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7 November 2019

Stadium issues in Cape Town

The 51,000-capacity DHL Newlands, one of the oldest rugby union stadiums in the world, opened in 1888. It might soon be demolished to make place for residential development. People started a petition to save the venue, which hosted four matches for the Rugby World Cup in 1995. The 55,000-capacity Cape Town Stadium might become the main venue for rugby union in Cape Town. It hosted several matches for the FIFA World Cup, the prestigious world championship for national football teams, in 2010. The stadium, which is currently used mostly for football matches, became a burden on public finances. Hosting more rugby union matches might help.

Foolad Arena

* Address: Ahvaz
* Country: Iran
* Capacity: 30,000
* Opened: 13 November 2018
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Foolad (football)

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The construction of the venue started in 2011. It opened later than expected due to financial problems. Tenants Foolad were founded in 1971. They won the top-flight football league of Iran in 2005 for the first time in their history.

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Stadium Bola Sepak Kuala Lumpur

* Address: Kuala Lumpur
* Country: Malaysia
* Capacity: 18,000
* Opened:
* Main use: Football
* Tenants:

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The stadium is also known as a venue for athletics.

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Bloomfield Stadium

* Address: Tel-Aviv
* Country: Israel
* Capacity: 29,000
* Opened: 13 October 1962
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Bnei Yehuda (football), Hapoel Tel-Aviv (football), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (football)

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The Bloomfield Stadium, which is also sometimes used for concerts, opened with a football match. It is among the main sports venues in Israel. Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Tel-Aviv use the stadium for home matches. In the 1960s, both Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Tel-Aviv were crowned Asian football champions for the first time in their history. In 2014, Maccabi Tel-Aviv became the first Israeli football club with 20 top-flight football league titles. They drew an average home attendance of 12,000 in that domestic league season.

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Sân vận động Hòa Xuân

* Address: Da Nang
* Country: Vietnam
* Capacity: 20,000
* Opened: 30 August 2016
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: SHB Đà Nẵng (football)

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The construction of the venue started in 2013. Tenants SHB Đà Nẵng are among the major sports clubs from Vietnam.

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12 September 2019

Everton unveil plans for a new home venue

The English football club Everton have plans to move to a new stadium with a proposed capacity of 52,000. If the plans will be approved in 2020, it will probably take around three years to complete the construction of the venue. The management of Everton Football Club claims that the stadium will provide a huge boost to the economy of Liverpool if it will be built. The 39,000-capacity Goodison Park, the current home of Everton Football Club, will be demolished if the proposed stadium will be built. Everton have been tenants of their current home venue, which is also known as The Grand Old Lady, since 1892.

Chase Center

* Address: 1 Warriors Way, San Francisco
* Country: United States
* Capacity: 18,000
* Opened: 6 September 2019
* Main use: Basketball
* Tenants: Golden State Warriors (basketball)

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The construction of the arena started in January 2017. It opened with a concert of Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony. The Golden State Warriors have been tenants of the Chase Center since 2019. They are among the most valuable basketball teams in the world. The Warriors won several NBA championships. In 2018, they won their first NBA championship as the defending NBA champions. The Golden State Warriors won the title after beating the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors drew an average home attendance of 19,000 in that National Basketball Association season.

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GMHBA Stadium

* Address: 370 Moorabool Street, Geelong
* Country: Australia
* Capacity: 36,000
* Opened:
* Main use: Australian football, football
* Tenants: Geelong FC (Australian football), Western United (football)

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Geelong FC and Western United use the venue for home games. Geelong FC are Australian Football League members and Western United are A-League members. The stadium’s record attendance was set in 1952, when 49,000 people showed up for an Australian football match between Geelong FC and Carlton FC.

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

* Address: 3911 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
* Country: United States
* Capacity: 77,000
* Opened: 1 May 1923
* Main use: American football
* Tenants: Los Angeles Rams (American football), USC Trojans (American football)

Extra stadium info – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The construction of the stadium, which is also known as The Grand Old Lady, started in 1921. It opened with a capacity of 75,000. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is known as a venue for various events, like American football, baseball, concerts, football, mixed martial arts, motorsport and religious gatherings. It was declared a National Historic Landmark on 27 July 1984, a day before the opening ceremony of the second Games of the Olympiad in California. In 2008, the stadium hosted a baseball match between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox. 115,000 people attended the game, which became a world record for a baseball match. The previous world record was broken in Australia, when 114,000 people showed up for a baseball match in Melbourne.

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Stadion Manahan

* Address: Surakarta
* Country: Indonesia
* Capacity: 20,000
* Opened: 21 February 1998
* Main use: Football
* Tenants: Persis (football)

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The stadium is also used for athletics. It was inaugurated by Suharto, a former president of Indonesia. The national football team of Indonesia played several home matches at the venue. Football club Persis are the tenants of the stadium. They were founded in 1923 under a different name.

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