This week, Peter Kenyon sort of denied Chelsea is looking at building a new stadium in Battersea. But not really.

"We have always wanted to see if we could expand Stamford Bridge and until that's fully exhausted there are no immediate plans [to move] and in fact an immediate plan would be five or seven years away anyway," Kenyon told Sky Sports.

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Kallang stadium will be or might be staging the semi-final and final of the Suzuki Cup if Singapore do make it to the last four of the competition. Based on Channel Newsasia report,there is a chance that the stadium will reopen to the public. Currently,FAS has pick Bishan Stadium as a venue for the competition but it [. Click to continue reading...

It's international week, so things are rather quiet on the Lyon front. Here's what's been going on:

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Fabio Grosso is back in training and is expected to play against Lille on October 18th. This is good news because if he does well, he play against Steaua a few days later.

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Wembleys-in-waiting
The 15 Non-League Clubs With The Biggest Stadium Capacities

1. St. Helens Town (North West Counties, Premier Division) - 17,500
2. Wrexham (Conference National) - 15,500
3. Newcastle Blue Star (Northern Premier, Division One North) - 13,500
4. Oxford United (Conference National) - 12,500
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Some Real Salt Lake fans seem to have uncovered just who bought the naming rights that this article refers to.


RIOTINTOSTADIUM.COM

Registrant:
Real Salt Lake

515 South 700 East, Suite 2R
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
United States

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When one thinks of stadium wide fights and riots, Switzerland isn't exactly the first country which comes to mind. Especially not when it's between two amateur clubs in the round of 64. But that's what happened between Wacker Granges and FC Alle on Saturday, resulting in lots of fines, suspensions and the complete removal of [. Click to continue reading...

A fabulous shot of fans, swiped from YouTube, in the stands during this weekend's Kilmarnock - Celtic game voicing their displeasure over current SPL prices. And if you're curious, £25 works out to €31.58 at the current rate. Knowledge is power. Click to continue reading...

Win a tournament you usually get a trophy. Not in Iraq, where the Asia Cup 2007 winning team will get a stadium in their honor. Decent incentive, eh? Maybe more federations should employ this line of thinking. (Sabah Arar/AFP/ Getty Images) Click to continue reading...

Peep this:

Watch Red Bull Arena Built Right Before Your EYES!

Nothing succeeds like success, no?

img credit: wikimedia.com

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Here's a follow-up to my recent post about where one could get one's soccer fix after the Aztex season finished. While I still miss the games out at Dragon Stadium, it's hard to argue there's not enough soccer to keep a fan busy.

• Stoke City - their season is underway, so there are games every weekend.

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Here's a follow-up to my recent post about where one could get one's soccer fix after the Aztex season finished. While I still miss the games out at Dragon Stadium, it's hard to argue there's not enough soccer to keep a fan busy.

• Stoke City - their season is underway, so there are games every weekend.

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ESTADIO AZTECA HISTORIA AEREA
Originally uploaded by djmfuentes Siempre lo he prensado y hoy la FIFA lo confirma, el Estadio Azteca es mitico y sin duda el de los mejores recuerdos, simplemente vean el curriculum del estadio , el coloso de Santa Ursula, al cual he podido asistir en algunas ocasiones. Click to continue reading...

Beach soccer stadium
Originally uploaded by marta2468 Sin duda las que han estado llamando la atención en este torneo mundial son las edecanes y porristas de este evento, De lo mejor las francesitas.

mas de la galeria de MT

Beach soccer stadium

The stadium set up for the international beach soccer championships currently taking place in Marseille. Click to continue reading...

It's a slow news day, so while we're stuck twiddling our thumbs for Sebastien Squillaci's transfer to Sevilla to be finalized, here is a short, two minute video tour of the Stade de Gerland. It's an "insiders" tour, meaning you get to see some of the VIP suites as well as restricted areas such as the locker rooms, tunnels, etc.

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Népstadion/Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest
Originally uploaded by Istvan Népstadion/Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest

In the 'golden age', when it was built and called Népstadion ("People's Stadium"), Hungary really started here - nowadays, as it is renamed after the legendary forward, rather a tomb of Hungarian football. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have finally begun work on their new £350m stadium, the club announced on Tuesday. But it remains to be seen if co-owners Hicks and Gillett will be able to afford it. The Reds have been allowed to proceed with the construction process under license until September, while talks over the 999-year lease deal continue. Click to continue reading...

Someone should have seen this coming. Wait, someone did. The key graf:

It might be a tempting move to cut a stadium as a gesture to the anti-development side. It wouldn't really change anything, but it allows the city to remove the trojan horse argument of "Don't give away our land to evil sports owners!

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Although Atlanta is seldom mentioned as one of the front-runners for a MLS side, Arthur Blank, the owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, is still very interested in bringing a team to the city. It would also seem that the league is just as interested, calling Atlanta 'a "tremendous" potential market that would expand the league's footprint into the Southeast. Click to continue reading...

The Washington Business Journal runs a piece on Poplar Point development, which is worth reading by itself, though I am about to quote long pieces of it. The article is a remarkably one-sided story which is still useful for thinking about what's really going on. Let's take a look:

"The debate about whether Poplar Point should include a soccer stadium could take a back seat to whether Poplar Point should be developed at all.

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The city of Santa Ana is in discussion with Chivas USA to build youth fields on a piece of land currently used as a golf course. The team is looking at building 'as many as seven soccer fields and a 2,000 to 3,000-seat stadium' on the 102-acre site.

