| By: Carolyn Braff, Managing Editor | Published: June 30, 2009 |
London already has the 2012 Olympics locked up, and the mayor is now looking to help England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup, as well. The main stadium for the Olympic Games was originally planned to be scaled back at the conclusion of the Olympiad, but mayor Boris Johnson now says he would like to keep the 80,000-seat venue at capacity to help England’s bid to host soccer’s World Cup six years down the road.
They mayor of London says the main stadium for the 2012 Olympic Games might not be scaled back after the Olympics so it could be used for the 2018 World Cup, if England is awarded the tournament. Previously, Boris Johnson said it would be too expensive to keep stadium at a maximum capacity of 80,000. He instead backed plans for a 25,000-seat stadium. But Johnson told The Associated Press this week that it would be foolish now to rule out plans for the larger stadium…
…A donation that could reach $15 million has been given to Georgia Tech and will be used to renovate the seating at Alexander Memorial Coliseum, according to athletics director Dan Radakovich. He made the announcement at the athletic association’s quarterly board meeting Thursday. The name of the donor has been withheld until the board of regents meets in August to formally approve the terms of the gift, which will involve some form of naming rights. Work on the renovations won’t begin for at least two years…
…Miami-Dade Commissioners will vote for a second and final time this week on three measures that will allow construction of the new Florida Marlins baseball stadium to get under way. Commissioners already voted to approve the three measures two weeks ago, including one that moved the termination date of the deal to July 15. This week, commissioners will have a chance to vote again on whether to convey properties to the City of Miami that are needed for its portion of the project, which includes building parking garages…
…Chiefs fans, take heart. The team may not be quite ready, but your new stadium is progressing toward completion, officials heard this week. Jim Rowland, executive director of the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, told the Jackson County Legislature that the stadium should be 70 percent complete for the Kansas City Chiefs’ opener, as planned. “Arrowhead is a flurry of activity, trying to get ready for the Aug. 15 opening,” Rowland said…
..The Detroit Red Wings are not renewing their lease with Joe Louis Arena. Instead, they’re negotiating a new deal with the city. The Red Wings owners say the 30-year-old Joe Louis Arena is substandard. They also call their lease outdated. But that doesn’t mean the Wings are leaving. Karen Cullen is with Olympia Entertainment, which manages the arena. “The biggest thing is not to read more into this, and I think that’s what unfortunately a lot of people will try to do, because there’s so much interest in it,” Cullen says. “But the bottom line is the current terms of the lease required us to notify the city by next Tuesday — otherwise that current lease that we’re operating under today, would extend automatically.”
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