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NFL: 49ers new Levi’s Stadium opens August 2, 2014 with MLS game The stadium is located in the heart of Silicon Valley instead of San Francisco Politicians cut the ribbon for the grand opening of Levi’s Stadium on July 17, 2014, in Santa Clara, California. Levi’s Stadium is set to open in August 2, 2014 […]

NHL: Detroit Red Wings reveal plans, renderings for its new arena Ilitch organization shares bold vision for building world-class, mixed-use sports and entertainment district in Detroit Source: Red Wings Ilitch organization expands its investment to include tens of millions of dollars in public infrastructure improvements such as lighting, sidewalks, green spaces and streets concurrently with […]

Toronto: Pan Am Games hampered by facility delays Pan Am Games officials confident that all 25 venues across Southern Ontario will be ready on time and under budget, but some sites don’t appear to be on track By: Jennifer Pagliaro The Star TORONTO- Regardless of whether it’s built yet, the Games will come. While Pan […]

NBA: New Sacramento Kings arena will be among NBA’s smallest By Dale Kasler and Ryan Lillis Sacramento Bee The Sacramento Kings are abandoning an arena that has among the fewest seats in the NBA. They’re building a new arena … also with fewer seats than nearly all other NBA venues. The $477 million arena at […]

NFL: Miami-Dade County deal means new roof for Miami Dolphins stadium By Douglas Hanks Miami Herald MIAMI- The Miami Dolphins won a deal Tuesday (June 17th) from Miami-Dade County that will have the team renovate its stadium, including adding a partial roof, in exchange for county payments when the team brings big events to the Miami […]

NBA: Charlotte Hornets unveil 3 new uniforms By Darren Rovell | ESPN The Charlotte Hornets unveiled their new uniforms on Thursday. The uniforms were designed in collaboration with Nike’s Jordan brand, as Michael Jordan is the team’s owner, even though the league’s official apparel provider is adidas, which is still charged with producing the jerseys. […]

Brazil: 2014 FIFA World Cup In  2010 Brazil’s census showed African-Brazilians (people with African native blood) in the majority for the first time officially. The were 97 million Brazilians, or 50.7% of the county’s population, now defining themselves as black, compared with 91 million or 47.7% who label themselves white. Brazil has the largest population […]

Rio 2016 Olympic preparations damned as ‘worst ever’ by IOC International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates warns on readiness, saying it is worse even than Athens 2004 Owen Gibson The Guardian Five years after Rio de Janeiro became the first South American city to be awarded the Olympics, preparations for the 2016 Games have been […]

NBA: Sacramento Kings new arena’s formal unveiling of drawings Mayor Kevin Johnson formally unveils drawings of new downtown arena By Dale Kasler The Sacramento Bee Formally unveiling drawings of the new Sacramento Kings arena, Mayor Kevin Johnson said he’s confident a measure challenging the city’s $258 million subsidy for the project will be kept off […]

Winter Olympics: Sochi ‘Ready’ despite final scramble By Matthew Bodner The Moscow Times As the Olympic Torch arrived in Sochi on Wednesday and President Vladimir Putin personally presided over the raising of the Russian flag in the Olympic Village, the Internet was abuzz with tales of construction blunders and the popular Twitter hashtag “#Sochiproblems.” No […]