The pitch at the Emirates Stadium is made up of a mixture of natural and synthetic grass, which helps to ensure a consistent playing surface. The stadium's unique roof design is made up of 5,000 individual panels that can be opened and closed depending on the weather conditions. The Emirat...
First and foremost, Houston’s world-class design features the world’s first retractable roof football stadium with a grass playing surface. The roof can open and close to adjust to weather conditions, resulting in year-round, climate-controlled comfort.“When the new stadium in Houston opens ...
And finally, about the shade over the pitch. In our parts of Europe, both North and Central, grass isn’t possible to sustain naturally, even in open stadiums, without retractable roofs. To keep the grass in shape it needs to be artificially lighted, heated, irrigated and ventilated. This...
Es Con Field Hokkaido is a stadium on the Japanese island of Hokkaido with a grass field, retractable roof and space for 35,000 spectators. But the grand slam for fans is the stadium's hotel, which comes with rooms overlooking the field where the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters play. The Fig...
Allegiant Stadium is one of two domed stadiums in the US with a retractable natural grass playing field, a must-have element for the Raiders organisation. Arup designed retractable columns and transfer trusses to allow the 220-foot-wide self-propelled field to roll underneath the four-story south...
With regard to the multifunctionality associated with the playing field, due to the extremely high investment costs and the lack of adequate demand, infrastructural elements, such as a retractable roof or retractable seating which would have made the stadium usable for other sports as well, were ...
The stadium is multi-use with a unique, dividing retractable grass surface enabling the staging of a variety of major events in addition to Spurs matches, including NFL, boxing, rugby and concerts - creating recurring sources of revenue for the Club to reinvest in its football activities. ...
Five Indonesian men charged with negligence leading to one of the worst stadium disasters in football history appeared in court by video link on January 16th as their trial began. ‘FRANCE 24’ stated that the stampede in October last year in the East Java City of Malang (Indonesia) – which...
VANCOUVER - A retractable roof won't be installed at BC Place until 2011, but the B.C. Lions could be playing in an open-air facility a year earlier. The Vancouver Sun has learned that the B.C. Pavilion Corp. and the Canadian Football League club that is PavCo's primary tenant are ...
Due to the nature of the retractable seating, there is a sizeable gap between the lower and upper tiers of the visiting fans sections, which looks odd and makes it difficult to generate an atmosphere from the away end. The more vociferous West Ham fans are located to the left of the away...