Juliet Linderman - Thu July 20, 2017
Hotel, NFL Arena May Sport Flammable Panels
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air."Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London....
Fri July 14, 2017
Lafayette Planning New $16M Baseball Stadium
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) An Indiana city is planning to demolish its 77-year-old baseball field and replace it with a new $16 million stadium. Lafayette officials said the project will bring a new amenity to the community that can also host soccer games, outdoor concerts and other events....
Regina Garcia Cano - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 21, 2017
Vegas Community Hopes Raiders Bring a Super Boon to Economy
LAS VEGAS (AP) When the Oakland Raiders received a $750 million commitment from the Nevada Legislature in October to help build their future home in Las Vegas, they also were directed to ensure the greatest possible participation by the local community in the design, construction and operation of the stadium....
Wed June 14, 2017
Workers at World Cup Sites Face Abuse
MOSCOW (AP) Workers building stadiums for next year's World Cup in Russia have faced repeated abuses and routinely gone unpaid for several months, according to a report by Human Rights Watch released on Wednesday, June 14....
Vincent Bonsignore - OC Register - Wed May 24, 2017
L.A. Super Bowl Pushed Back a Year to 2022 Because of Construction Delays
The delay of the opening of the Rams and Chargers new Inglewood stadium will also delay the Super Bowl's return to Los Angeles. NFL owners on Tuesday voted to move L.A.'s Super Bowl hosting duties from 2021 to 2022....
Fri May 19, 2017
Camden's Field of Dreams Withers, But Construction Blooms
A baseball stadium once hailed as a sign of the bright future of the waterfront in the poverty-stricken city of Camden now sits mostly empty, but redevelopment projects worth hundreds of millions are rising up around it....
Wed April 19, 2017
Batter Up: Hartford Yard Goats Ready to Show Off New $71M Dunkin' Donuts Park
Hartford's minor league baseball team showed off its new $71 million baseball stadium after a year of setbacks and construction delays. Officials say Dunkin' Donuts Park, which was supposed to open last April, was ready for fans when the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats took on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on April 13....
Thu April 13, 2017
Companies Vie to Remake Seattle Arena to Attract NHL, NBA
Two arena companies have pitched multi-million plans to remake Seattle's KeyArena into a premier entertainment venue that's ready for an NBA or NHL team. Seattle received two proposals ahead of Wednesday's 5 p.m....
Natalie Rauch - Wed April 12, 2017
Qatar Stadium Leads to New Cooling Technology for Construction Industry
As work continues on the FIFA World Cup soccer stadium in Qatar, the obvious question for anyone observing construction activities is how will the workers be able to work under the penetrating sun of the Arabian desert?Engineers from Qatar University have provided an interesting solution....
Tim Tucker - ajc.com - Fri April 07, 2017
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Construction Update Pushed Back
Falcons officials, who said March 29 they would update the construction schedule for Mercedes-Benz Stadium within seven to 10 days, now say it will take a while longer to assess the timeline. That leaves open the question of whether the downtown stadium will host its first event as scheduled July 30 or be delayed for the third time."We don't expect to have an update for at least a week," Brett Jewkes, senior vice president and chief communications officer of Falcons parent company AMB Group, said Friday....
