Sports

Eddie Pells - Tue December 27, 2016

LA 2024 Releases $5.3B Budget; No New Stadiums Needed

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles bid committee for the 2024 Olympics released details of a nearly unheard-of budget plan, insisting $5.3 billion will be enough to cover both operational and infrastructure costs for an Olympics that won't need any new, permanent stadiums....

Thu December 22, 2016

Construction Cost of St. Petersburg's 2018 World Cup Stadium Stands at $671 Million

The construction cost of the stadium in St, Petersburg, one of the 11 cities in Russia selected to host the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, currently stands at $671 million (41 billion rubles), a senior official in charge of the global tournament's organization in Russia said on Wednesday....

Tatiana Kanunnikova - Mon December 12, 2016

Japan Begins Construction of Main Stadium of 2020 Summer Olympic Games

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday at the site of the National stadium, which is intended to become the main arena of the summer Olympic Games in 2020. According to local media, the event was attended by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike, as well as the project's architect Kengo Kuma....

Sun December 11, 2016

Jack Hill to Oversee Construction of Rangers New Ballpark

The Texas Rangers announced that the club has named veteran sports facility management and construction development executive Jack Hill senior vice president, project development. Hill, who was instrumental in the construction of then The Ballpark in Arlington (now Globe Life Park in Arlington) in the early 1990's, will oversee the construction management and development of the new Rangers' ballpark to be built just south of the existing facility....