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NFL Cities May Benefit From California Stadium Decision

A recent move that exempted a proposed Southern California football stadium's plans from environmental review may turn out to be precedent-setting for other cities looking to revamp their sports arenas.
24 October 2009 - 1:00pm
Los Angeles Times

Transit Disoriented Development

Arlington, Texas, is home to the Dallas Cowboys' football stadium. But as the largest American city with no public bus or rail lines, getting to the stadium is no easy task.
19 September 2009 - 9:00am
The Dallas Morning News

The Road to South Africa's World Cup

South Africa is gearing up to host the 2010 World Cup next June. As it prepares to be the tournament's first African host, the country faces a number of hurdles.
14 September 2009 - 9:00am
The Independent

Brazil's $42 Billion World Cup Investment

It's going to cost Brazil more than $42 billion in infrastructure costs to host the 2014 soccer World Cup, according to a recent report.
24 July 2009 - 10:00am
Associated Press

The Planetizen News Brief - 7/2/09


4:20 minutes (3.98 MB)

Rural areas feel the pain of renewable energy, Colorado catches rain, and London turns its temporary Olympic stadium permanent -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

2 July 2009 - 5:00am
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Nate Berg

London's Big Stadium Gamble

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 10:57

The Olympics can be awesome for cities. Or they can be devastating. Rarely they're both, and most often they are an economic drain caused by over-investment in facilities with limited long-term usability. So when London's plans for a 2012 Summer Olympics stadium that would reduce from 80,000 seats during the games to a more realistically usable 25,000 seats after, Olympics experts, city officials and taxpayers rejoiced. But recent news has turned that rejoice to disgust.

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London's Temporary Olympic Stadium Could Go Permanent

Officials in London are changing their minds about the main stadium being built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was intended to be a semi-temporary structure. Now they want it to be permanent.
30 June 2009 - 7:00am
The Architects' Journal

Trying to Save Portland's Historic Stadium

Growth in Portland's professional sports due to the expansion of Major League Soccer is threatening the life of the city's iconic Memorial Coliseum. Historians and preservationists are teaming up to save it.
21 May 2009 - 11:00am
The Architect's Newspaper

Slow Progress on Russian Olympics Site

Sochi, Russia, is set to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. But work on the site has hardly begun, according to this report from The Moscow Times.
19 May 2009 - 7:00am
The Moscow Times

Stadium to Nowhere

Kansas City has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a new indoor arena with the hopes of luring a pro basketball or hockey team. But a year and a half after opening, nobody's biting.
17 April 2009 - 11:00am
The Atlantic

One City, Two New Stadia

Paul Goldberger looks at the two new baseball stadia opening in New York this Spring.
30 March 2009 - 8:00am
The New Yorker

L.A. Football Stadium Unanimously Approved

The Los Angeles suburb of Industry has approved plans to build a stadium in the city in hopes of luring a football team back to the L.A. area.
1 March 2009 - 11:00am
Associated Press

Vancouver's Olympic Architecture Falls Short

This column from The Tyee looks at the architecture for Vancouver's 2010 Olympic games and is not impressed.
23 December 2008 - 5:00am
The Tyee
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Protests Arise as Historic Chicago Park Eyed as Olympic Site

As part of its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the city of Chicago has proposed a slight change to the layout of its Olympic stadia. The only problem is that the newly proposed site for the aquatics center is listed on the National Register.
16 December 2008 - 11:00am
Chicago Tribune

Economic Benefits In Question in New York Stadium Redevelopments

Stadium construction in New York that was intended to have only a small cost to taxpayers has turned out to be a major investment and allocation of tax breaks, causing many to question whether the economic benefits of rebuilding will ever be seen.
6 November 2008 - 5:00am
The New York Times

Concerns Persist as Venue is Cut From World Cup Dress Rehearsal

Delays in construction have cased FIFA officials to remove Port Elizabeth from the list of host cities for the 2009 Confederations Cup, the dress rehearsal tournament before the 2010 World Cup. Concerns remain about the country's readiness.
7 September 2008 - 1:00pm
Sports Illustrated

New England's Football Mall

Football and shopping become one in New England, where the owner of the New England Patriots NFL team has built a $300 million mall and entertainment complex next to the stadium.
5 September 2008 - 1:00pm
NPR

Beijing's Olympic Lessons for Chicago

Olympics-related construction in Beijing has impressed many, but does little to make the city a better place. Architecture critic Blair Kamin says Chicago needs to be careful about not repeating China's mistakes if it hosts the games in 2016.
7 August 2008 - 12:00pm
The Chicago Tribune
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