However, youth fields might just be the start of things as the team as not ruled out building a permanent home on the site. Click to continue reading...

When Philadelphia won their expansion club in February, the residents of Chester (the site of their new stadium) were happy, but the biggest reward might not be the team. Instead, the community of 36,000 might finally get a grocery store of their own thanks to the new soccer club.

Turns out the city has not had their own grocery store since 2001, causing residents to either shop at mini-marts or travel large distances (including crossing over to Delaware) to get their food. Click to continue reading...

Tom Hicks has slammed claims that Liverpool FC are willing to share a stadium with arch-rivals Everton. Reports on Liverpool Banter suggested Liverpool's American owners might be ready to sit down and share things with Everton. But Hicks insists sharing a stadium is not going to happen. A spokesman for Hicks told the ECHO: "There is no [. Click to continue reading...

Perhaps the news coverage of the Democratic Nominating Process has gotten to me, but even as it seems D.C. United has inching closer to making a deal with either DC or PG County for a stadium, now it seems time for me to present a list of what I would want to see in a new stadium. Yes, I realize that I have little clout in this matter, but if Barack Obama in Virginia can shamelessly steal from Star City Mayor Oliver Queen* in calling out the "corporate Fat Cats," then I can shamelessly steal from Hillary Clinton by enumerating my conditions when the other parties have most of the power.

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Interesting editorial in today's Post. They call for Fenty to step up on the issue.

To date, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has been a strangely reluctant player, content to let the council lead the way. Mindful of his image as a fierce opponent of public funding for the baseball stadium, Mr.

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New Director of Operations Rob Smith thinks his Philadelphia side will be a huge draw come 2010.

"I believe the new team will draw very well," said Smith, who has no plans to give up his coaching duties at Downingtown West. "I think the attraction to the sport has grown tremendously.

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Just a few months ago, Philadelphia won the MLS expansion lottery, but they will not be the only top-league team in the area as they have also captured an expansion side in the new Women's Professional Soccer league.

"Since signing on the dotted line with our initial seven investor groups in September of last year, we've had our sights set on adding an eighth team to the league," said WPS Commissioner Tonya Antonucci.

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The intertubes have been leaking rumors of a proposed announcement soon and today's edition of the post states D.C. Council Crafting Plan to Pay $150 Million for Soccer Stadium.

The city would finance construction bonds with excess tax revenue being collected by the District to pay for the baseball stadium.

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Stadium:
-GRASS fields! No turf!
-will have many areas for food and entertaining including ones with river and bridge views
-the SOB section which was exclusively designed separate and apart from the rest of the bowl is located in the south end (riverside) behind the goal from corner kick flag to corner kick flag. Click to continue reading...

There is a new group getting into the fight for a downtown stadium in Houston, but this one is neither a boxing legend nor a university. Instead this new group is made up of fans that want to do something other then just complain about the situation.

Thus enters Home for the Dynamo.

Although their goal is to raise money towards building the new home of the back-to-back MLS Cup champions, they are under no delusions about their ability to bring in millions. Click to continue reading...

We have another update here from a Houston resident and writer for the Houston Offside:

Hi there,


I write for the Houston.theoffside.com Dynamo blog and have heard many rumblings of this and I see it happening and have been contacted by other fans in the area about this.

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It is looking more and more likely that if the Dynamo want a stadium in downtown Houston, they are going to need Texas Southern University's backing. Good news for the Dynamo, TSU's new athletic direct Charles McClelland is very interested in such a venture.

"My understanding of the proposal is that the Houston Dynamo and Texas Southern University would share the use of the stadium, including some signage, so it would be the home of Texas Southern University athletics and football program," McClelland said Wednesday, two days after meeting with a city official involved in the stadium negotiations.

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The future of a waterfront soccer stadium that could lead to a MLS team for the city of Vancouver hinges on the resolution of railroad issues. Vancouver Whitecap owner Greg Kerfoot has proposed building a $90m stadium with his own money, but he doesn't have enough land to make it happen. That's where the Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) comes in. Click to continue reading...

Finally, some signs of life from our soon-to-be PDL arch-rivals, the Houston Leones, in the form of two articles from the Houston Chronicle.

The first is a fairly brief blurb covering the basic facts of the new team and the league itself, though it does have a little info on some of the players: Leones ready to roam pitch in Houston

Adhering to league rules, the team is made up of mostly college-age players, many of whom attend local schools, including the University of St.

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The Houston Dynamo don't even have a deal lined up yet but they might already have a secondary tenant for their proposed soccer stadium. Texas Southern University, located just south of downtown Houston, is very interested in using the new venue for their American football games.

"Although I officially start on May 1 at Texas Southern University and I haven't had an opportunity to look at all of the data involving the proposed stadium, TSU athletics and its football program would be excited to be able to participate and partner with all entities involved in the project to ensure Texas Southern has a state of the art football facility," said Charles McClelland, the schools' new athletics director in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

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The Vancouver Whitecaps are yet another soccer team having troubles getting their stadium built, however their issues are very different from those of most teams as the organization is not looking for public money to fund the project. Instead the objection centers on the use of waterfront land.

Whitecaps FC owner Greg Kerfoot is ready to front the full cost of the $90m, waterfront stadium, however those opposed to the idea feel the location will deprive the public from access to the water as well as negatively alter the historical area. Click to continue reading...