Stadiums

sofSURFACES' premier fitness supplier, IndigoFitness creates another high-performance training space for various sports teams that train out of Leigh Sports Village. IndigoFitness The training space is used by Leigh Centurions rugby league team, Manchester United Women’s football team and other local high-performance teams and athletes. The IndigoFitness design plan was to maximise floor space and functionality to allow the gym to work effectively for multiple different teams. IndigoFitness THE SOLUTION With the gym being on the first floor, there was a flooring requirement to reduce the sound and vibrations travelling to neighbouring rooms and offices. 51mm (1.25") duraTRAIN® Rubber Fitness Tile flooring is a perfect... More

Codina has been involved in the construction of the new Puskás Aréna stadium in Budapest with the production and installation of approximately 20,000m2 of stainless steel achitectural wire mesh. The mesh model chosen for the project has been Eiffel 20100.The construction of the Puskás Arena stadium began in 2017 and ended in 2019, opening on November 15, 2019 with the football match between the national teams of Hungary and Uruguay.The stadium has a capacity for 67,889 people for sporting events, with seating for all locations. For other events such as concerts, the stadium capacity reaches 80,000 people.  The architect and project designer has been György Skardelli. The idea of the design for the new stadium... More

Flemington Racecourse is home to Australia’s most renowned horse racing carnival, including the Melbourne Cup, commonly referred to as ‘the race that stops a nation’. The new $128 million Club Stand, provides a unique raceday experience, premium hospitality offerings and greatly enhanced visibility of the track for members.   The thoughtful, sweeping and elegant curvilinear design, captures the spirit of the racecourse and provides a unique and immersive, ‘in-the-round’, experience for members.   The new five-level stand occupies nearly the same footprint as the former, but with increased capacity. The 360-degree panorama capitalises on the energy of the racedays, with outlooks towards the Racetra... More

The multifunctional park in Krasnodar, the metropolis in the south of Russia, is adjacent to the open spaces of the stadium that was designed by gmp for FC Krasnodar. The 34-hectare site has been designed for about 1,800 visitors. The park, which was completed in five stages, has been an immensely popular leisure destination for open-air sport and recreation ever since the opening of the first section in 2016. © Marcus Bredt The design represents a continuation of the football arena in form and content: a series of circles and curves that can be seen as a graphical image from the stadium’s circular walkways is transformed into a modern, lively landscaped park. A meandering pathway system leads through the different areas fo... More

Location: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Type: Athletic sports complex by IAAF Standard 2008 Project year: 2017 Category: International competitions Plot size: 9,0843 Ha Building area: 36 654 m2 Capacity: 7000 seats Stage: Construction   The athletic complex in Nur-Sultan is one of the vivid examples of the use of fundamental knowledge about the fine arts in architecture. Spectacular silhouette, rich texture and nuanced color scheme with bright accents create an image that can be attributed to a work of art.   The critical feature of a painting is its illusory nature, the creation of a three-dimensional space on a plane. The building’s design implements the artistic illusion techniques to its` large surfaces to refle... More

The new stadium of FC Krasnodar was designed by the architecture office gmp architects from Germany and the Russian office Speech Architecture. The monumental façade of the elliptical stadium is a total of 43 meters high and covered with light-colored travertine. Still under construction, the stadium has already been nicknamed the “Krasnodar Coliseum”, because of its columns spread over three levels of the façade, which strongly resembles the ancient Roman Coliseum.HAVER Architectural Mesh cladding with individual cutoutsFor the interior and exterior areas of the stadium the architects chose the HAVER Architectural Mesh EGLA-MONO 5031, which appears due to one flat side as a uniform metal veil on large surfaces. 6,800 m² of wire mesh were u... More

The towering wooden veil that surrounds the new south stands of TD Place at Lansdowne, creates an iconic image for the new stadium complex, setting it apart as a unique legacy landmark and connecting it to the surrounding natural environment of the Rideau Canal. Eric Sommer of Spring Valley translated the inspiration of architect Robert Claiborne into an intricate and precise lattice of timber and steel. The structure, which incorporates more than 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) of glue-laminated Alaskan Yellow Cedar contains more than 750,000 parts and is 154 metres wide by 25.5 metres high (505’ x 83’ 6”). 24 inverted L-shaped frames project vertically from the ground and bend more than 90° towards the field creating the structure’s com... More

We have supplied the SU100, a drainage channel with special characteristics for football pitches. ULMA polymer concrete drainage channels have been supplied for the football stadium facilities and school of the Sporting de Gijón sports club. The sport system, a range of channels and accessories created especially for sports infrastructures has been selected. More specifically, 700ml of SU100.18R channel have been installed with ribbed galvanised grating GN100UCA. This channel, specially designed for football pitches, has a rounded edge to ensure the artificial grass do not divide when the grating is fitted. In addition, one of the sides of the channel is lower so that when the grass fits in between the edge of the channel and the gra... More

In 2012, Poland and Ukraine will be hosting the UEFA European Football Championship. For the occasion, a new national stadium will be built in Warsaw on the existing but crumbling rubble-built Dziesieciolecia Stadium abandoned for sports uses in 1988. The stadium is in Skaryszewski Park east of the city center on the bank of the Vistula, and will form the heart of a new sports park. The construction of the stadium is divided systematically into two. The stand consists of prefabricated concrete parts. Above this is a steel wire net roof with a textile membrane hung on freestanding steel supports with inclined tie rods. The interior roof consists of a mobile membrane sail that folds together above the pitch. The video cube with four screens... More

The long-awaited first direct Arena in Leeds is a really sound example of how structural materials can make or break the performance of an entertainment venue. The first stadium in the UK to feature a unique fan shape which radiates out from a central stage, its location in the heart of Leeds in a highly-populated area meant that external noise threatened to become an unwelcome backing track for visiting superstars, concerts and attractions. But thanks to the clever use of ComFlor® structural decks and expert advice from manufacturer Tata Steel, the result is truly music to the ears not only for the audience but for developers Leeds City Council, who had strict requirements that external noise levels were 10dB lower inside the arena.... More

Can you guess what this jagged building is used for? With a glossy, seemingly-slippery façade, it could only be something really cool. Welcome to the Ondrej Nepela Arena, the home of ice hockey in Bratislava and the venue of the International Ice Hockey Federation 2011 World Championship. Completely remodelled on the historic site of what was Slovakia’s oldest ice hockey stadium, construction of the arena took over two years to complete, taking its capacity to over 10,000 seats. Who said a building which looks like an iceberg couldn’t be cool? State-of-the-art scoreboard and game presentation systems ensure spectators are fully encased in the experience whilst the rugged, ice-clear cut of the building perfectly matches its purpo... More