2022 began with the Winter Olympics in Beijing, followed by watching the Los Angeles Rams overtake the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl, and the Houston Astros to win their second World Series title, while chasing retirement from tennis. It’s been an important year for sports news. GOAT Serena Williams finished a little while ago in Qatar with what many say is the best showcase of football talent ever seen at the World Cup.
Every great athlete and game needs a great stadium and field. This year saw several designs and proposed designs, from a football stadium in Queens to the new home of the Tennessee Titans, PGA Headquarters. tea.
Without further ado, here it is AnnThe Top Sports News Articles for 2022:
To Move or Not to Move, Chicago Bears Considered Stadium Options
It’s been a busy year in Chicago with sports development news. The Chicago Bears are considering moving away from their current home at Soldier Field to relocate just northwest of Chicago.
Completed in 1924, Soldier Field is the smallest stadium in the NFL with a capacity of 61,500. An ambitious plan announced by Mayor Lori Lightfoot in July calls for museums adjacent to Lake Michigan, including Chicago facilities such as Field Museum, McCormick Place Lakeside Center and Shedd Sports Venue as an anchor for renovations on his campus. was proposed to be maintained. aquarium. In another proposal, he was presented with three ideas for how the existing stadium could be used, but the Bears should give up on leaving it as is. Among the proposals is the addition of a covered domed roof to the outdoor venue.
While the Bears could save an estimated $1 billion by staying in place, another proposal under consideration by the franchise is to move the Bears to the site of the now-closed Arlington International Racecourse facility northwest of Chicago. Under this renovation, the existing Soldier Field will be reconditioned to accommodate other sporting and recreational events, including soccer and concerts.
The move will build a new stadium facility for the football team and transform Arlington Park into a transportation-oriented mixed-use district with housing, commercial office space, restaurants, retail stores, hotels, public parks and more.
Dude Perfect reveals plans for new headquarters designed by Overland Partners
Texas-based comedy slash sports Youtubers and entertainment venture Dude Perfect have revealed plans for a $100 million headquarters and entertainment destination that will house the 30-story Trickshot Tower.
The exact location of the complex is still unknown, but five men have been confirmed working with San Antonio: Dude Perfect, Tyler “TT” Tony, Garrett Hilbert, Cody Jones, and twins Cory and Coby Cotton. Did. Based architectural and urban design firm Overland Partners has been involved in the design for just over a year.
Among the features proposed are a trick shot tower, a brand museum, merchandise shops, restaurants, a mini golf course and an outdoor amusement park spread over two acres of space.
PGA of America Completes New Headquarters in Frisco, Texas
The PGA of America debuted its new Page-designed headquarters 30 miles north of Dallas in the City of Frisco. Our sprawling 600-acre campus is dedicated to all things golf.
This new recreational Slash office complex makes the PGA of America the first major international sports organization based in Texas. (Previously in Florida.)
The 106,600-square-foot PGA of America headquarters features open and private workspaces for 150 employees, seminar and meeting rooms, a professional development center, common areas including fitness facilities, outdoor terraces, state-of-the-art indoor We have a training center. Includes chipping and putting areas, hit bays with controllable walls, driving range simulators, and more.
The 600-acre property also includes two 18-hole courses, the Omni PGA Frisco Resort, a clubhouse and performance center, a 30-acre practice facility and a “golf-centric entertainment” zone called the PGA District. Clearly, the headquarters building is just the beginning, with the rest of the $520 million PGA Frisco campus set to open next year.
in legendary Iowa Field of Dreams Cornfields may become anchors for new redevelopment
Dyersville, Iowa farm used as background for the 1989 film Field of Dreams Approximately 100 acres were added to the existing 190 acres as part of a master plan to redevelop the site.
Under the proposed plans, nine new youth softball and baseball fields, dormitories and a 104-room boutique hotel will be built at this legendary site. The aforementioned facility is scheduled for completion in 2023, but additional plans to build a 100,000-square-foot field house, RV park, outdoor concert amphitheater, jogging track and extensive park on site are expected to be completed by 2025. intend to do something.
The largest private investment in Dyersville’s history and the largest redevelopment ever in Dubuque County will cost $80 million, but fear not.
