driven stadium for Newcastle United. Building on the company’s ‘people architecture’ ethos, the project is the first of several in-house design reviews, exploring how people-centric design can tackle cultural and socio-economic challenges, such as driving inward investment and economic footfall, getting more people active, supporting an aging population, and achieving net-zero targets.

21 Jan 2022
Tigres UANL Stadium, Nuevo León, Mexico
Design: Populous

photo : The Raws / Francisco Álvarez
Tigres UANL Stadium
Global architectural design firm, Populous, has been selected as the architect for a new 65,000-seat stadium for Liga MX football club, Tigres UANL, in the club’s home state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The new stadium will be located on a site close to Tigres’ current home, Estadio Universitario, meaning the club will not need to relocate during construction and will retain its position at the University with direct transport links to the downtown area.

21 Dec 2021
New Milan Football Stadium Building, Milan, Italy
Architects: Populous

image Courtesy architecture office
New Football Stadium: The Cathedral

2 Feb 2014
Arena Pantanal Stadium, Cuiabá : 2014 World Cup Venue, Brazil, South America
Design: GCP Arquitetos

image from architects practice
2014 World Cup Football Stadium
The unusual Arena´s bowl footprint, with four open corners, is the result of a design strategy allowing the solution of many issues, such as Arena capacity flexibility after 2014 Word-Cup and local environment. Since the pitch needs to be built in a strict North/South orientation, to avoid glare on cameras during TV matches transmission, to optimize the natural wind flow and ventilation, the bowl corners were chopped out and substituted by landscaped open areas.

8 Jun 2010
Amazon Sports Complex Manaus, Brazil, South America
Design: gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner

image from architecture office
World Cup Football Stadium
The Arena Amazonia has a ground capacity of 47,750. In comparison the Stadium of Light has a capacity of 48,707 (Sunderland), Etihad Stadium 47,405 (Manchester City), Anfield 45,276 (Liverpool), Goodison Park 40,157 (Everton) and St James’ Park 52,387 (Newcastle).

15 Aug 2013
New Mineirão Stadium, Belo Horizonte
Design: BCMF Arquitetos

photo : Leonardo Finotti
New Mineirão Stadium
Pampulha, Belo Horizonte: A modernist building in a modernist landscape.
Inaugurated in 1965 (original design by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior e Gaspar Garreto) as the second largest stadium in the world, the Mineirão Stadium is located in the surroundings of the Pampulha Lagoon, close to Oscar Niemeyer’s and Burle Marx seminal modernist architecture and landscape works, one of Belo Horizonte’s main postcards.

10 Dec 2012
Rostov Stadium, Rostov-on-don, Russia
Design: Populous

images from architect
Rostov Stadium
Populous, architects of the London 2012 Olympic stadium, Sochi 2014 Olympic stadium and Soccer City 2010 World Cup stadium, have been selected as designers of the new Rostov Stadium. This will be the fourth stadium that Populous has designed in Russia to be used for the 2018 World Cup, together with Kazan, Saransk, Sochi.

4 Jun 2012
Olympic Stadium Kiev, Ukraine
Design: gmp – von Gerkan, Marg & Partners

photograph : Marcus Bredt
Kiev Football Stadium
The new design for the reconstruction of the building respects the historic fabric with its important filigree prestressed concrete upper tier built in 1968, the frame of the new roof structure being detached and placed clear of the existing bowl. This most distinctive feature is therefore being encased in a new filigree glass façade and will be duly illuminated with appropriate lighting.

4 Jun 2012
National Stadium Warsaw, Poland
EURO 2012 Venue

photograph : Marcus Bredt
Warsaw Football Stadium
This stadium building will host the first EURO 2012 match. The building will form the heart of a new sports park. The construction of the building is divided systematically into two. The stand consists of prefabricated concrete parts. Above this is a steel wire net roof with a textile membrane hung on freestanding steel supports with inclined tie rods.

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Warsaw National Stadium, Poland
UEFA EURO 2012 Venue

photo : FCC/Alpine
Football Stadium Poland
This new football stadium building will host the UEFA EURO 2012TM kickoff match between Poland and Greece. The National Stadium is one of five venues built especially for the 14th European Championship, which is being co‐hosted with Ukraine. The Championship will be played at eight venues split equally between Poland and Ukraine.

Kiev Football Stadium, Ukraine

photograph : Oleg Stelmach
Football Stadium Ukraine
This Ukraine sports venue has been completely renovated for the Euro 2012.

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Major Football Stadium Buildings

Bernabéu Stadion Madrid, Spain
Design: Estudio Lamela Arquitectos

photo : Angel Baltanás y Angel Martinez © EL
Bernabeu Stadium Building – Real Madrid

Camp Nou Stadium Redevelopment, Spain
Design: Foster + Partners

picture : Foster + Partners
Barcelona Football Stadium – design

City of Manchester Stadium, England
Design: Arup Associates

photo © Dennis Gilbert, VIEW
Manchester City FC Stadium

Emirates Stadium building, London, UK
Design: HOK Sport Architecture

aerial picture © webbaviation
Arsenal Football Stadium

Manchester United Football Club, England
Design: Miller Partnership

image from Miller Partnership
Man Utd FC Stadium Building development

Liverpool Football Club Stadium, England
Design: HKS Architects

image from Liverpool Football Club
Liverpool Football Stadium – images

Soccer City Stadium, South Africa
Design: BUE+Partners with Populous

photo : BUE & Partners / Populous
Soccer City Stadium building

Wembley Stadium Building, London, UK
Design: Foster + Partners / HOK Sport

image from architect
Wembley Stadium Redevelopment

Football Stadium Buildings

Basrah Stadium, Iraq
Design: Jordan + Bateman Architects

picture from architect
Basrah Stadium – design images

Football stadium ADO, Netherlands
Design: Zwarts & Jansma Architects

photo : Rob ‘t Hart
ADO Den Haag, The Hague

MK Dons Football Stadium, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, south east England, UK
Design: HOK Sport Architecture

photo : HOK sport architecture
MK Dons Football Stadium building