Multidisciplinary firm RDG Planning & Design works with local firms Origin Design and Conlon Construction, Leopardo Companies to provide architectural, engineering, planning and construction services for master plan development.
Tennessee Titans unveil new stadium design
It’s been a big year for Stadium News in Tennessee. In the city of Memphis alone, he had four sports facility renovations announced, but the biggest sports news to come out of the Volunteer State came from NFL franchise Tennessee Titans. The Titans have unveiled his fully renovated 1.7 million-square-foot stadium, complete with elements like an enclosed roof and wraparound terraces.
The proposed 60,000-seat stadium design was done by Kansas City-based company MANICA and local company HASTINGS. Inspired by the city of Nashville, it will be designed to blend in with the ongoing development of the city’s east bank, a former industrial estate along the Cumberland River.
The new stadium will be built just east of the current venue, Nissan Stadium, and the HOK Sport-designed facility will be demolished and turned into park space. A key element of the new design is a circular, weatherproof ‘translucent’ roof constructed using ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE).
Just last week, the stadium came within the 1-yard line of its planned 2026 opening with support from the Metro Council.
The Super Bowl halftime show was a celebration of Compton’s architecture
In this year’s Super Bowl, the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals to give the franchise their first Super Bowl victory at their new home field, SoFi Stadium. The halftime show was star-studded (dare I say architecture?) Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent in his 5th in the Compton building. We sang and danced through two scale models. Located on a map of cities in southern LA County.
Among the structures on stage were the Harold L. Williams-designed Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial at Compton City Hall and part of the monolithic Compton Courthouse.
Online, viewers teased the performance’s set design and joked that while California was plagued by the housing crisis, the show seemed to offer some solutions to deal with it. rice field.
Buffalo Bills unveil new stadium design
Buffalo, New York, regularly makes headlines in winter, but cities in western New York that are accustomed to record snowfall have seen a nearly 100-foot white object so far this year. This holiday weekend alone was over four feet tall, along with frigid temperatures. Aside from the recent blizzard, his NFL franchise in New York City, the Buffalo Bills, made news this fall by announcing plans to build a new stadium. Like the Bears, the Bills have spent the last few years considering whether to maintain and refurbish existing facilities or build a new stadium. The Bills opted to build a new stadium designed by stadium specialists Populus, which was to be located directly across from the team’s current home, Highmark his stadium.
Plans for the new stadium require the demolition of the current Bills home field and its replacement with a parking lot to service the new stadium.
Surprisingly, despite the cold and snowy winters, the new stadium once again features an open-air top. Radiant heating will be installed throughout the stadium to accommodate the lack of cover above the arena.
The football stadium in Willets Point, Queens, will be built for the New York City Football Club.
The New York Mets are getting a new neighbor. Just last month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that major league soccer team New York City Football Club (NYCFC) will move from its current home at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx to Willets Point. has confirmed it will be moving to a new soccer-only venue across the street from Citi Field. Queens section.
The stadium will be developed as part of a larger mixed-use development in the area that will include a 250-room hotel, retail, and 2,500 affordable residential units. 40 years.
The new stadium, which will accommodate 25,000 fans, will cost an estimated $780 million and will be funded by NYCFC. Originally, the soccer team, founded in 2013, was scheduled to open the new facility in 2025, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but it was postponed to 2027.
Adjacent to Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, and the US Tennis Association’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, which hosts the US Open, the once car-centric neighborhood is now very sports-centric. It is no exaggeration to say that there are
Qatar hosted the FIFA World Cup
2022 concludes with the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, with four weeks of elite footballers in action. At times the news of scoring and great saves seemed overshadowed by banned booze and the death of the migrant workers who built the stadium venue, but this event was one of his best. has been repeatedly advertised as
Qatar, a small country in the Middle East, has invested heavily in urban infrastructure to host the Games. Among the new buildings built for the World Cup were several stadiums by internationally recognized companies. Hosting the final match between Argentina and France, Lusail Stadium is an intricate gold vessel designed by Foster + Partners.
Stadium 974, designed by Fenwick Illibarren Architects, was built using 974 shipping containers. This is also conveniently the country code for Qatar. Realized as a temporary venue, it is now dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere. Other purpose-built attractions, including a series of modular tents designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, will be repurposed as clinics, schools and temporary shelters in Yemen, Turkey and Syria.